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Top 25 HR software companies for startups based in Chicago, United States

Name: HR software companies for startups based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 56 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 56 HR software companies for startups headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 307 professional contacts across them, including 98 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (138 companies); Chicago has 56.

This list covers HR software companies for startups 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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307Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest HR software companies for startups based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 56 HR software companies for startups based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to HR software companies for startups: 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	Automated Business Designs	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ultra-Staff EDGE Staffing and Recruiting Software from ABD Automated Business Designs, Inc.(ABD) develops the staffing and recruiting software solution, Ultra-Staff EDGE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Work Friendly	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Work Friendly is the people infrastructure platform for growing companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Global IQ	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Global Data \| Global Insights Global IQ is a full suite data-as-a-service provider to meet your HR needs as well as analytics to help you plan for the future and consulting to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Crucial Hire	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are experts in the placement of Human Resources professionals, providing contract, contingency and retained services to start-ups, growth companies, and the Fortune We have a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Vantage Solutions LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Vantage Solutions, we believe that business success is driven by people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Evolvehr	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2006, EvolveHR partners with US companies to support their HR needs and drive their people growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	RTR HR And Staffing Services, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “RTR HR and Staffing Services, LLC connects clients to a strong HR and Staffing team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Marketstaff INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Marketstaff, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	JP Talent Solutions	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JP Talent Solutions is an HR and recruiting consultancy that specializes in helping companies scale their technical teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	HRC Advanced	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We offer a full range of customized HR services designed to alleviate the burden of HR on business resources while partnering with clients to drive business performance through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Cognos HR	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We're a Human Resources services and consulting firm that specializes in serving startups, SMBs and non-profit organizations; whether it's payroll, employee benefits, HR software…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Inbound Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help organizations of all sizes hire the right people, at the right time, into the right seats.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	TA Resources LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At TA Resources, we recognize the challenge Small Businesses face when staffing and retaining talent, and we know the most important driver of success for any business is its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Human Elements Consulting INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Most small and midsize businesses are told they have two choices: hand everything over to a PEO and lose their identity, or settle for a payroll vendor that doesn’t actually solve…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	The HR DOC Consulting, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help start-ups and small growing organizations maneuver through the challenging world of Human Resources by focusing on the engagement of the employees, minimizing company…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Seekup	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SeekUp Strategies is a startup advisory firm dedicated to guiding early-late stage companies through pivotal growth phases.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Hrunbound LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “I focus my work with small to midsize companies and start-ups across a wide range of industries-from automotive and medical to marketing, manufacturing, education, and apparel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	22 North HR	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At 22 North HR, we help leaders navigate the most emotionally complex, high-stakes chapters of business by delivering executive-level HR services, leadership development, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Biztech Jobs	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We connect top-tier talent with fast-growing startups, scaleups, PE portfolio companies, and leading VCs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Employzen Consulting LTD	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategic HR partner to companies up to employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Foundhr	Strong evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We help growing startups rethink the meaning of “HR” and the role it plays within their business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Blueprinthr	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “blueprintHR provides Fractional HR Leadership for 25–200 employee companies navigating growth, complexity, and operational scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Hireplexus	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HirePlexus provides hands-on recruiting expertise on a transparent, hourly basis to the nation’s top start-ups, mobile engineering agencies and design firms from Silicon Valley to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	The HR Gig, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The HR Gig is designed to provide small business and start-ups a personalized, talent-driven engine for growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Humancre	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HumanCre is a fast-growing female-founded company, using AI cutting edge technology to help you with your talent acquisition and HR needs!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: HR software companies for startups. 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 HR software companies for startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of HR software companies for startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name HR software companies for startups. 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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HR software companies for startups based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

31.9%Verified-email coverage

5.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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201-500

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 56 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 HR software companies for startups, 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 “HR software companies for startups”. 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 HR software companies for startups), 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 HR software companies for startups, 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, 98 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.

HR software companies for startups 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 HR software companies for startups, 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 HR software companies for startups are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 56 HR software companies for startups 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?

Automated Business Designs, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most HR software companies for startups?

New York leads the United States with 138 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (132) and Los Angeles (72). Chicago has 56.

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 98 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 56 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.