List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area
Companies in the Chicago metropolitan area in USA
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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.[2] With an estimated population of 9.4 million people,[3] it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States[4] and the region most connected to the city through geographic, social, economic, and cultural ties.
| Fortune 500 companies based in metro Chicago | |||||
| Chicago Rank | Company Name | US Rank | |||
| 1 | Archer Daniels Midland | 58 | |||
| 2 | United Airlines | 81 | |||
| 3 | Mondelez International | 122 | |||
| 4 | McDonald's | 170 | |||
| 5 | JLL | 175 | |||
| 6 | Kraft Heinz | 184 | |||
| 7 | Exelon | 189 | |||
| 8 | GE HealthCare | 217 | |||
| 9 | Northern Trust | 317 | |||
| 10 | Motorola Solutions | 378 | |||
| 11 | Conagra Brands | 381 | |||
| 12 | Molson Coors | 390 | |||
| 13 | Old Republic International | 439 | |||
| Further information: Companies in the Chicago metropolitan area Source: Fortune 500 2026[1] | |||||
Architecture and engineering
- Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (Chicago)[5]
- 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
Real estate
- Baird & Warner (Chicago)[7]
- 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)[8]
- Claire's (Hoffman Estates)
- Hartmarx (Chicago)
- Horween Leather Company (Chicago)
- Islamica (Chicago)
- Oxxford Clothes (Chicago)
- Lola + The Boys (Chicago)
Gifts and collectables
Home furnishings and equipment
- BRK Brands, Inc. (Aurora), a subsidiary of Newell Brands
- Chamberlain Group (Elmhurst)
- Chicago Faucet (Des Plaines)
- Chicago Lock (Chicago)[9]
- 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
Music equipment
- Bein & Fushi (Chicago)
- Lyon & Healy (Chicago)[10]
- 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
Restaurants
- Lettuce Entertain You (Chicago)
- Lou Malnati's (Buffalo Grove)
- McDonald's (Chicago)
- Portillo's (Oak Brook)
- Potbelly Sandwich Shop (Chicago)
Tools
Education and reference
- Academy Chicago Publishers – one of the oldest independent publishers in Chicago[11]
- 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
Broadlines
Business-to-business
- CDW (Vernon Hills)
- McMaster-Carr (Elmhurst)
- Orderzone.com (Chicago)
- W. W. Grainger (Lake Forest)
Electronics
Florists
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)[12]
- 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)[13]
- 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)[14]
- 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)[15]
- 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)
- 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)[16]
- 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
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)
- Hillshire Brands (Chicago)
- Jays Foods (Chicago)
- Jel Sert (West Chicago)
- Kraft Heinz (Chicago and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 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) [17]
- 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
Pharmacy
Provider goods and services
- Accretive Health (Chicago)
- Allscripts (Chicago)
- Intelligent Medical Objects (Northbrook)
- Medline Industries (Mundelein)
- Stericycle (Lake Forest)
Industrial
Agricultural equipment
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
Glass
- Engineered Glass Products (Chicago)
- Thermique Technologies (Chicago)
Metals
- Ecycler (Lake Forest)
- Metal Management (Chicago)
- Ryerson, Inc. (Chicago)
Packaging
- Continental Packaging Solutions (Chicago)
- Packaging Corporation of America (Lake Forest)
- Smurfit-Stone Container (Chicago)
Plumbing and piping
Tools
- Armstrong Tools (Chicago)
- Ideal Industries (Sycamore)
- Illinois Tool Works (Glenview)
Other
- A and T Recovery (Chicago)
- Cummins Allison (Mount Prospect)
- Dover Corporation (Downers Grove)
- Federal Signal Corporation (Oak Brook)
- The Frantz Manufacturing Company (Chicago)
- IDEX Corporation (Lake Forest)
- JBT Corporation (Chicago)
- Marmon Group (Chicago)
- Nalco Holding Company (Naperville)
- Switchcraft (Chicago)
- Tripp Lite (Chicago)
- World Dryer (Berkeley; a subsidiary of Carrier Commercial Refrigeration)
Media and entertainment
Entertainment
- Broadway In Chicago (Chicago)
- Kerasotes Theatres (Chicago)
- Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (Oakbrook Terrace)
Music
- Alligator Records (Chicago)
- Atavistic Records (Chicago)
- Bloodshot Records (Chicago)
- Cedille Records (Chicago)
- Chicago Recording Company (Chicago)
- Criminal IQ Records (Chicago)
- Delmark Records (Chicago)
- Drag City (Chicago)
- Earwig Music Company (Chicago)
- Epitonic (Chicago)
- Flying Fish Records (Chicago)
- Get Money Gang Entertainment (Chicago)
- Glitch Mode Recordings (Chicago)
- Hefty Records (Chicago)
- Invisible Records (Chicago)
- Johann's Face Records (Chicago)
- Lengua Armada Discos (Chicago)
- Lo-Fidelity Records (Naperville)
- Minty Fresh (Chicago)
- Positron! Records (Chicago)
- Sick Room Records (Chicago)
- Thick Records (Chicago)
- Thrill Jockey (Chicago)
- Touch and Go Records (Chicago)
- Victory Records (Chicago)
Online
- Channel Awesome (Lombard)
- College Football News (Chicago)
- Consequence of Sound (Chicago)
- HighBeam Research (Chicago)
- Jellyvision (Chicago)
- Legacy.com (Evanston)
- MuggleNet (LaPorte)
- Newsweb Corporation (Chicago)
- The Onion (Chicago)
- Pitchfork Media (Chicago)
Publishing
- 22nd Century Media (Orland Park)
- Academy Chicago Publishers (Chicago)
- Allured Business Media (Carol Stream)
- American Technical Publishers (Orland Park)
- Carus Publishing Company (Chicago)
- Chicago Reader (Chicago)
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)
- Desplaines Valley News (Summit)
- Farm Progress (St. Charles)
- Good News Publishers (Wheaton)
- Goodheart–Willcox (Tinley Park)
- Haymarket Books (Chicago)
- Johnson Publishing Company (Chicago)
- Metromix (Chicago)
- Northwestern University Press (Evanston)
- Open Court Publishing Company (Chicago)
- Pink (Chicago)
- RR Donnelley (Chicago)
- Sourcebooks (Naperville)
- Star Farm Productions (Chicago)
- Sun-Times Media Group (Chicago)
- Third World Press (Chicago)
- Tribune Company (Chicago)
- Tyndale House (Carol Stream)
- University of Chicago Press (Chicago)
- Venture (Chicago)
- Wrapports (Chicago)
TV, film, and radio
- Barrington Broadcasting (Hoffman Estates)
- Big Ten Network (Chicago)
- Fensler Films (Chicago)
- Graham Media Group (Chicago)
- Harpo Productions (Chicago)
- Midway Broadcasting Corporation (Chicago)
- Moody Radio (Chicago)
- MPI Home Video (Orland Park)
- NBC Sports Chicago (Chicago)
- Oprah Winfrey Network (Chicago)
- The Second City (Chicago)
- Siskel/Jacobs Productions (Chicago)
- Tribune Broadcasting (Chicago)
- Weigel Broadcasting (Chicago)
- WGN America (Chicago)
Professional and business services
Accounting
Design
Legal
- Baker McKenzie (Chicago)
- Banner & Witcoff (Chicago)
- Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott (Chicago)
- Edelson McGuire (Chicago)
- Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery (Chicago)
- Hinshaw & Culbertson (Chicago)
- Horwitz Horwitz & Associates (Chicago)
- Jenner & Block (Chicago)
- Katten Muchin Rosenman (Chicago)
- Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago)
- Locke Lord (Chicago)
- Mayer Brown (Chicago)
- McAndrews, Held & Malloy (Chicago)
- McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago)
- People's Law Office (Chicago)
- Schiff Hardin (Chicago)
- Seyfarth Shaw (Chicago)
- Sidley Austin (Chicago)
- Winston & Strawn (Chicago)
Management consulting
- A.T. Kearney (Chicago)
- Accenture (Chicago)
- Boston Consulting Group (Chicago)
- Huron Consulting Group (Chicago)
- McKinsey (Chicago)
- Navigant Consulting, Inc. (Chicago)
Marketing and public relations
- 360i (Chicago)
- A. Eicoff & Company (Chicago)
- AKPD Message and Media (Chicago)
- Burrell Communications Group (Chicago)
- 360i (Chicago)[18]
- Cramer-Krasselt (Chicago)
- Draftfcb (Chicago)
- Edelman (Chicago)
- Epsilon (Chicago)
- Havas (Chicago)
- IP Pixel (Chicago)
- IRI (Chicago)
- Laughlin Constable (Chicago)
- Leo Burnett Worldwide (Chicago)
- Public Communications Inc. (Chicago)
- Roundarch Isobar (Chicago)
- Shareasale (Chicago)
- ShopLocal (Chicago)
- Someoddpilot (Chicago)
- Starcom (Chicago)
- Strata (Chicago)
- Whittman-Hart (Chicago)
Recruiting, human resources and payroll
- Aon Hewitt (Lincolnshire)
- Challenger, Gray & Christmas (Chicago)
- Paylocity Corporation (Schaumburg)
- Spencer Stuart (Chicago)
- SurePayroll (Glenview)
Technology consulting
Technology
Distribution
Hardware
- Andrew Corporation (Westchester)
- Convia (Buffalo Grove)
- Neuros Technology (Chicago)
- Newark Corporation (Chicago)
- Shure (Niles)
- Victor Technology (Bolingbrook)
- Zebra Technologies (Vernon Hills)
- Zenith Electronics (Lincolnshire; a subsidiary of South Korea-based LG Electronics)
Internet
- CareerBuilder (Chicago)
- Cars.com (Chicago)
- CheapTickets (Chicago)
- crowdSPRING (Chicago)
- Groupon (Chicago)
- GrubHub (Chicago)
- Orbitz (Chicago)
- Orderzone.com (Chicago)
- ParkWhiz (Chicago)
- Peapod (Skokie)
- SilkRoad (Chicago)
- Sittercity.com (Chicago)
- SpotHero (Chicago)
- TicketsNow (Rolling Meadows)
- UBid (Chicago)
- Vivid Seats (Chicago)
Manufacturing
- Littelfuse (Chicago)
- Molex (Lisle)
Services
- Adar, Inc (Chicago)
- LiveWatch Security (Evanston)
- Translate.com (Chicago)
- Trustwave Holdings (Chicago)
- Underwriters Laboratories (Northbrook)
Software
- Adeptia (Chicago)
- Basecamp (Chicago)
- BigMachines (Deerfield)
- CDK Global (Hoffman Estates)
- Cleversafe (Chicago); acquired by IBM
- Computhink (Lombard)
- Davka (Chicago)
- Donnelley Financial Solutions (Chicago)
- Flexera Software (Schaumburg)
- John Galt Solutions, Inc. (Chicago)
- Latigent (Chicago)
- OneSpan (Chicago)
- Passport Software (Northfield)
- RemObjects Software (Hanover Park)
- Springcm (Chicago)
- ThoughtWorks (Chicago)
- Univa (Lisle)
Telecommunications and networking
- Aircell (Itasca)
- CacheFly (Chicago)
- Gogo Inflight Internet (Itasca)
- Hostway (Chicago)
- Motorola Mobility (Chicago)
- Motorola Solutions (Schaumburg)
- Novarra Inc. (Itasca)
- ServerCentral (Chicago)
- Steadfast Networks (Chicago)
- Telephone and Data Systems (Chicago)
- Tellabs (Naperville)
- U.S. Cellular (Chicago)
- USRobotics (Schaumburg)
- Westell (Aurora)
Video games
- American Sammy (Chicago)
- Day 1 Studios (Chicago)
- Incredible Technologies (Vernon Hills)
- Iron Galaxy Studios (Chicago)
- Jellyvision Games (Chicago)
- Mountain King Studios (Chicago)
- Namco Cybertainment (Bensenville; a subsidiary of Japan-based Namco)
- NetherRealm Studios (Chicago)
- Robomodo (Chicago)
- WMS Industries (Waukegan)
Travel and transportation
Aviation support
- AAR Corporation (Wood Dale)
- Covenant Aviation Security (Chicago)
- Jet Support Services, Inc. (Chicago)
Consumer travel
- Caravan Tours (Chicago)
- CheapTickets (Chicago)
- Chicago Trolley Company (Chicago)
- Hyatt (Chicago)
- Kokua Hospitality, LLC (Chicago)
- Orbitz (Chicago)
- United Airlines Holdings (Chicago)
Freight
- Hub Group (Oak Brook)
- Livingston International (Chicago)
Rail
- Anacostia Rail Holdings Company (Chicago)
- Chicago Union Station Company (Chicago)
- CRRC Sifang America (Chicago)
- FreightCar America (Chicago)
- GATX (Chicago)
- GE Transportation (Chicago)
- Iowa Pacific Holdings (Chicago)
- Rail World (Chicago)
- Transco Railway Products (Chicago)
- Union Tank Car Company (Chicago)
Road
- Donlen Corporation (Northbrook)
- Durham School Services (Warrenville)
- Motor Coach Industries (Schaumburg)
- National Van Lines, Inc. (Broadview)
- Navistar International (Lisle)
- ParkWhiz (Chicago)
- SpotHero (Chicago)
- Standard Parking (Chicago)
- Yellow Cab Company (Chicago)
Services
Out of state and foreign companies with a major presence
There are other large corporations with an established presence in Chicago and/or its suburbs (but whose corporate headquarters are located elsewhere), including:
Autos
- BMW of North America Central Region Office (Schaumburg) (from Munich, Germany)
- Continental Automotive Systems (Temic) (Deer Park) (from Hanover, Germany)
- Ford Motor Company (Chicago Assembly, Chicago Heights Stamping) (from Detroit, Michigan, US)
- Hyundai Motor Company (Aurora) (from Seoul, South Korea)
- Nissan Forklift (Marengo) (from Yokohama, Japan)
- Nissan North America (Aurora) (from Yokohama, Japan)
- Subaru of America Regional Office - Central (Itasca) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (Aurora, Naperville) (from Toyota, Japan)
Consumer
- Bridgestone (Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC) (Bloomingdale) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Dyson USA (Chicago) (from Malmesbury, UK)
- Li-Ning (Chicago) (from Beijing, China)
- Medela (McHenry) (from Baar, Switzerland)
- Sunstar Americas (Schaumburg) (from Osaka, Japan)
- thinkorswim (Chicago) (from New York, New York, US)
- Valspar (from Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)
Energy
- BP (Warrenville, Naperville, Whiting) (from London, UK)
- Citgo (Lemont Refinery) (from Houston, Texas, US)
- Schneider Electric (Palatine) (from Rueil-Malmaison, France)
Financial services
- ABN AMRO Clearing (Chicago) (from Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Aon Corporation Americas region headquarters (Chicago) (from London, UK)
- Bank of America (from Charlotte, North Carolina, US)
- BMO Harris Bank (Chicago), a subsidiary of Montreal-based Bank of Montreal
- Capital One (Rolling Meadows) (from Tysons Corner, Virginia, US)
- Experian (Schaumburg) (from Dublin, Ireland)
- Fitch Group (from New York, New York, US and London, UK)
- JPMorgan Chase (See: Bank One Corporation) (from New York, New York, US)
- Popular, Inc. (Banco Popular North America) (Rosemont) (from San Juan, PR, US)
- UBS (from Zurich, Switzerland)
- Willis Group (Chicago - Willis Tower) (from London, UK)
- XL Group (Chicago, Schaumburg) (from Dublin, Ireland)
- Zurich Financial Services (Schaumburg) (from Zurich, Switzerland)
Food, beverages and agriculture
- Ajinomoto (Ajinomoto Food Ingredients LLC & Ajinomoto Heartland LLC) (Chicago) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Barilla Americas HQ (Northbrook) (from Parma, Italy)[19]
- Butterball (Naperville) (from Garner, North Carolina, US)
- Cargill (Chicago, Hammond) (from Minnetonka, Minnesota, US)
- ConAgra Foods (Naperville) (from Omaha, Nebraska, US)
- Maple Leaf Foods (Des Plaines) (from Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Richelieu Foods (Elk Grove Village) (from Randolph, Massachusetts, US)
- Smithfield Foods (Armour-Eckrich Meats LLC) (Lisle and St. Charles) (from Smithfield, Virginia, US)
Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
- Astellas US LLC (Northbrook) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Fresenius Kabi USA (Lake Zurich) (from Bad Homburg, Germany)
- Fujifilm Medical (Hanover Park) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- LifeWatch (Rosemont) (from Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland)
- McKesson Corporation (Wheeling) (from New York, New York, US)
- Siemens Healthcare U.S. headquarters (Deerfield) (from Munich, Germany)
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company U.S. headquarters (Deerfield) (from Osaka, Japan)
Industrial
- AkzoNobel (Polymer Chemicals Unit) (from Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Amada Co (Amada Machine Tools America) (Schaumburg) (from Kanagawa, Japan)
- ArcelorMittal (U.S. headquarters in Chicago; plants in Riverdale, East Chicago, and Burns Harbor) (from Luxembourg)
- Bystronic North America headquarters (Elgin) (from Niederönz, Switzerland)
- General Electric (from Schenectady, New York, US)
- Gerdau (plant in Joliet)
- Ineos/Innovene (Chicago, Naperville, Whiting) (from Rolle, Switzerland)
- James Hardie Industries U.S. headquarters (Chicago) (from Australia)
- Komatsu Limited U.S. headquarters (Rolling Meadows) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Lafarge North America headquarters (Rosemont) (from Paris, France)
- Makino (Elgin) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Mazak Midwest Technology Center (Schaumburg) (from Ōguchi, Japan)
- Misumi U.S. headquarters (Schaumburg) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Mori Seiki U.S. headquarters (Hoffman Estates) (from Nagoya, Japan)
- Noritake (Arlington Heights) (from Nagoya, Japan)
- Rexam (Chicago, Buffalo Grove) (from London, UK)
- Ricardo plc (Burr Ridge) (from Shoreham-by-Sea, UK)
- Robert Bosch Corp. (Broadview (automotive aftermarket), Mount Prospect (production tools), Hoffman Estates (Bosch Rexroth)) (from Gerlingen, Germany)
- Rockwell Automation (Burr Ridge) (from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US)
- Ryobi (Chicago) (from Hiroshima, Japan)
- Siemens Building Technologies U.S. headquarters (Buffalo Grove) (from Munich, Germany)
- SSAB North America (Lisle) (from Stockholm, Sweden)
- Subaru Industrial Power Products (Robin) (Lake Zurich) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Sumitomo Corporation of America (Rosemont) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Suzo Happ North America HQ (Elk Grove Village) (from Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- Tyco International (Tyco Electrical & Metal Products) (Harvey) (from Princeton, New Jersey, US)
- U.S. Steel (Gary Works) (Gary) (from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US)
- Wanxiang Group U.S. headquarters (Elgin) (from Hangzhou, China
- Weichai Power (Rolling Meadows) (from Weifang, China
- Yaskawa Electric Corporation (Waukegan) (from Kitakyushu, Japan)
- ZF Friedrichshafen (Vernon Hills) (from Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Media
- ACNielsen North America HQ (Schaumburg) (from New York, New York, US)
- McGraw-Hill (Chicago) (from New York, New York, US)
- Pearson Education, publishing as Scott Foresman (Glenview) (from London, UK)
Professional services
- Acxiom (Downers Grove) (from Little Rock, Arkansas, US) [20]
- Cision US HQ (Chicago) (from Stockholm, Sweden)
- Colliers International Midwest HQ (Chicago & Rosemont) (from Seattle)
- DigitasLBi (Chicago) (from New York City)
- Mintel (Chicago) (from London, UK)
- Paychex (Naperville) (from Penfield, New York, US)
Technology
- Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) (Schaumburg) (from Dallas, Texas, US)
- Alcatel-Lucent (from Paris, France)
- Amazon, Amazon Web Services
- AT&T Inc. (from Dallas, Texas, US)
- Canon USA (Itasca) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Cognizant (Chicago, Lisle) (from Teaneck, New Jersey, US)
- FANUC (Hoffman Estates) (from Yamanashi, Japan)
- Google (Chicago) (from Mountain View, California)
- Hitachi High Technologies America (Schaumburg) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Huawei (Rolling Meadows) (from Shenzhen, China)
- IBM (from Armonk, New York, US)
- Microsoft (Chicago, Downers Grove, Northlake (data center)) (from Redmond, Washington, US)
- Mitsubishi Electric (Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.) (Vernon Hills) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Mitutoyo (Aurora) (from Kawasaki, Japan)
- NEC (NEC Display Solutions) (Itasca) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Nortel (Schaumburg) (from Mississauga, Canada)
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Rolling Meadows) (from Falls Church, Virginia, US)
- OMRON (Schaumburg, Bannockburn, St. Charles) (from Kyoto, Japan)
- Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America (Rolling Meadows, Buffalo Grove) (from Osaka, Japan)
- PayPal (Chicago) (from San Jose, California)
- PC Connection (Itasca) (from Merrimack, New Hampshire)
- Salesforce.com (Chicago) (from San Francisco, California)
- SAP SE (Chicago, Downers Grove) (from Walldorf, Germany)
- STMicroelectronics (Schaumburg) (from Geneva, Switzerland)
- TopstepTrader
- Toshiba America (Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Chicago, Rolling Meadows) (from Tokyo, Japan)
- Uber (Chicago) (from San Francisco, California, US)
- Yelp (Chicago) (from San Francisco, California, US)[21]
Travel and transportation
- American Airlines (Hub at O'Hare International Airport) (from Fort Worth, Texas, US)
- APL Logistics (Oak Brook) (from Singapore)
- CSX Transportation (Northern Region Operations Center) (Calumet City) (from Jacksonville, Florida, US)
- Southwest Airlines (Hub at Chicago Midway International Airport) (from Dallas, Texas, US)
- UPS (Chicago Area Consolidation Hub) (Hodgkins) (from Sandy Springs, Georgia, US)
