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Top 25 Food service companies based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 62 food service companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,335 professional contacts across them, including 2,545 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers food service 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 20, 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 food service companies based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9,477 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Discover the Levy Difference Passion is a great gift, and we have a lot of gifted people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,870 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Reinhart Foodservice is part of Performance Foodservice and together we are one of the largest broadline foodservice distributors in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 460 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Fooda is a workplace food program people love and look forward to every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Blue Plate was founded in 1983 by Jim Horan, a social worker who spent his weekends cooking for friends’ parties - driven by a passion for bringing people together through food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Food Service Professionals (FSP) is a full-service food management organization that lays the groundwork for productive students through wholesome meals, supportive services, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Your partner in environmental & dining services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 140 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Allen Brothers | The Standard of Steak Since 1893 For more than 130 years, Allen Brothers has been the trusted partner of the nation’s finest chefs, steakhouses, and foodservice…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jewell Events Catering provides first class event management services, classic and contemporary cuisine and impeccable service to the social, philanthropic and corporate markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Open Kitchens provides comprehensive solutions for all of your food service needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With more than 25 years of catering and a life-long passion for great food and service, owners Ted Grady and Kevin Kelly continue to bring freshness and creativity to Chicago’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KitchFix is a chef-driven hospitality company, providing contract dining and professional catering services to professional sports teams and top organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HandCut Foods provides superior food, service, and management to schools and cafeterias throughout Chicagoland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1987, Calihan Catering has assembled a team of industry experts that reflect flexible style, creative vision and an uncompromising approach to food and service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Tradecraft, we partner with craft coffee roasters and specialty tea brands to provide a full suite of beverage programs for hotels, offices, institutional food service groups…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over 10 million meals served each year, Fabio Viviani Hospitality is one of the leading Restaurant Groups in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Goddess & Grocer is so much more than your average neighborhood spot.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We created Chef’s Kitchen as the next evolution in our family of premier foodservice and grocery supply brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Badger Murphy Foodservice is Chicagoland's brand name, full line foodservice distributor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Hode Group (HGI) prides itself with a history of creating success and relationships in the foodservice industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1989, Cristina Foods is a wholesale foodservice distributor who is quality, service, and sustainability-driven.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Rosemary Food Service, we understand the critical role that high-quality food and services play in the success of your house.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Celebrating Our 70th Year.Thanks to You!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Second City Prime Steak and Seafood Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Great Food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: food service 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 food service companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food service companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food service 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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Food service companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 62 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 food service 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 “food service 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 food service 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 food service 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, 2,545 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 20, 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.
Food service companies by metro in the United States
- Food service companies in New York100
- Food service companies in Chicago62
- Food service companies in Los Angeles54
- Food service companies in Houston52
- Food service companies in San Francisco43
- Food service companies in Atlanta42
- Food service companies in Austin39
- Food service companies in Charlotte35
- Food service companies in Miami34
- Food service companies in San Diego31
- Food service companies in Philadelphia28
- Food service companies in Dallas27
- Food service companies in Phoenix27
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 food service 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 food service companies are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 62 food service 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?
Levy Restaurants, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most food service companies?
New York leads with 100 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (62) and Los Angeles (54).
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 2,545 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 62 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 20, 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.
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