Companies in the Chicago metropolitan area in USA
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.
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Education and reference [ edit ]
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Agricultural equipment [ edit ]
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TV, film, and radio[ edit ]
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Telecommunications and networking [ edit ]
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Out of state and foreign companies with a major presence [ edit ]
There are other large corporations with an established presence in Chicago and/or its suburbs (but whose corporate headquarters are located elsewhere), including:
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 )
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 )
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[ edit ]
Ajinomoto (Ajinomoto Food Ingredients LLC & Ajinomoto Heartland LLC) (Chicago) (from Tokyo, Japan )
Barilla Americas HQ (Northbrook ) (from Parma, Italy )[ 21]
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 [ edit ]
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 )
Professional services [ edit ]
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 )[ 23]
Travel and transportation [ edit ]
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