City of Chicago

CTA Ventra Retail Outlets

Retail locations across Chicago where CTA Ventra transit fare cards can be purchased, reloaded, or managed. Each record includes the store name, street address, city, state, and zip code.

Example records
NamebrandCityaddressStateaddressZIP CodeaddressStreet AddressaddressLine identifierLatitudegeospatialThe GeomgeospatialLongitudegeospatialCountyaddressCategoryindustrySubmarketgeographic
Strack & Van TilChicagoIL606472627 N. Elston Ave.108541.929191POINT (-87.68344189999999 41.929191)-87.683442CookGrocery StoreNW
Stop EverydayChicagoIL6060466 E. Jackson Blvd.108441.878276POINT (-87.62544550000001 41.87827600000003)-87.625446CookNewsstandNW
Stop and ShopChicagoIL60610333 W. North Ave.108341.911262POINT (-87.63804349999998 41.91126150000002)-87.638044CookConvenience StoreN
Use cases

Retail Network Gap Analysis for Transit Payment Expansion

A fintech company building a transit payment product maps existing Ventra outlet locations against neighborhood population and transit ridership data to identify underserved zip codes where adding reload points would increase card adoption and transaction volume.

ZIP CodeSubmarketCategoryLatitudeLongitude

Merchant Category Targeting for Prepaid Card Partnerships

A prepaid debit card issuer looking to expand its retail reload network identifies which grocery, convenience, and newsstand chains already operate as transit fare reload agents in Chicago, using that as a proxy for willingness to host third-party financial services at the point of sale.

NameCategoryStreet AddressZIP Code

Storefront Verification for KYB Onboarding

A business banking platform onboarding a small Chicago retailer cross-references the applicant's store name and address against this dataset to confirm the physical location is an active, government-recognized commercial outlet, adding a corroborating signal to the address verification step.

NameStreet AddressCityZIP CodeCounty
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