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Top 25 Association consultants based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 62 association consultants headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,054 professional contacts across them, including 578 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers association consultants 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 21, 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 25 largest association consultants based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 720 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Associations help industries, fields and professions stay current and connected for the members and communities who depend on them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bostrom is a professional services firm offering comprehensive management, consulting and outsourcing to the not-for-profit community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ezra Penland Actuarial Recruitment is the leader in the actuarial recruitment space, connecting countless actuarial professionals with top employers nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Trusted Insight that Brings Clarity to Complexity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ADS Fundraising is the premier fundraising consulting firm dedicated solely to meeting the unique needs of the association community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Strategic Growth Consulting helps small to medium sized professional service companies identify, plan and execute growth strategies bringing over 30 years of experience in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TREX is a premier boutique association management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Grow your practice faster with personalized support, tailored solutions, and expert guidance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We strengthen organizations and support their efforts and goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Wicker Park Group has helped my firm maintain a strong client focus and ensure the 'client is in the room' when we develop our strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hansra Consulting and Advisory Services is an SBA 8(a) Certified business that originated as a small educational consulting, sole proprietorship in 2015 aimed at helping the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Trellis Group operates under a simple premise – we are our client’s advocate always acting in our client’s best interest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Associations don’t struggle because leaders lack effort or ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our consulting is focused solely on issues of client-agency relationships and performance management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DMD CONSULTING is a certified woman owned consulting firm, founded in 2008 as an independent alternative to public accounting firms and corporate consulting firms for Audit and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At ABA C.A.R.E.S, we bring together speakers from inside and outside the field to bridge the gaps that have long held our industry back-reliable HR support, effective recruitment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Van Petten Group is a non-profit association management group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Faced with unprecedented uncertainty, education leaders rely on KDM Advisors as their trusted partner, helping ensure stability and building the foundation of sustainable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Associations want to provide members with tools to help them survive and thrive, and to make a positive contribution to the health of the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ConcreteNexus LLC is an international consulting firm specializing in education, certifications, building codes and standards advocacy, as well as business development services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're Willoughby Group, the nation’s premier high-level recruiting agency for the most successful consultants, commercial real estate advisors, and client-facing professional and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Association Evaluation, LLC, sets the industry standard for rating condominium and homeowner associations through fact-based analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Aries Consulting is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in all aspects of nonprofit management including strategy, communications, operations, fundraising, and board…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Network of Nonprofit Search Consultants (NNSC) is a professional organization comprised of some of the leading nonprofit search consultants in the United States and Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: association consultants. 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 association consultants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of association consultants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name association consultants. 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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Association consultants based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 62 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 association consultants, 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 “association consultants”. 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 association consultants), 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 association consultants, 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, 578 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 21, 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.
Association consultants by metro in the United States
- Association consultants in New York112
- Association consultants in Washington70
- Association consultants in Atlanta69
- Association consultants in Chicago62
- Association consultants in Houston52
- Association consultants in Denver36
- Association consultants in San Diego36
- Association consultants in Seattle36
- Association consultants in Austin33
- Association consultants in Los Angeles33
- Association consultants in San Francisco31
- Association consultants in Dallas29
- Association consultants in Miami28
- Association consultants in Boston27
- Association consultants in Minneapolis27
- Association consultants in Phoenix27
- Association consultants in Tampa26
- Association consultants in Charlotte25
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 association consultants, 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 association consultants are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 62 association consultants 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?
Smithbucklin, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most association consultants?
New York leads with 112 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (70) and Atlanta (69).
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 578 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 62 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 21, 2026.
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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.
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