This is a list of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chicago metropolitan area – also known as "Chicagoland" – is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. With an estimated population of 9.4 million people, it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States and the region most connected to the city through geographic, social, economic, and cultural ties.
Architecture and engineering
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (Chicago) Aecom (Chicago) Collins Engineers (Chicago) Cordogan Clark & Associates (Chicago) Corgan (Chicago) CTLGroup (Skokie) Graham, Anderson, Probst & White (Chicago) Hedrich Blessing Photographers (Chicago) Holabird & Root (Chicago) Kirkegaard Associates (Chicago) Krueck Sexton Partners (Chicago) Lucien Lagrange Architects (Chicago) Nagle Hartray Architecture (Chicago) Perkins&Will (Chicago) SmithGroup (Chicago) Solomon Cordwell Buenz (Chicago) SOM (Chicago) Studio Gang Architects (Chicago) UrbanLab (Chicago) Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (Northbrook)
Construction Bulley & Andrews (Chicago) Edward Hines Lumber Company (Buffalo Grove) Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (Oak Brook) James McHugh Construction Co (Chicago)
Real estate
Baird & Warner (Chicago) Brookfield Properties (Chicago) CenterPoint Properties (Oak Brook) Cushman & Wakefield (Chicago) Fordham Company (Chicago) JLL (Chicago) JMB Realty (Chicago) Magellan Development Group (Chicago) Strategic Hotels & Resorts (Chicago) Ventas (Chicago) Vivmark Residential (Chicago)
Consumer
Consumer goods
Apparel and accessories Acme Boots, a unit of Double-H Boots (Chicago) Chicago Embroidery Company (Chicago) Claire's (Hoffman Estates) Hartmarx (Chicago) Horween Leather Company (Chicago) Islamica (Chicago) Jockey International (Kenosha) Oxxford Clothes (Chicago) Lola + The Boys (Chicago)
Gifts and collectables Bradford Exchange (Niles) Enesco (Itasca) International Star Registry (Ingleside) Recycled Paper Greetings (Chicago)
Home furnishings and equipment
BRK Brands, Inc. (Aurora), a subsidiary of Newell Brands First Alert (Aurora) Chamberlain Group (Elmhurst) Chicago Faucet (Des Plaines) Chicago Lock (Chicago) Design Toscano (Elk Grove Village) Fortune Brands Home & Security (Deerfield) Haeger Potteries (East Dundee) Rust-Oleum (Vernon Hills) Serta (Hoffman Estates) Walter E. Smithe (Itasca)
Household goods Crate & Barrel (Northbrook, Illinois) Pactiv (Lake Forest) Pampered Chef (Addison) Reynolds Group Holdings (Lincolnshire) Solo Cup Company (Lake Forest), a subsidiary of Dart Container Thermos L.L.C. (Schaumburg) Turtle Wax (Willowbrook) Weber-Stephen Products (Palatine)
Music equipment Bein & Fushi (Chicago) Lyon & Healy (Chicago) Marshall USA (Buffalo Grove), a subsidiary of Marshall Amplification Shure Incorporated (Niles) Souldier Specimen Products (Chicago) U.S. Music Corporation (Buffalo Grove) Universal Audio (Evanston)
Personal care Blistex, Incorporated (Oak Brook) Ulta Beauty (Bolingbrook)
Restaurants Lettuce Entertain You (Chicago) Lou Malnati's (Buffalo Grove) McDonald's (Chicago) Portillo's (Oak Brook) Potbelly Sandwich Shop (Chicago)
Tools Klein Tools (Lincolnshire) SK Hand Tools (Sycamore) Vaughan (Hebron)
Education and reference
Academy Chicago Publishers – one of the oldest independent publishers in Chicago Adtalem Global Education (Chicago) BarBri (Chicago) Bixbee (Chicago) Career Education Corporation (Hoffman Estates) DeVry University (Naperville) Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (Chicago) Follett Corporation (River Grove) Kendall College, LLC (Chicago) PrepMe (Chicago) Rand McNally (Skokie), a subsidiary of Quebecor World Replogle (Chicago) Riverside Publishing (Rolling Meadows) Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy (Chicago) World Book Encyclopedia (Chicago) WyzAnt (Chicago)
Retail
Art supplies Blick Art Materials (Highland Park)
Broadlines Sears Holdings Corporation (Hoffman Estates) SuperValu Pharmacies (Franklin Park) Walgreens Boots Alliance (Deerfield) Walgreen Company (Deerfield)
Business-to-business CDW (Vernon Hills) McMaster-Carr (Elmhurst) Orderzone.com (Chicago) W. W. Grainger (Lake Forest)
Electronics Abt Electronics (Glenview)
Florists Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD) (Downers Grove)
Grocery/convenience Aldi Inc. (Batavia), a subsidiary of Aldi Clark Brands (Naperville) IGA (Chicago) Jewel-Osco (Itasca), a subsidiary of Albertsons Patel Brothers (Hanover Park) Peapod (Skokie), a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize Road Ranger (Schaumburg)
Hardware Ace Hardware (Oak Brook) True Value (Chicago) Val-Test Distributors (Schaumburg)
Office supplies and stationery ACCO Brands (Lake Zurich) Cartridge World (Spring Grove), a subsidiary of Suzhou Goldengreen Technologies Ltd Essendant (Deerfield) Fellowes, Inc. (Itasca) Paper Source (Chicago) Quill Corporation (Lincolnshire) a subsidiary of Staples, Inc. Sanford L.P. (Oak Brook), a subsidiary of Newell Brands
Softlines Bucketfeet (Chicago) Claire's Stores (Hoffman Estates) Crate & Barrel (Northbrook) The Land of Nod (Northbrook) The Pampered Chef (Addison) Threadless (Chicago) Ulta (Bolingbrook)
Services The Care of Trees (Wheeling) Disaster Kleenup International (Wood Dale) Empire Today (Northlake) Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (Chicago) Midas (Itasca), a subsidiary of TBC Corporation
Sports, games, and toys
Bally Total Fitness (Chicago) Big Monster Toys (Chicago) Brunswick Corporation (Lake Forest) Cards Against Humanity (Chicago) FASA (Chicago) International Pool Tour (Hinsdale) Kenzer & Company (Waukegan) Killerspin (Chicago) Radio Flyer (Chicago) Revell (Elk Grove Village) Riddell (Des Plaines) SRAM Corporation (Chicago) Stern (Melrose Park) TDC Games (Itasca) Ty Inc. (Westmont) Wilson Sporting Goods (Chicago), a subsidiary of Amer Sports Corporation Wirtz Corp. (Chicago) Zizzle (Bannockburn)
Energy Amoco (Chicago) Coskata (Warrenville) DuPont Danisco (Itasca) Exelon (Chicago) Integrys Energy Group (Chicago) New Power Generation International Nicor (Naperville) NiSource (Merrillville) Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines)
Financial services
Banks
Alliant Credit Union (Chicago) Amalgamated Bank of Chicago (Chicago) BMO US (Chicago) First American Bank (Elk Grove Village) Northern Trust (Chicago) Old National Bank (Chicago) Pacific Global Bank (Chicago) Urban Partnership Bank (Chicago)
Credit and payments
Avant (Chicago) Braintree (Chicago) E-Loan (Rosemont) Feefighters (Chicago) Guaranteed Rate (Chicago) HSBC Finance, a subsidiary of HSBC (Mettawa) SVM (Des Plaines) TransUnion (Chicago)
Exchanges
Cboe Global Markets (Chicago) Chicago Stock Exchange (Chicago) CME Group (Chicago) Nadex (Chicago) OneChicago (Chicago) Options Clearing Corporation (Chicago) U.S. Futures Exchange (Chicago)
Insurance
Allstate (Northfield Township) Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Rolling Meadows) Bankers Life (Chicago) Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (Chicago) CNA Financial (Chicago) (an affiliate of Loews Corporation) Combined Insurance (Chicago) Eagle Insurance (Chicago) Health Care Service Corporation (Chicago) Hub International (Chicago) Kemper Corporation (Chicago) Kemper Direct Old Republic International (Chicago) Safeway Insurance Group (Westmont)
Investments
Ariel Investments (Chicago) Calamos (Naperville) Chicago Options Associates (Chicago) Gardner Rich & Co (Chicago) Harris Associates (Chicago) Henry Crown and Company (Chicago) Incapital (Chicago) Lincoln International (Chicago) Mesirow Financial (Chicago) Morningstar, Inc. (Chicago) Nuveen Investments (Chicago) PTI Securities & Futures (Chicago) William Blair & Company (Chicago)
Private equity and hedge funds
Chicago Growth Partners (Chicago) CIVC Partners (Chicago) Frontenac Company (Chicago) GCM Grosvenor (Chicago) GETCO (Chicago) GTCR (Chicago) Guggenheim Partners (Chicago) Lightbank (Chicago) Madison Dearborn Partners (Chicago) Magnetar Capital (Evanston) TransMarket Group (Chicago) Willis Stein & Partners (Chicago) Wind Point Partners (Chicago)
Food and beverages
Beverages
5 Rabbit Cervecería (Bedford Park) A.J. Canfield Company (Chicago) Argus Brewery (Chicago) Baderbräu (Chicago) Suntory Global Spirits (Chicago) Culligan (Rosemont) Goose Island Brewery (Chicago) Half Acre Beer Company (Chicago) Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea (Chicago) Koval Distillery (Chicago) Metropolis Coffee Company (Chicago) Metropolitan Brewing (Chicago) MillerCoors (Chicago) Pabst Brewing Company (Woodridge) Pipeworks Brewing (Chicago) Tropicana Products (Chicago) Two Brothers Brewing (Warrenville)
Distribution
Central Grocers Cooperative (Joliet) Chicago International Produce Market (Chicago) Eby-Brown (Naperville) Republic Tobacco (Glenview) Reyes Holdings (Rosemont) Topco Associates (Elk Grove Village) US Foods (Rosemont)
Food
Allen Brothers (Chicago) Bernard Food Industries (Evanston) Budlong Pickle Company (Chicago) Cloverhill Bakery (Chicago) Colonial Ice Cream (St. Charles) Conagra Brands (Chicago) Doumak (Elk Grove Village) Fannie May, a unit of 1-800-Flowers (Chicago) Ferrara Candy Company (Forest Park) Glanbia (Chicago) Haribo (Rosemont) Hillshire Brands (Chicago) Jays Foods (Chicago) Jel Sert (West Chicago) Kraft Heinz (Chicago and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (Northfield) Mead Johnson Nutrition (Glenview) Mondelez International (Deerfield) Oberweis Dairy (North Aurora) Parker House Sausage Company (Chicago) Plochman's (Manteno) Quaker Oats Company, a unit of PepsiCo (Chicago) Strom Products (Bannockburn) Tootsie Roll Industries (Chicago) Vanee Foods (Berkeley) Vienna Beef (Chicago) Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Chicago) World's Finest Chocolate (Chicago)
Ingredients Bell Flavors & Fragrances (Chicago) Ingredion (Westchester) Merisant (Chicago) Morton Salt (Chicago) Urban Accents (Chicago)
Manufacturing Archer Daniels Midland (Chicago) CF Industries (Deerfield) Viskase (Darien) Woman's Canning and Preserving Company (Chicago)
Restaurant chains
Amy's Candy Bar (Chicago) Argo Tea (Chicago) Big Apple Bagels (Deerfield) Cake Girls (Chicago) Così (Deerfield) Flat Out Crazy (Chicago) Giordano's Pizzeria The Great American Bagel Bakery (Westmont) Harold's Chicken Shack (Chicago) Heartland Foods (Downers Grove) Kuma's Corner (Chicago) Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (Chicago) Levy Restaurants (Chicago) McDonald's (Chicago) Monical's Pizza (Bradley) Morton's The Steakhouse (Chicago) Portillo's Restaurants (Oakbrook Terrace) Potbelly Sandwich Works (Chicago)
Healthcare
Health services Cancer Treatment Centers of America (Schaumburg) Resurrection Health Care (Chicago) Vetsprevail (Chicago) Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Wheaton)
Pharmaceuticals and medical devices Abbott Laboratories (North Chicago) AbbVie (Waukegan) Astellas Pharma (Northbrook) Baxter International (Deerfield) GE HealthCare (Chicago) Hospira (Lake Forest) Marathon Pharmaceuticals (Chicago) Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Deerfield)
Pharmacy Caremark Rx (Northbrook) Catamaran Corporation (Lisle) Walgreens (Deerfield)
Provider goods and services Accretive Health (Chicago) Allscripts (Chicago) Intelligent Medical Objects (Northbrook) Medline Industries (Mundelein) Stericycle (Lake Forest)
Industrial
Agricultural equipment CNH (Burr Ridge) Dawn Equipment Company (Sycamore)
Automotive Electro-Motive Diesel (McCook) Hendrickson Holdings (Lemont; a subsidiary of The Boler Company (Itasca)) LKQ Corporation (Chicago) Raybestos (McHenry) Tenneco (Lake Forest)
Building materials Amcol (Hoffman Estates) USG Corporation (Chicago)
Chemicals Stepan Company (Northfield) Velsicol Chemical Corporation (Rosemont)
Glass Engineered Glass Products (Chicago) Thermique Technologies (Chicago)