Schaumburg, IL Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)
Key Facts
- License issuer
- Village Collector's office
- Background check
- Annual fingerprint investigation
- Hours of operation
- 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Minimum employee age
- 18 years
- License denial lookback
- 5 years
- Therapist reporting deadline
- 5 business days before starting
Summary
Operating a massage establishment in Schaumburg requires a business license from the Village Collector under § 126.02, on top of the state massage therapist license every practitioner must hold under the Illinois Massage Licensing Act. Applicants undergo a police-approved fingerprint background check, and every therapist must be reported to the village at least five business days before starting work.
(A)Massage Establishment License. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct, carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted, or carried on, in or upon any premises in the village, the operating of a "massage establishment" as herein defined, without first having obtained a business license for a massage establishment from the village collector's office.(B)Massage Therapist License. No person shall provide a massage to another person as a massage therapist, employee or otherwise, on the premises for which a business license has been issued or is required under this chapter unless a professional license has been issued by the State of Illinois authorizing the practice of massage therapy under the Massage Licensing Act (225 ILCS 57/1) to the individual.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
02(B) separately requires every massage therapist working there to hold an individual professional license under the Illinois Massage Licensing Act, 225 ILCS 57/1. 10 application must list every massage therapist, manager and assistant manager, be accompanied by each therapist's state license, and undergo a fingerprint background investigation from a police-approved outside agency; renewal requires a fresh annual fingerprint check unless the chief of police waives it. 11, and a sale, transfer or relocation of the establishment voids the license outright, though an heir may continue operating for up to sixty days to arrange an orderly transfer.
10(J), the village must deny a license if the applicant, owner, or the premises itself was tied to a massage license that was voluntarily surrendered to avoid revocation, denied, or revoked within the past five years. , a window the village manager can shorten in writing if the license holder or an employee is found liable for a code, state or federal violation.
Violations & Fines
Operating a massage establishment without a license, letting an unlicensed or unreported therapist work the floor, or violating a facility standard in § 126.30 or § 126.31, such as running past the 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. hours or leaving windows covered, can draw the village's general fine of $100 to $50,000 under § 10.99, plus license suspension, revocation, or denial of renewal under § 110.25.
Frequently Asked Questions
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