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Top 25 Advertising agencies with vfx companies based in Chicago, United States

Name: Advertising agencies with vfx companies based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 561 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 561 advertising agencies with vfx companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,396 professional contacts across them, including 1,358 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Los Angeles is the largest hub for this category (1,857 companies); Chicago has 561.

This list covers advertising agencies with vfx companies headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,358Verified emails

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The 25 largest advertising agencies with vfx companies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 561 advertising agencies with vfx companies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising agencies with vfx companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Abelsontaylor Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	253 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With AbelsonTaylor Group, ROI is what you’ll get.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Manifest	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	183 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Manifest, we drive growth by starting in the messy middle, where customer consideration widens and momentum is at greatest risk.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Optimus	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	157 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Optimus is a collective of award winning filmmakers, storytellers, and artists working with agencies and brands to develop and produce engaging and effective creative content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Energy Bbdo	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	151 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Energy BBDO is a global creative agency known for energizing people and brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Highdive	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	136 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Highdive (highdiveus.com) is an independently owned, EMMY-nominated, full-service creative agency located in Chicago (HQ) and New York City.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	HY Connect	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HY Connect is now part of the MERGE Network, which in 2018 combined five agencies: HY Connect, MERGE Design + Interactive, Partners & Simons, Avid Design, and Dodge Communications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Kindle Communications	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kindle Communications is a Chicago-based, women-owned event production and creative communications agency made up of a diverse collective of talent and expertise and fueled by a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Upshot Agency	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We use creativity, digital fluency, and cultural agility to lead brands through a world of change and unleash their full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Cutters Studios	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cutters Studios is a collaboration of creative elements that work together to develop the solution for your production and post production needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Otherwise Incorporated	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Otherwise Incorporated is a boutique Chicago creative agency specializing in branding, visual identity, website design and development, social media marketing, graphic design and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Eicoff	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Transform your marketing into a growth engine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	The Motion Agency	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Motion is a results-driven creative agency giving brands the power they need to accelerate growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Point B Communications	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Point B is an independent, full-service, mid-sized branding and advertising agency in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Fluent360	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “fluent360 is a forward-thinking, full-service agency fueled by deep audience expertise and fearless creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	OKRP	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BarkleyOKRP is one of the largest full-service independent agencies in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Elite Communications Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Storytellers We are a boutique agency that is large enough to house exceptional, A-list talent yet small enough to give you the attentive, personalized service you…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Clutch Studios	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We design and produce striking, meaningful and impactful brand content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Tom, Dick & Harry	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tom, Dick & Harry Creative Co is Chicago’s craft agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Sarofsky	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Director, creative director and designer Erin Sarofsky kick-started Sarofsky in 2009 and formed a group of extraordinarily talented makers who have been providing their services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	The Heist	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Heist is a creative studio specializing in animation, motion design, and live-action storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Daily Planet Productions, LTD	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Daily Planet is an Emmy Award-winning full-service video production, editing, and motion graphics company, primarily serving advertising and B2B clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Purpose Brand	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a seasoned, strategic integrated marketing agency focused on creating content that makes headlines, executing social media that sparks conversation and producing video that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Limitless Creative	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're a full-service marketing agency specializing in strategy, growth, design, & production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	The Escape POD	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Escape Pod is a full-service advertising agency founded two decades ago by a few folks who wanted to break away from the traditional big agency model.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Ten35	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With a proven track record on everything from strategy, creative, digital, experiential, and production for all types of communications and experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: advertising agencies with vfx companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names advertising agencies with vfx companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of advertising agencies with vfx companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name advertising agencies with vfx companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Advertising agencies with vfx companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

14.5%Verified-email coverage

16.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

409

11-50

113

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 561 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advertising agencies with vfx companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “advertising agencies with vfx companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advertising agencies with vfx companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advertising agencies with vfx companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,358 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Advertising agencies with vfx companies by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advertising agencies with vfx companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many advertising agencies with vfx companies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 561 advertising agencies with vfx companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Abelsontaylor Group, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most advertising agencies with vfx companies?

Los Angeles leads the United States with 1,857 headquartered companies, followed by New York (1,843) and Chicago (561).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,358 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 561 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.