User:Crocodile Punter/Chicago Companies

This is a list of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area.

=Companies based in Chicago=

Consumer Goods

 * ACCO Brands (Lincolnshire)
 * Alberto-Culver (Melrose Park)
 * Brunswick Corporation (Lake Forest) (Fortune 500)
 * Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (Chicago)
 * Fellowes, Inc. (Itasca)
 * First Alert (Aurora)
 * Fortune Brands Home & Security (Deerfield)
 * Haeger Potteries (East Dundee)
 * Hartmarx (Chicago)
 * Pactiv (Lake Forest)
 * Rand McNally (Skokie), a subsidiary of Quebecor World
 * Sanford (Oak Brook; a division of Newell Rubbermaid)
 * Serta (Hoffman Estates)
 * Solo Cup Company (Lake Forest)
 * Turtle Wax (Willowbrook)
 * Weber-Stephen Products Co. (Palatine)
 * Wilson Sporting Goods (Chicago)
 * World Book Encyclopedia (Chicago)

Energy

 * Exelon (Chicago) (ranked #134 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list)
 * Integrys Energy Group (Chicago)
 * Coskata, Inc. (Warrenville)
 * Nicor (Naperville) (S&P 500)
 * NiSource (Merrillville) (Fortune 500)

Financial Services

 * Accuquote (Wheeling)
 * Allstate (Northbrook) (Fortune 500)
 * Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Itasca)
 * Chicago Board Options Exchange (Chicago)
 * Citadel LLC (Chicago)
 * CME Group (Chicago)
 * CNA Financial (Chicago) (an affiliate of Loews Corporation)
 * Chicago Stock Exchange (Chicago)
 * Discover Financial Services (Riverwoods) (ranked #286 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list)
 * Experian (Schaumburg)
 * HSBC Finance, a subsidiary of HSBC (Mettawa)
 * Kemper Corporation (Chicago) (S&P 400 MidCap, S&P 1500 Super Comp)
 * Magnetar Capital (Chicago)
 * Morningstar, Inc. (Chicago)
 * National Stock Exchange (Chicago)
 * Northern Trust (Chicago)
 * Nuveen Investments (Chicago)
 * Old Republic International (Chicago)
 * PTI Securities & Futures (Chicago)
 * TransUnion (Chicago)
 * Van Kampen Investments (Oakbrook Terrace)

Food, Beverages, & Agriculture

 * Beam Inc. (Deerfield)
 * CF Industries (Deerfield)
 * Colonial Ice Cream (St. Charles)
 * Corn Products International (Westchester)
 * Culligan (Rosemont)
 * Griffith Laboratories (Alsip)
 * Koval Distillery (Chicago)
 * Kraft Foods (Northfield)
 * Mead Johnson Nutrition (Glenview)
 * Merisant (Chicago)
 * MillerCoors (Chicago)
 * Morton Salt (Chicago)
 * Oberweis Dairy (North Aurora)
 * Pabst Brewing Company (Woodridge)
 * The Pampered Chef (Addison)
 * Quaker Oats Company, a unit of PepsiCo (Chicago)
 * Sara Lee Corporation (Downers Grove) (Fortune 500)
 * Tootsie Roll Industries (Chicago)
 * U.S. Foodservice (Rosemont)
 * Vanee Foods (Berkeley)
 * Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Chicago)

Health Care & Pharmaceuticals

 * Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park) (Fortune 500)
 * Baxter International (Deerfield) (Fortune 500)
 * Blistex, Incorporated (Oak Brook)
 * Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (Chicago)
 * Cancer Treatment Centers of America (Schaumburg)
 * Hospira (Lake Forest)
 * Medline Industries (Mundelein)
 * Northfield Laboratories (Evanston)

Industrial

 * Donlen Corporation (Northbrook)
 * Dover Corporation (Downers Grove)
 * Electro-Motive Diesel (McCook)
 * FSI Technologies (Lombard)
 * GATX Corporation (Chicago)
 * Hendrickson International (Lemont; a subsidiary of The Boler Company (Itasca))
 * IDEX Corporation (Lake Forest)
 * Illinois Tool Works (Glenview) (Fortune 500)
 * Metal Management (Chicago)
 * Nalco Holding Company (Naperville)
 * Navistar International (Warrenville) (Fortune 500)
 * Ryerson, Inc. (Chicago)
 * Sauer-Danfoss (Lincolnshire)
 * Smurfit-Stone Container (Ranked #374 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list)
 * Stepan Company (Northfield, Illinois)
 * Tenneco (Lake Forest, IL) (Fortune 500)
 * Uline (Pleasant Prairie)
 * USG Corporation (Chicago) (Ranked #458 on the Fortune 500)
 * World Dryer (Berkeley; a subsidiary of Carrier Commercial Refrigeration)

Media

 * ACNielsen North America HQ (Schaumburg)
 * Classified Ventures (Chicago)
 * Farm Progress (St. Charles)
 * Playboy Enterprises (Chicago)
 * Tribune Company (Chicago) (Fortune 500)

Professional services

 * A.T. Kearney (Chicago)
 * Baker & McKenzie (Chicago)
 * Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (Chicago)
 * Grant Thornton LLP (Oakbrook Terrace)
 * Hewitt Associates (Lincolnshire) (Fortune 500)
 * Navigant Consulting, Inc. (Chicago)
 * RR Donnelley (Chicago) (Ranked #240 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list)
 * Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Chicago)
 * SymphonyIRI Group (Chicago)
 * Vivid Ascent (Chicago)
 * Whittman-Hart (Chicago)

Real Estate

 * Equity Office Properties Trust (Chicago)
 * General Growth Properties (Chicago)
 * Jones Lang LaSalle (Chicago)

Retail & Consumer Services

 * Ace Hardware (Oak Brook)
 * Aldi Inc (Batavia)
 * Bally Total Fitness (Chicago)
 * Career Education Corporation (Hoffman Estates)
 * CDW (Vernon Hills) (Ranked #376 on the Fortune 500)
 * Claire's Stores (Hoffman Estates)
 * Così (Deerfield)
 * Crate and Barrel (Northbrook)
 * DeVry University (Oakbrook Terrace)
 * Eby-Brown (Naperville)
 * Follett Corporation (River Grove)
 * Kerasotes Theatres (Chicago)
 * La Petite Academy (Chicago)
 * McDonald's (Oak Brook) (Fortune 500)
 * OfficeMax (Naperville)
 * Peapod (Skokie)
 * Portillo's Restaurants (Oakbrook Terrace)
 * Quill Corporation (Lincolnshire)
 * Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (Oakbrook Terrace)
 * Sears Holdings Corporation (Hoffman Estates) (Fortune 500)
 * SIRVA (Westmont)
 * True Value (Chicago)
 * Ulta (Bolingbrook)
 * United Stationers (Deerfield) (Fortune 500)
 * Walgreens (Deerfield) (Fortune 500)
 * W. W. Grainger (Lake Forest) (Fortune 500)

Technology

 * Andrew Corporation (Westchester)
 * Anixter International (Glenview)
 * BFG Technologies (Lake Forest)
 * CareerBuilder (Chicago)
 * Groupon (Chicago)
 * GrubHub (Chicago)
 * Hostway (Chicago)
 * InterCall (Chicago)
 * Midway Games (Chicago)
 * Molex (Lisle)
 * Motorola Solutions (Schaumburg)
 * Motorola Mobility (Libertyville)
 * Namco Cybertainment (Bensenville; a subsidiary of Japan-based Namco)
 * Navteq (Chicago)
 * Paylocity Corporation (Arlington Heights)
 * Shure (Niles)
 * SSA Global Technologies (Chicago)
 * Telephone and Data Systems (Chicago)
 * Tellabs (Naperville)
 * UBid (Chicago)
 * Underwriters Laboratories (Northbrook)
 * U.S. Cellular (Chicago)
 * USRobotics (Schaumburg)
 * Westell (Aurora)
 * WMS Gaming (Waukegan)
 * Zebra Technologies (Vernon Hills)
 * Zenith Electronics (Lincolnshire; a subsidiary of South Korea-based LG Electronics)

Travel & Aviation

 * AAR Corporation (Wood Dale)
 * Boeing (Chicago)
 * Hyatt Hotels (Chicago)
 * Jet Support Services, Inc. (Chicago)
 * Orbitz (Chicago)
 * United Airlines (Chicago) (Ranked #140 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list)

=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)
 * Continental Automotive Systems (Temic) (Deer Park)
 * Ford Motor Company (Chicago Assembly, Chicago Heights Stamping)
 * Hyundai Motor Company (Aurora)
 * Nissan North America (Aurora)
 * Nissan Forklift (Marengo)
 * Subaru of America Regional Office - Central (Itasca)
 * Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (Aurora, Naperville)

Consumer Goods

 * Dyson USA (Chicago)
 * Noritake (Arlington Heights)
 * Unilever Home & Personal Care North America (Chicago)
 * Valspar

Energy

 * BP (Warrenville, Naperville, Whiting)
 * Citgo (Lemont Refinery)
 * Schneider Electric (Palatine)
 * UOP LLC, a subsidiary of Honeywell (Des Plaines)

Financial Services

 * ABN AMRO (Asset Management)
 * Aon Corporation Americas region headquarters (Chicago)
 * Bank of America
 * Bank of Montreal (Harris Bankcorp, BMO Capital Markets)
 * Fitch Group
 * JPMorgan Chase (See: Bank One Corporation)
 * Popular, Inc. (Banco Popular North America) (Rosemont)
 * UBS AG
 * Willis Group Holdings (Chicago - Willis Tower, Schaumburg)
 * XL Group (Chicago, Schaumburg)
 * Zurich Financial Services (Schaumburg)

Food, Beverages, & Agriculture

 * Ajinomoto (Ajinomoto Food Ingredients LLC & Ajinomoto Heartland LLC) (Chicago)
 * Butterball (Naperville)
 * Cargill (Chicago, Hammond)
 * ConAgra Foods (Naperville)
 * Richelieu Foods (Elk Grove Village)
 * Smithfield Foods (Armour-Eckrich Meats LLC) (Lisle and St. Charles)

Health Care & Pharmaceuticals

 * Astellas Pharma (Deerfield)
 * Siemens Healthcare U.S. headquarters (Deerfield)
 * Fujifilm Medical (Hanover Park)
 * McKesson Corporation (Wheeling)
 * Takeda Pharmaceutical Company U.S. headquarters (Deerfield)

Industrial

 * AkzoNobel (Polymer Chemicals Unit)
 * Amada Co (Amada Machine Tools America) (Schaumburg)
 * APL Logistics (Oak Brook)
 * ArcelorMittal (U.S. headquarters in Chicago; plants in Riverdale, East Chicago, and Burns Harbor)
 * Caterpillar Inc.
 * General Electric
 * Ineos/Innovene (Chicago, Naperville, Whiting)
 * Komatsu Limited
 * Makino (Elgin)
 * Mori Seiki US headquarters (Hoffman Estates)
 * Rexam (Chicago, Buffalo Grove)
 * Ricardo plc (Burr Ridge)
 * Robert Bosch Corp. (Broadview (automotive aftermarket), Mount Prospect (production tools), Hoffman Estates (Bosch Rexroth))
 * Rockwell Automation (Burr Ridge)
 * SSAB North America (Lisle)
 * Subaru Industrial Power Products (Robin) (Lake Zurich)
 * Sumitomo Corporation of America (Rosemont)
 * Tyco International (Tyco Electrical & Metal Products) (Harvey)
 * U.S. Steel (Gary Works) (Gary)
 * Yaskawa Electric Corporation (Waukegan)
 * ZF Friedrichshafen (Vernon Hills)

Media

 * McGraw-Hill (Chicago)
 * Pearson Education, publishing as Scott Foresman (Glenview)

Professional Services

 * Accenture (Chicago; Global headquarters: Dublin, Ireland)
 * Acxiom (Downers Grove)
 * Mintel
 * Paychex (Naperville)

Retail & Consumer Services

 * Bridgestone (Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC) (Bloomingdale)

Technology

 * Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) (Schaumburg) (Fortune 500)
 * Alcatel-Lucent
 * AT&T
 * Canon USA (Itasca)
 * FANUC (Hoffman Estates)
 * Huawei (Rolling Meadows)
 * IBM
 * Microsoft (Chicago, Downers Grove, Northlake (data center))
 * Mitsubishi Electric (Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.) (Vernon Hills)
 * Mitutoyo (Aurora)
 * Navigon (Chicago)
 * NEC (NEC Display Solutions) (Itasca)
 * Nortel (Schaumburg)
 * Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Rolling Meadows)
 * OMRON (Schaumburg, Bannockburn, St. Charles)
 * Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America (Rolling Meadows, Buffalo Grove)
 * SAP AG (Downers Grove)
 * STMicroelectronics (Schaumburg)
 * Toshiba America (Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Chicago, Rolling Meadows)

Travel & Transportation

 * American Airlines (Hub at O'Hare International Airport)
 * CSX Transportation (Northern Region Operations Center) (Calumet City)
 * Southwest Airlines (Hub at Chicago Midway International Airport)
 * UPS (Chicago Area Consolidation Hub) (Hodgkins)

=See also=
 * List of Illinois companies
 * List of retailers on the Magnificent Mile