- List of major companies in the Chicago metropolitan area
The following companies have headquarters within the Chicago city limits:
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Accenture
*Aon Corporation (Ranked #199 on theFortune 500 )
*Bally Total Fitness
*Boeing (Ranked #21 on theFortune 500 )
*CareerBuilder
*Chicago Board of Trade (pending merger withChicago Mercantile Exchange to formCME group ).
*Chicago Board Options Exchange
*Chicago Mercantile Exchange
*Chicago Stock Exchange
*Citadel Investment Group
*Classified Ventures
*Click Commerce
*CNA Financial (an affiliate ofLoews Corporation )
*Diamond Management & Technology Consultants
*Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
*Equity Office Properties Trust (Ranked #493 on theFortune 500 )
*Exelon Corporation (Ranked #126 on theFortune 500 )
*Fellowes
*GATX Corporation
*General Growth Properties
*Global Hyatt Corporation
*Hostway
*Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
*Jones Lang LaSalle
*Kerasotes Theatres
*La Petite Academy
*Merisant
*Metal Management
*Midway Games
*Morningstar, Inc.
*Morton Salt
*National Stock Exchange
*Navigon
*NAVTEQ
*Northern Trust
*Old Republic International
*Orbitz
*Playboy Enterprises
*Quaker Oats Company , a unit ofPepsiCo
*R.R. Donnelley & Sons (Ranked #362 on theFortune 500 )
*Ryerson, Inc.
*Shorebank
*Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
*Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Ranked #255 on theFortune 500 )
*SSA Global Technologies
*Telephone and Data Systems Incorporated
*Tootsie Roll Industries
*TransUnion
*Tribune Company (Ranked #323 on theFortune 500 )
*True Value
*Ubid
*United Airlines (Corporate Offices) (Fortune 500 )
*US Cellular
*USG Corporation (Ranked #458 on theFortune 500 )
*Unitrin (S&P 400 MidCap,S&P 1500 Super Comp)
*Whittman-Hart
*Wilson Sporting Goods
*World Book
* WM. Wrigley Jr. CompanyThe following companies are based in Chicago's suburbs:
*Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) (Fortune 500 )
*ACCO Brands (Lincolnshire, Illinois )
*Ace Hardware (Oak Brook, Illinois )
*ACNielsen (Schaumburg, Illinois )
*Alberto-Culver (Melrose Park, Illinois )
*Allstate (Northbrook, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*American Unit Inc (Schaumburg, Illinois )
* Andrew Corporation (Westchester, Illinois )
*Anixter International (Glenview, Illinois)
*Aquascape, Inc. (St. Charles, Illinois )
* Azteca Foods (Summit, Illinois )
*Baxter International (Deerfield, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*BFG Technologies (Lake Forest, Illinois )
*Blistex, Incorporated (Oak Brook, Illinois )
*BRK Brands akaFirst Alert (Aurora, Illinois )
*Brunswick Corporation (Lake Forest, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
* Calamos Holdings LLC (Naperville, Illinois )
*Career Education Corporation (Hoffman Estates, Illinois )
*CDW (Vernon Hills, Illinois ) (Ranked #376 on theFortune 500 )
*CF Industries (Deerfield, Illinois )
*Corn Products International (Westchester, Illinois )
* Così (Deerfield, Illinois )
*Coskata (Warrenville, Illinois )
*Crate and Barrel (Northbrook, Illinois )
*Culligan (Rosemont, Illinois )
*DeVry University (Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois )
*Discover Financial Services (Riverwoods, Illinois )
*Donlen Corporation (Northbrook, Illinois )
*Electro-Motive Diesel (McCook, Illinois )
*Fortune Brands (Jim Beam ,Courvoisier ,Titleist , and many other brands) (Deerfield, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Griffith Laboratories (Alsip, Illinois )
* Hendrickson Int'l Corp. (Lemont, Illinois ; a subsidiary of The Boler Company (Itasca, Illinois ))
*Hewitt Associates (Lincolnshire, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Hospira (Lake Forest, Illinois )
*IDEX Corporation (Northbrook, Illinois )
*Illinois Tool Works (Glenview, Illinois) (Fortune 500 )
*Kraft Foods (Northfield, Illinois )
*McDonald's Corporation (Oak Brook, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Molex (Lisle, Illinois )
*Motorola (Schaumburg, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Nalco Holding Company (Naperville, Illinois )
* Namco Cybertainment (Bensenville, Illinois ; a subsidiary of Japan-basedNamco )
*Navistar International Corporation (Warrenville, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Nicor (Naperville, Illinois ) (S&P 500 )
*NiSource (Merrillville, Indiana ) (Fortune 500 )
*Northfield Laboratories (Evanston, Illinois )
*OfficeMax (Naperville, Illinois )
*Pactiv (Lake Forest, Illinois )
*Pampered Chef (Addison, Illinois )
*Portillo's Restaurants (Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois )
*Rand McNally (Skokie, Illinois ), a subsidiary ofQuebecor World
* Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois )
* Sanford (Oak Brook, Illinois ; a division ofNewell Rubbermaid )
* Sara Lee (Downers Grove, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Sauer-Danfoss (Lincolnshire, Illinois )
*Sears Holdings (Hoffman Estates, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Shure Incorporated (Niles, Illinois )
*SIRVA (Westmont, Illinois )
*Solo Cup Company (Highland Park, Illinois )
*Stepan Company (Northfield, Illinois )
*TAP Pharmaceuticals (Lake Forest, Illinois )
*Tellabs (Naperville, Illinois )
*Tenneco (Lake Forest, IL) (Fortune 500 )
*Turtle Wax (Willowbrook, Illinois )
*Ulta (Romeoville, Illinois )
*Underwriters Laboratories (Northbrook, Illinois )
*United Airlines (Base of Operations) (Elk Grove Township ) (Fortune 500 )
*United Stationers (Deerfield, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*U.S. Foodservice (Rosemont, Illinois )
*USRobotics (Schaumburg, Illinois )
*Vanee Foods Company, Inc. (Berkeley, Illinois )
* Van Kampen Investments (Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois )
*Velsicol Chemical Corporation (Rosemont, Illinois )
*Walgreens (Deerfield, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Weber-Stephen Products Company (Palatine, Illinois )
*Westell (Aurora, Illinois )
*WMS Gaming (Waukegan, Illinois )
*World Dryer (Berkeley, Illinois ; a subsidiary of Carrier Commercial Refrigeration)
*W.W. Grainger (Lake Forest, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*Zebra Technologies (Vernon Hills, Illinois )
*Zenith Electronics Corporation (Lincolnshire, Illinois ; a subsidiary of South Korea-basedLG Electronics )There are other large corporations with an established presence in Chicago and/or its suburbs (but whose corporate headquarters are located elsewhere), including:
*ABN AMRO (Asset Management)
*Acxiom (Downers Grove, Illinois)
*ACS (Schaumburg, Illinois ) (Fortune 500 )
*ALDI (U.S. headquarters:Batavia, Illinois )
*Akzo Nobel (Polymer Chemicals Unit)
*Astellas Pharma (Deerfield, Illinois )
*AT&T
*Bank of America
*Bank of Montreal (Harris Bankcorp, BMO Capital Markets)
*BP (Warrenville andNaperville, Illinois ;Whiting, Indiana )
*Canon USA (Itasca, Illinois )
*Caterpillar Inc. (Montgomery, Illinois )
*CITGO (Lemont Refinery,Lemont, Illinois )
*ConAgra (Downers Grove, Illinois )
*Continental Automotive Systems (Temic) (Deer Park, Illinois )
*CSX Transportation (Northern Region Operations Center) (Calumet City, Illinois )
*FANUC Robotics (Hoffman Estates, Illinois )
*Fitch Ratings
*Ford Motor Company (Chicago Assembly , Chicago Heights Stamping)
*Fujifilm (Fujifilm Medical)Hanover Park, Illinois )
*GE
*Goldman Sachs
*HSBC Finance , a subsidiary ofHSBC (Mettawa, Illinois )
*IBM
*Ineos/Innovene (Chicago andNaperville, Illinois ;Whiting, Indiana )
*JPMorgan Chase & Co. (See: "Bank One ")
*Lucent Technologies
*McKesson Corporation (Wheeling, Illinois )
*McGraw-Hill Companies (Chicago Loop )
*Microsoft Corporation (Chicago Loop ;Downers Grove, Illinois ;Northlake, Illinois (data center))
*Mintel
*Mitsubishi Electric (Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.) (Vernon Hills, Illinois )
*Mittal Steel Company (U.S. headquarters:Chicago Loop ; plants inRiverdale, Illinois ,East Chicago, Indiana , andBurns Harbor, Indiana )
*Mori Seiki (U.S. headquarters:Rolling Meadows, Illinois )
*NEC (NEC Display Solutions of America ) (Itasca, Illinois )
*Nortel (Schaumburg, Illinois )
*Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Rolling Meadows, Illinois )
*Omron (Schaumburg, Bannockburn, St. Charles)
*Panasonic Corporation of North America (Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America) (Buffalo Grove, Illinois )
*Pearson Education, publishing as Scott Foresman (Glenview, Illinois)
*PepsiAmericas (corporate offices) (Schaumburg, Illinois )
*Popular, Inc. (Banco Popular North America) (Rosemont, Illinois )
*Rexam
*Robert Bosch Corp. (Broadview, Illinois (automotive aftermarket);Mount Prospect, Illinois (production tools);Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Bosch Rexroth))
*SAP AG (Downers Grove, Illinois )
*Schneider Electric (Palatine, Illinois )
*Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (U.S. headquarters:Deerfield, Illinois )
*Siemens Medical Solutions (Hoffman Estates, Illinois )
*SSAB North America (Lisle, Illinois )
*STMicroelectronics (Schaumburg, Illinois )
*Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (U.S. headquarters:Deerfield, Illinois )
*UBS AG
*Unilever (Home & Personal Care North America) (Chicago)
*UPS (CACH ) (Hodgkins, Illinois )
*UOP LLC , a subsidiary ofHoneywell (Des Plaines, Illinois )
*U.S. Steel (Gary Works) (Gary, Indiana )
*XL Capital (Chicago Loop ,Schaumburg, Illinois )
*Yaskawa Electric America (Waukegan, Illinois )
*ZF Friedrichshafen (Vernon Hills, Illinois )
*Zurich Financial Services (Schaumburg, Illinois )
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