This is a list of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chicago metropolitan area â also known as "Chicagoland" â 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
Construction
Real estate
Consumer
Consumer goods
Apparel and accessories
Gifts and collectables
Home furnishings and equipment
Household goods
Music equipment
Personal care
Restaurants
Tools
Education and reference
Retail
Art supplies
Broadlines
Business-to-business
Electronics
Florists
Grocery/convenience
Hardware
Office supplies and stationery
Softlines
Services
Sports, games, and toys
Energy
Financial services
Banks
Credit and payments
Exchanges
Insurance
Investments
Private equity and hedge funds
Food and beverages
Beverages
Distribution
Food
Ingredients
Manufacturing
Restaurant chains
Healthcare
Health services
Pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Pharmacy
Provider goods and services
Industrial
Agricultural equipment
Automotive
Building materials
Chemicals
Glass
Metals
Packaging
Plumbing and piping
Tools
Other
Media and entertainment
Entertainment
Music
Online
Publishing
TV, film, and radio
Professional and business services
Accounting
Design
Legal
Management consulting
Marketing and public relations
Recruiting, human resources and payroll
Technology consulting
Technology
Distribution
Hardware
Internet
Manufacturing
Services
Software
Telecommunications and networking
Video games
Travel and transportation
Aviation support
Consumer travel
Freight
Rail
Road
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)
- (McHenry) (from Baar, Switzerland)
- Sunstar Americas (Schaumburg) (from Osaka, Japan)
- thinkorswim (Chicago) (from New York, New York, US)
- Valspar (from Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)
Energy
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)
- 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
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)
- 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 Ã
Âguchi, Japan)
- 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
Professional services
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)
Travel and transportation
See also
References