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Top 23 Business incubators based in Chicago, United States

Name: Business incubators based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 105 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 105 business incubators headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,187 professional contacts across them, including 255 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers business incubators 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 23 largest business incubators based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 23 of 105 business incubators based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business incubators: 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	Sunshine Enterprises	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	91 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sunshine Enterprises recognizes entrepreneurship as a critical asset to alleviate the financial burden and create a pathway to long-term wealth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Allies For Community Business	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Allies for Community Business (A4CB) provides the capital, coaching, and connections entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Technexus Venture Collaborative	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TechNexus Venture Collaborative (TechNexus) invests in relationships between leading corporations and ambitious entrepreneurs to Rethink Growth™.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Cumberland	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With our unparalleled understanding of the market structure, Cumberland helps investors and institutions capitalize on new ventures, working to ensure the ecosystem continues to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Powerteam International	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Powerteam International is the #1 Success Education company in the world!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	The Gray Matter Experience	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are catalysts connecting youth to entrepreneurial education, mentorship, and experiences that ignite ownership, unrealized possibilities, and lasting change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Incubator	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Incubator LLC is a non-traditional incubator based in Chicago, with personnel in various parts of the USA and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Profit And Laws, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	South Shore Chamber Of Commerce, Community Development Corp	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The South Shore Chamber of Commerce strengthens and supports our business corridors and small businesses, by empowering our members with effective training, technical assistance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	The Hatchery Chicago	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Hatchery is Chicago's premier food business incubator helping local food and beverage entrepreneurs develop successful businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	E.G. Woode	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We provide a sustainable platform where residents and business owners can leverage the capital and assets of a large institution to rebuild and reconstruct commercial corridors…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	37 Oaks	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “An education company that strengthens communities by transforming small businesses into high-value, commerce-driven assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Illinois Sbdc At Chicagoland Chamber Of Commerce	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Illinois SBDC at the Chicagoland Chamber has already helped over 600 small business owners and entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Dishroulette Kitchen	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DishRoulette Kitchen (DRK) is a small business development center, dedicated to addressing economic inequality by empowering food and beverage entrepreneurs in historically…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Innovyz USA	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Innovyz USA founds and builds world-changing companies by bringing together early-stage technologies, extensive business development experience, and access to capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Signature Offices, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We set out to create a shared office space that would inspire and support small businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Startup Grind Chicago	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Startup Grind is the leading global startup community dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Chicago Growth OPS	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chicago Growth Ops helps support the build out of partnerships for startups and small businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	GNCDC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At GNCDC - we are community of business professionals – bringing City, Federal & local assist programs, incentive information, education, training resources and funding assistance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	1921 Coworking	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	1 contacts →
	Strong evidence “1921Coworking and Incubator is designed to be a self-contained tech hub with more than sq.ft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Creative BIZ Launch	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Creative Biz Launch is a comprehensive, step-by-step program designed to help aspiring creative entrepreneurs start, scale, and grow their businesses to six figures and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Startup Distillery	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Building a startup and spinning your wheels?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Nextstep Funding Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Unlock Startup and Small Business Funding Opportunities!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: business incubators. 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 business incubators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of business incubators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name business incubators. 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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Business incubators based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

21.5%Verified-email coverage

11.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

244.8%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

1,001-5,000

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 105 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 business incubators, 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 “business incubators”. 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 business incubators), 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 business incubators, 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, 255 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 19, 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 business incubators, 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 business incubators are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 105 business incubators 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?

Sunshine Enterprises, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most business incubators?

New York leads with 257 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (152) and Los Angeles (127).

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 255 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 105 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 19, 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.