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Top 25 Management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 748 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 748 management consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 28,201 professional contacts across them, including 12,746 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (1,234 companies); Chicago follows with 748.

This list covers management consulting firms 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 5, 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 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

748Companies

28,201Contacts tracked

12,746Verified emails

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The 25 largest management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 748 management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to management consulting firms: 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	HURON	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,520 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Huron is a global professional services firm that collaborates with organizations to solve complex challenges and achieve ambitious goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Kearney	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,978 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	Accenture Strategy & Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
4	Navigant	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,029 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	DLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	546 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DLC is an award-winning industry leader in Finance, Accounting, Program Management & Process Improvement Consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Aarete	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	543 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AArete is a global management and technology consulting firm specializing in driving profitability improvement, digital transformation, and strategy & change for clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Weaver Consultants Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	382 contacts →
	Partial evidence “From its inception in 1991, Weaver Consultants Group has been founded upon the tenets of attentive and responsive customer service, strong project management, and solid internal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Prescouter, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	325 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PreScouter is a strategy consulting firm supporting innovation-minded clients with challenges related to strategy, science, technology, and growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	Healthscape Advisors, A Chartis Company	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	224 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HealthScape Advisors, a Chartis Company is a management consulting firm dedicated to serving clients in the healthcare industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Accretive Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	217 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your World.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	RKON	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1998, RKON has delivered IT Transformation helping private equity and enterprise firms achieve Quiet IT from vision to execution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	STA Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	143 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Strategies For Business Transformation STA Group offers end-to-end business, technology and digital strategy for today’s leading businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	Cuesta Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	122 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We believe in the power of technology to create sustained, differentiated advantage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	Clarity Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	121 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Clarity Partners is a privately held full-service management and technology consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	Diamond Management & Technology Consultants	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	114 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Diamond is a management and technology consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	W. Capra	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	108 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “W.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	HBR Consulting	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HBR Consulting is now part of Harbor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	CGN Global	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	104 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A Chicago-based firm with offices in Mexico, the UK, France, Turkey, India, and China, providing supply chain, digital, strategy and transformation consulting services to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Aberdeen Advisors LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Chicago, with satellite offices in India and Mexico, Aberdeen Advisors LLC is a boutique digital consultancy providing innovative products and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	The Keystone Group	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Keystone Group is a results-oriented management consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	TRC Advisory	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Partial 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 5, 2026
22	TXI	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TXI partners with business leaders to solve operational, data, and workforce challenges through intelligent products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	William Everett	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are William Everett.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Bluerock	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BlueROCK was founded on the premise that all companies should have a trusted partner for unbiased technology advice and guidance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Messina Group Consulting Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Messina Group is a Trusted Advisor to Private Equity Firms, their Portfolio companies, and Investment Banks to Accelerate Value Creation at the intersection of Business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: management consulting firms. 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 management consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of management consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name management consulting firms. 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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Management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

45.2%Verified-email coverage

37.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

547

11-50

153

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 748 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 management consulting firms, 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 “management consulting firms”. 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 management consulting firms), 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 management consulting firms, 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, 12,746 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 5, 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.

Management consulting firms 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 management consulting firms, 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 management consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 748 management consulting firms 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?

HURON, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most management consulting firms?

New York leads the United States with 1,234 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (748) and Atlanta (737).

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 12,746 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 748 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 5, 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.