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Top 18 Beverage consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 56 beverage consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 396 professional contacts across them, including 150 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (82 companies); Chicago follows with 56.
This list covers beverage consulting firms 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 18 largest beverage consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Tradecraft, we partner with craft coffee roasters and specialty tea brands to provide a full suite of beverage programs for hotels, offices, institutional food service groups…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Precision-Tuned Foodservice Solutions: Expert support and strategic guidance, precisely when your brand needs it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Overview 3 Tier Beverages helps beverage teams turn complex data into selling stories, chain support, ABPs, and better in-market decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CBC SPECIALTY BEVERAGE IS EXCELLENCE DELIVERED, FAMILY-OWNED SINCE 1989 Founded in 1989, CBC has built upon its reputation for unparalleled service and has grown into a national…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Manufacturing a safe, quality food or beverage product, cost-effectively, every day is hard.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Whole Brain Consulting, your outsourced operations experts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Great Central Brewing Company exists to support the growth of beverage makers by providing turnkey contract brewing, fermentation, blending and packaging services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 2009, Thoroughbred has helped launch +52 distilleries, designed over 100 spirits brands, and facilitated 4 exits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Frank & Stein Distribution, we are dedicated to revolutionizing the beverage industry through collaboration and innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Leader's Beverage Consulting Conducts Beer, Wine, and Spirits Education, Consulting, Seminars, and Special Events for Corporate and Private Clients While Helping Bars and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our Philosophy The term 'day one' connotes a new beginning, a new strategy, a new solution, a new approach, a fresh start.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Foodservice IP works one on one with its food and beverage clients to produce: research-based management consulting service, multiclient studies, proprietary research, and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Fifty/50 Group, initially established with the goal of buying a small property and opening a restaurant in Chicago’s Wicker Park area, has seen remarkable growth since its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hospitality experts, restaurant and bar builders, hospitality consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Second City Soil is a Chicago-based wine consulting company whose mission is to expand the wine culture of the city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Marketing and consulting services for brands in and around the beer industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BFX Commerce helps beverage brands grow with tailored digital marketing strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help food brands innovate with purpose.” 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: beverage consulting firms. 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 beverage consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of beverage consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name beverage consulting firms. 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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Beverage consulting firms 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 56 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 beverage consulting firms, 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 “beverage consulting firms”. 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 beverage consulting firms), 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 beverage consulting firms, 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, 150 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.
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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 beverage consulting firms, 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 beverage consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 56 beverage consulting firms 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?
Tradecraft Coffee & TEA, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United States has the most beverage consulting firms?
New York leads the United States with 82 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (56) and Miami (43).
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 150 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 56 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.
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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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