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Top 25 Creative talent agencies based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 209 creative talent agencies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,141 professional contacts across them, including 601 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers creative talent 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 21, 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 25 largest creative talent agencies based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 504 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Stewart Talent is a leading, national talent agency with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 374 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're a digital, creative, and marketing staffing agency doing things a little differently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 264 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “National Model and Talent Agency representing over 4500 working talent from six locations since 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Proficient Now Inc is a nationwide talent firm located in Lisle, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Big Mouth Talent is a Chicago-based, SAG-AFTRA franchised talent agency that represents actors ages 4+ for on-camera projects (including TV, film, and commercials), voiceover…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Model and Talent Agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kindle Communications is a Chicago-based, women-owned event production and creative communications agency made up of a diverse collective of talent and expertise and fueled by a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gray Talent Group represents professional actors in television, film, theatre, commercials and voice overs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Motion is a results-driven creative agency giving brands the power they need to accelerate growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BMG Talent, a division of BMG Models and Talent, is a SAG-AFTRA franchised agency celebrating over 20 years in business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago-based boutique talent + artist agency representing fashion + lifestyle models, actors, artists, & influencers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BarkleyOKRP is one of the largest full-service independent agencies in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “North Bridge Staffing was established in 2002 by Gerrie and Pat Dugan, who believed there was a need to provide customized talent solutions to clients, associates, and candidates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We design and produce striking, meaningful and impactful brand content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Atypikal Creative acts as an extension to your existing corporate or brand team, assembling leading creative talent to execute what you need, when you need it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tom, Dick & Harry Creative Co is Chicago’s craft agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Director, creative director and designer Erin Sarofsky kick-started Sarofsky in 2009 and formed a group of extraordinarily talented makers who have been providing their services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MINT Talent Group was established out of the ashes of the live entertainment industry in 2020 by a group of veteran agents that bring the highest level of expertise from numerous…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Talent X Alexander is a SAG/AFTRA franchised agency representing both union and non union talent of all ages for TV, Film, Commercial, Theatre, VO, Industrials and Print.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Operating in three major markets - Chicago, NY, and LA - Distinct Artists has been proudly providing our editorial, commercial and advertising clientele with a variety of talented…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “No labels, just beautiful people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “COACT is an innovative, adaptive, immersive model of top global talent to provide quick and nimble strategic concepting, creative, and development through final execution across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a SAG-AFTRA Franchised Agency representing hundreds of the highest quality union and non-union Actors and other Creatives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “BuzzCo is a woman-owned executive search consultancy fueling Marketing, Advertising & Creative with talent that keeps pace with innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: creative talent agencies. 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 creative talent agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of creative talent agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name creative talent agencies. 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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Creative talent agencies based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 209 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 creative talent 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 “creative talent 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 creative talent 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 creative talent 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, 601 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 21, 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.
Creative talent agencies by metro in the United States
- Creative talent agencies in Los Angeles1016
- Creative talent agencies in New York1010
- Creative talent agencies in Chicago209
- Creative talent agencies in Atlanta191
- Creative talent agencies in Miami156
- Creative talent agencies in San Francisco121
- Creative talent agencies in Austin100
- Creative talent agencies in Dallas98
- Creative talent agencies in Brooklyn97
- Creative talent agencies in Nashville90
- Creative talent agencies in Beverly Hills86
- Creative talent agencies in Seattle82
- Creative talent agencies in Portland73
- Creative talent agencies in Denver72
- Creative talent agencies in New York City67
- Creative talent agencies in Minneapolis66
- Creative talent agencies in Las Vegas59
- Creative talent agencies in Houston58
- Creative talent agencies in San Diego56
- Creative talent agencies in Santa Monica54
- Creative talent agencies in Washington51
- Creative talent agencies in Boston50
- Creative talent agencies in Philadelphia49
- Creative talent agencies in Orlando48
- Creative talent agencies in Burbank44
- Creative talent agencies in Phoenix40
- Creative talent agencies in Charlotte38
- Creative talent agencies in Tampa37
- Creative talent agencies in Detroit34
- Creative talent agencies in West Hollywood34
- Creative talent agencies in Culver City32
- Creative talent agencies in Cincinnati26
- Creative talent agencies in Indianapolis26
- Creative talent agencies in Hollywood25
- Creative talent agencies in Irvine25
- Creative talent agencies in Kansas City25
- Creative talent agencies in Oakland25
- Creative talent agencies in Richmond25
- Creative talent agencies in San Antonio25
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 creative talent 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 creative talent agencies are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 209 creative talent 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?
Stewart Talent, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most creative talent agencies?
Los Angeles leads with 1016 headquartered companies, followed by New York (1010) and Chicago (209).
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 601 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 209 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 21, 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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