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Top 25 Competitive intelligence companies based in Chicago, United States

Name: Competitive intelligence companies based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 72 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 72 competitive intelligence companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,529 professional contacts across them, including 2,187 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers competitive intelligence companies 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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6,529Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest competitive intelligence companies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 72 competitive intelligence companies 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 competitive intelligence companies: 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	Accenture Strategy & Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,514 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Accenture Strategy combines deep industry expertise, advanced analytics capabilities and human-led design methodologies that enable clients to act with speed and confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	TEGUS	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	529 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tegus, by AlphaSense is the leading company intelligence platform for key decision makers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	TRC Advisory	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TRC Advisory is a boutique consulting firm focused on working with clients to define and deploy the strategies and tactics necessary to consistently outperform competitors and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Strategex	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Strategex uses 80/20 and customer research to drive profitable growth for B2B companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Minding Your Business	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At MYB (Minding Your Business), we believe that if you dare to look at things differently the possibilities are endless.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	GIO Global Intelligence	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GIO Intelligence is a consulting firm specializing in qualitative global competitive analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Livingpath	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LivingPath is a leading competitive market data analytics firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Sparketing	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 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 19, 2026
9	Gillum Strategy Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gillum Strategy Partners is a boutique management consulting firm with a focus on the creation and execution of strategies that deliver demonstrable value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	KGK & Company	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KGK & Company is the leader in data-driven value creation for middle market businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	NEW Paradigm Resources Group, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NEW PARADIGM RESOURCES GROUP, Inc.(NPRG) is among the nation’s leading strategic consulting and research firms serving clients within the communications industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	BRADY	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Brady Intel is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to helping companies predict and control business outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Strategy Here	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategy Here is a provider of research and market intelligence services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Phronesis Group Holdings, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Phronesis Group is a global management consulting firm focused on strategic advice driven by business intelligence and insightful analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Carema Consulting	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
16	Growth Decisions INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our passion is help your company grow Growth Decisions Inc.(formerly B.E.R.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Studio B	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our expertise in cultivating high-impact partnerships with business leaders at Fortune 50, 100, and 500 companies has enabled our team to unlock new business opportunities, expand…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	SA Market Insights	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	4 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 19, 2026
19	PWW Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2005, PWW Consulting is the culmination of decades of management consulting and strategic planning on behalf of a broad range of client partners that require more…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	10 10 Research	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 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 19, 2026
21	Mcgarity Consulting Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At McGarity LLC, we specialize in providing comprehensive consulting and strategy solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of businesses across diverse industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Greenhouse Associates, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Greenhouse Associates is a research and strategy firm firm serving clients in publishing, media, online information services, and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Cognati Labs	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cognati Ventures is a dynamic organization made up of young and ambitious entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping other entrepreneurs reach their full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Acclinate	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acclinate’s central aim is to provide actionable insights and solutions to investment firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Waypoint Strategic Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We Help Clients Develop and Implement Market-Driven Growth Strategies.” 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: competitive intelligence companies. 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 competitive intelligence companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of competitive intelligence companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name competitive intelligence companies. 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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Competitive intelligence companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

33.5%Verified-email coverage

90.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

230.6%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

5,001-10,000

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 72 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 competitive intelligence companies, 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 “competitive intelligence companies”. 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 competitive intelligence companies), 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 competitive intelligence companies, 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, 2,187 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.

Competitive intelligence companies by metro in the United States

Competitive intelligence companies in New York166
Competitive intelligence companies in Chicago72
Competitive intelligence companies in Los Angeles55
Competitive intelligence companies in San Francisco42
Competitive intelligence companies in Atlanta40
Competitive intelligence companies in Boston39
Competitive intelligence companies in Dallas39
Competitive intelligence companies in Austin36
Competitive intelligence companies in Miami31
Competitive intelligence companies in Washington30
Competitive intelligence companies in Houston27
Competitive intelligence companies in Minneapolis25

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 competitive intelligence companies, 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 competitive intelligence companies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 72 competitive intelligence companies 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?

Accenture Strategy & Consulting, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most competitive intelligence companies?

New York leads with 166 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (72) and Los Angeles (55).

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 2,187 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 72 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.