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Top 25 Design system consultancies based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 112 design system consultancies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 804 professional contacts across them, including 317 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (342 companies); Chicago has 112.
This list covers design system consultancies 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 28, 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 design system consultancies based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 261 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Codal is an award-winning design and development consultancy that helps enterprise organizations solve complex problems and accelerate growth through cutting-edge, data-driven…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Curioso, we are designers and business-minded thinkers working together to create spaces that are meaningful for the people who experience them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Utilizing our proprietary approach articulated in The Art of Space™ written by Mary Cook, our studio structure establishes an ideal collaborative framework for delivering our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ArtVersion® is an independent multidisciplinary creative agency where design, technology, and user experience come together with purpose.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Do Tank introduces a blend of visual thinking, human-centered design, business model innovation, and pace to supercharge innovation, strategic planning, and change management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Multiple is an independent, full-service brand strategy and design agency that helps organizations navigate change through clear communication and strong identity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Design Integrity is a product design and development consulting firm founded in 1998 by senior managers from consulting and industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are global innovators working at the intersection of human-centered design, research and business strategy to help organizations imagine and build new businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “marquardt+ believes in using the power of design to challenge convention and ask, “What if?” With more than 30 years of experience working with exceptional clients, we have built…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ELEVATE YOUR BUSINESS SOFTWARE UX Transform your enterprise and B2B applications into seamless experiences that meet user expectations and set new industry standards.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Captios Partners is a professional services and engineering consultancy dedicated to bringing global resources and businesses together to create quality product strategies…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Heco creates better user experiences and more interesting brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dal 2010, Idib Group aiuta le aziende a definire la vision del proprio business, trasformare le idee in realtà e migliorare i loro prodotti e servizi progettando esperienze…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Grounded in ethnographic research and user insights, we develop a strategic point of view to serve as a foundation to envision, design, and execute solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Product Architecture + Design is a unique firm with a unique name.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “gravitytank is a design-led innovation consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A digital product consultancy that helps advance your project to the next stage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Award-winning provider of design consulting services in Chicago and San Francisco: Identity-driven communication systems, information design and visualization, architecturally…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pressley Johnson Design (formerly Pressley Jacobs) is a nationally recognized design firm that specializes in visual communication and strategic brand consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re a UX-forward studio for strategy, brand, design, and engineering-built by former founders and operators who’ve been in your shoes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Avenir Design helps businesses improve their customer experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are your partner to drive your business results through brand strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Product council is an award-winning, strategic design innovation consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We build brands across platforms through relentless idea generation and problem solving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “THE HIVE PRINCIPLE In today’s ever-changing and cluttered world, consumers can only retain a certain number of assets associated with your brand at any one time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: design system consultancies. 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 design system consultancies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of design system consultancies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name design system consultancies. 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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Design system consultancies based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 28, 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 112 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 design system consultancies, 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 “design system consultancies”. 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 design system consultancies), 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 design system consultancies, 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, 317 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 28, 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.
Design system consultancies by metro in the United States
- Design system consultancies in New York342
- Design system consultancies in Los Angeles174
- Design system consultancies in San Francisco167
- Design system consultancies in Austin89
- Design system consultancies in Seattle75
- Design system consultancies in Atlanta69
- Design system consultancies in Portland62
- Design system consultancies in Brooklyn60
- Design system consultancies in Boston55
- Design system consultancies in Denver54
- Design system consultancies in San Diego43
- Design system consultancies in Miami37
- Design system consultancies in Minneapolis37
- Design system consultancies in Houston32
- Design system consultancies in Philadelphia30
- Design system consultancies in Dallas29
- Design system consultancies in Washington29
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 design system consultancies, 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 design system consultancies are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 112 design system consultancies 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?
CODAL, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United States has the most design system consultancies?
New York leads the United States with 342 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (174) and San Francisco (167). Chicago has 112.
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 317 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 112 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 28, 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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