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Top 25 Community development design firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Community development design firms based in Chicago, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 190 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 190 community development design firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,956 professional contacts across them, including 4,738 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers community development design 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 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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4,738Verified emails

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The 25 largest community development design firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 190 community development design firms 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 community development design firms: 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	Perkins&will	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,958 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Benesch	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,225 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Serving a broad range of markets, Benesch has played a role in shaping our nation’s infrastructure and local communities for decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Studio Gang	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	398 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded and led by Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang is an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	SCB	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	343 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SCB is an architecture, planning, interior and urban design firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Lamar Johnson Collaborative	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	224 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC) is a full-service, integrated architecture and design firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	SUMAC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	183 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SUMAC is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm that promotes sustainability as the key element to increasing the profitability of our clients and partners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	VOA NOW Stantec	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	165 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “VOA has joined Stantec, an architecture and engineering firm with more than creative team members across North America and the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Singh Associates, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	110 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 30 years, SINGH + Associates has been meeting and exceeding our clients’ expectations for high quality planning, design and engineering services delivered with care…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture is an award winning, full service architecture, interior and planning design firm that practices nationally from its Near North Chicago studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Site Design Group, LTD	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	69 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects Jgma	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	67 contacts →
	Strong evidence “JGMA is a progressive architecture and design practice committed to inter-disciplinary collaboration, active community involvement and the enrichment of peoples’ lives through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Johnson Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Johnson Consulting is a real estate and hospitality consulting firm that performs strategic planning and market and financial feasibility studies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	WRD Environmental	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WRD Environmental helps organizations committed to sustainability realize their vision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Antunovich Associates	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Antunovich Associates is an Architectural, Planning and Interior Design Firm with offices located in Chicago, Washington, D.C, Los Angeles, Austin, and Buffalo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Fitzgerald	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With roots dating back more than 100 years, FitzGerald is a national architecture, interior design, and sustainability firm committed to the creation of exemplary environments…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Bailey Edward	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Good Design Created By Good People By listening to the needs of people, places, and the planet, Bailey Edward collaborates with communities to transform the built environment for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	OKW Architects	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OKW Architects seeks to develop meaningful relationships as the foundation of everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	SB Friedman Development Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SB Friedman Development Advisors (SB Friedman) provides analytical, strategic and financial consulting services in support of complex, high-impact development projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Pappageorge Haymes Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The multifaceted architecture of Pappageorge Haymes Partners speaks to the needs of the evolving urban environment, transforming perceptions about where people work, play, shop…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Greenprint Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Greenprint Partners is an award-winning consulting firm specializing in community-centered environmental infrastructure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Studio GC Architecture Interiors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Studio GC is a Chicago-based architecture firm founded with the intent of providing very personal architectural design services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	STR Partners LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “STR Partners is a full-service architectural firm led by three principals and staffed by more than 50 talented design professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Houseal Lavigne	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Houseal Lavigne is a professional consulting firm specializing in all areas of Community Planning, Urban Design, and Economic Development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Ktgy Interior Design & Branded Environments	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Design Lives at KTGY.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Ross Barney Architects	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ross Barney Architects is a Chicago-based architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture studio.” 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: community development design 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 community development design firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of community development design firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name community development design 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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Community development design firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

59.6%Verified-email coverage

41.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

242.6%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

114

11-50

51-200

201-500

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 190 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 community development design 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 “community development design 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 community development design 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 community development design 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, 4,738 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.

Community development design firms by metro in the United States

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 community development design 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 community development design firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 190 community development design 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?

Perkins&will, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most community development design firms?

New York leads with 461 headquartered companies, followed by Seattle (201) and Chicago (190).

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 4,738 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 190 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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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.