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Top 21 Buyer persona agencies based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 37 buyer persona agencies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 646 professional contacts across them, including 208 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers buyer persona agencies 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 14, 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 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
37Companies
646Contacts tracked
208Verified emails
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The 21 largest buyer persona agencies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 21 of 37 buyer persona agencies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to buyer persona agencies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200229 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Blackstone Group is a full-service custom marketing research and consulting firm providing clients with actionable insights for over 25 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200154 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At C+R Research, a full-service marketing insights agency, we’ve been helping brands grow for over 65 years, delivering great research, deep perspective, and committed client…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200100 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shapiro+Raj is the sixth-largest independent insights and inspiration company in North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We find inspiration in culture to advance the way brands connect with consumers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 2006, we have offered unique customer insights essential for our clients to make informed business decisions-and we deliver.(Our own Net Promoter Score is 86%, and nearly…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sparketing is a data insights consultancy that brings a new, multi-disciplinary approach to market research, consulting and analytics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-507 contacts →

Strong evidence

Buyer Persona Institute, a division of KS & R, was founded in 2010 to give B2B companies insight into what their prospective customers need to know and experience before they will…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MDC is a marketing research and strategy planning boutique based in Chicago.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Carema Consulting is a boutique consultancy that executes customer insights programs covering win-loss, churn, customer health and competition.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WILLOW RESEARCH, a boutique market research firm, is deeply rooted in proven methodologies yet flexible enough to find unexpected insights.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Connell Group was started in by Sean Connell in order to bring more cognitive empathy to market research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SA Market Insights (affectionately known as SAMI) is a full-service market research agency, with a twist.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“10/10 Research delivers comprehensive, end-to-end research and insights solutions that empower organizations to make confident, data-driven decisions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-2001 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AUBRY RESEARCH is a company based out of 1624 W DIVISION ST, CHICAGO, Illinois, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Most positioning and messaging is driven by assumptions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The work of The Planning Practice is translating insights about people, products, and brands into profitable marketing strategies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Kno is a boutique, full-service ad agency from the heart of Chicago specializing in the development of persona-driven marketing campaigns.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Market research consulting with a strategic focus.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We view marketing as building relationships.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Ready About, we use curiosity and empathy to better connect you with the humans behind the marketing data.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Erickson Research, we uncover and evaluate market opportunities that work for your business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Buyer persona agencies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
32.2%Verified-email coverage
17.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
259.5%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
22
11-50
11
51-200
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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 37 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 buyer persona agencies, 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 “buyer persona agencies”. 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 buyer persona agencies), 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 buyer persona agencies, 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, 208 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 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 buyer persona agencies, 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 buyer persona agencies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 37 buyer persona agencies 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?

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

Which city has the most buyer persona agencies?

New York leads with 96 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (37) and Austin (32).

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 208 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 37 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 14, 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.