Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 22 Advertising production staffing companies based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 59 advertising production staffing companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 796 professional contacts across them, including 80 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Los Angeles is the largest hub for this category (266 companies); Chicago has 59.
This list covers advertising production staffing 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 27, 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.
The 22 largest advertising production staffing companies based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Operating in three major markets - Chicago, NY, and LA - Distinct Artists has been proudly providing our editorial, commercial and advertising clientele with a variety of talented…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than 50 years, Fox Associates, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Creative, production, and post.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Beat Studios is an award-winning advertising production studio located in the heart of the River North neighborhood in downtown Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.” - Nelson Algren October is a production & post-production studio in Chicago, IL that also has capabilities in graphics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re an award winning full service creative video agency that focuses on commercials, social videos, documentary, and short films.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With decades of experience in the television and film business, our team has always believed every successful shoot starts with hiring the right people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Indivio Media is a media production company specializing in post-production, animation, video editing, motion graphics, visual effects, art direction, audio and sound design for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “verytaste® is a New York and Chicago based, concept-to-delivery, full-service production and post-production squadron with affiliates across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With Take Care we set out to do something different; to create a production shop that exists in the realm between agency and production co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a boutique postproduction studio specializing in commercial and short form branded content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Light Modifiers has been proudly serving Chicagoland and the Midwest for over 3 years, providing exceptional film and television lighting services with friendly union and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “electric gum, inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Landgraf Consulting Group is a uniquely qualified team of experts who partner with marketing professionals to pursue both value and execution excellence in advertising content…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Roark, Pirsig & Dobie Studios has been producing engaging content for leading companies and brands for over 25 years utilizing multiple distribution channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Phaze 2 Studio is a full service advertising production studio, specializing in image retouching, print and digital ad creation, contract proofing and fulfillment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Media Process Group (MPG), founded in 1985, is one of Chicago’s most renowned production companies and is currently owned by Bob Hercules and Keith Walker.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Based in the heart of the advertising industry of Chicago, HoneyWired™ provides creative solutions for major brands and boutique projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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 production staffing 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 production staffing companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of advertising production staffing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name advertising production staffing 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.
Showing 22 of 59 advertising production staffing companies based in Chicago, United States
See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 80 reachable decision-makers.
Free signup · no credit card
Advertising production staffing companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
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 59 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 production staffing 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 production staffing 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 production staffing 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 production staffing 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, 80 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 27, 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 production staffing companies by metro in the United States
- Advertising production staffing companies in Los Angeles266
- Advertising production staffing companies in New York246
- Advertising production staffing companies in Atlanta43
- Advertising production staffing companies in Miami35
- Advertising production staffing companies in Brooklyn32
- Advertising production staffing companies in Dallas31
- Advertising production staffing companies in Portland29
- Advertising production staffing companies in San Francisco29
- Advertising production staffing companies in Austin25
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 production staffing 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 production staffing companies are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 59 advertising production staffing 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?
Optimus, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United States has the most advertising production staffing companies?
Los Angeles leads the United States with 266 headquartered companies, followed by New York (246) and Chicago (59).
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 80 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 59 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 27, 2026.
Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 59 advertising production staffing companies based in Chicago, United States. Start with a free account, no credit card.
Download this list →Related lists
Advertising production staffing companies by geography
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Mumbai, India
- Advertising production staffing companies based in New Delhi, India
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Atlanta, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Austin, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Brooklyn, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Dallas, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Los Angeles, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Miami, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in New York, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Portland, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in San Francisco, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Argentina
About this data
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.
More company lists
- All company lists
- Lists by location
- Lists A-Z
- New lists
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Mumbai, India
- Advertising production staffing companies based in New Delhi, India
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Atlanta, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Austin, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Brooklyn, United States
- Advertising production staffing companies based in Dallas, United States