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Chicago, IL: 193 local businesses with a website problem you can fix

For web designers, agencies and freelancers looking for clients in Chicago. Each business below was found on public map listings and its website was checked between 2026-10-06 and 2026-10-13. The problems are measured, not guessed, and every row in a pack carries the evidence, so your first message can name the exact fault.

873sites with at least one defect

193with an urgent defect

2026-10-13last checked

Get 10 free Chicago, IL rows - no payment, no sign-up: we email you 10 rows (business, website, the defects, the evidence) for Chicago, starting with the restaurant rows unless you name another type. Then Order the Chicago, IL pack ($49) or Exclusive for 90 days ($149).

What is broken

Urgent defect	Businesses
Site does not load at all	93
Home page answers with an error code	49
No HTTPS - browsers mark it 'Not secure'	26
HTTPS page pulls insecure http content	7
Out-of-date WordPress	7
WordPress version with published security fixes missing	6
Email in the business's name can be forged (no DMARC)	4
Bare domain (without www) does not load	3
Broken or expired security certificate	1

A business can have more than one.

Which businesses

Business type	With an urgent defect
Restaurant	63
Bar	40
Cafe	19
Bakery	13
Fitness centre	4
Bicycle	3
Dentist	3
Hairdresser	3
Company	3
Beauty	3

Five anonymised rows

Names and addresses are hidden here; the pack has them.

Type	Website	Platform	What is wrong	Checked
Restaurant	`n*********.com`	custom / unknown	no working HTTPS - browsers mark the site 'Not secure' and search engines rank it lower the site runs WordPress 5.4, a 2020 release that has missed years of core updates - out-of-date WordPress is a common way small-business sites get hacked the footer still says copyright 2019 - visitors read that as 'closed or not maintained'	2026-10-07
Bar	`b*********.com`	GoDaddy builder	HTTPS works but visitors who type the address land on the insecure http version one stylesheet and one script on the home page load over plain http on its https version - browsers block those, so once visitors are sent to https, whatever they provide (fonts, styling, a widget) is silently missing the site runs WordPress 6.1.9, which WordPress.org's own version list marks 'insecure' - 6 newer 6.1.x releases have shipped since, with security fixes the site does not have	2026-10-13
Real estate agent	`c****************.com`	custom / unknown	the site does not load at all (timed out or refused, on http and https, twice) its domain publishes no DMARC policy, so nothing tells Gmail or Outlook to refuse an email forged in your name - a fake 'our payment details changed' email from its domain arrives looking like yours	2026-10-07
Cafe	`r*****************.com`	custom / unknown	no working HTTPS - browsers mark the site 'Not secure' and search engines rank it lower no mobile viewport tag - the site renders as a shrunken desktop page on phones, where most local customers look the home page has no <title>, so the Google result shows the bare address	2026-10-07
Fitness centre	`k********************.com`	custom / unknown	the site runs WordPress 6.8.2, which WordPress.org's own version list marks 'insecure' - 9 newer 6.8.x releases have shipped since, with security fixes the site does not have the footer still says copyright 2022 - visitors read that as 'closed or not maintained' 2 images over 1 MB on the home page - the page loads slowly on mobile data and Google scores it down	2026-10-06

How it works

Email s.n.psaradellis@gmail.com or use a link above. Name the city, a business type if you want one, and where you will use the list.
Every row is re-checked before it ships, so a site fixed since 2026-10-13 is dropped, not sold.
No personal email addresses are sold, and any business that asked not to be contacted is removed.
Pay by card after you have seen the free rows. $49 for the urgent-defect pack, $149 to keep the city to yourself for 90 days.

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Who

Stephen Psaradellis, Arlington Heights, Illinois. The scanner and the fixes are run with an AI system I operate; I am responsible for the data and the work. More on the prospect packs page.

Business names, types and locations (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright. This pack is a database derived from OpenStreetMap and is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/ . The defect columns come from our own scans.