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Top 25 Media production staffing agencies based in Chicago, United States

Name: Media production staffing agencies based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 134 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 134 media production staffing agencies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 693 professional contacts across them, including 148 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Los Angeles is the largest hub for this category (486 companies); Chicago has 134.

This list covers media production staffing 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 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

134Companies

693Contacts tracked

148Verified emails

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The 25 largest media production staffing agencies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 134 media production staffing agencies 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 media production staffing agencies: 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	Optimus	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	157 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Optimus is a collective of award winning filmmakers, storytellers, and artists working with agencies and brands to develop and produce engaging and effective creative content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Cutters Studios	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cutters Studios is a collaboration of creative elements that work together to develop the solution for your production and post production needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Talent X Alexander	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	23 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
4	Complete Crewing, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Complete Crewing provides event producers, AV staging companies and technical directors with quality stagehand crews and corporate media technicians in Chicago and across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	CEA Staffing	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CEA Staffing is a nationwide event staffing agency providing only the most energetic, reliable, and experienced event staff across the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	The House Of Representatives	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Representing a diverse group of directors, editors and artists for episodic, commercial film, digital and experimental work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Flightless	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Creative, production, and post.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Lakefront Pictures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Lakefront Pictures & Lakefront Creative Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Bravo Talent Management	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Talent management for TV, Film, Commercials and Print work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	MK Films	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MK Films is a production studio specializing in tabletop and live action production located just West of downtown Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	october.tv	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.” - Nelson Algren October is a production & post-production studio in Chicago, IL that also has capabilities in graphics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Production Craft	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We provide experienced broadcast camera crews, full-service video production, and powerful turnkey broadcast studio solutions for all your in-house needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Vision ONE Agency	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re an award winning full service creative video agency that focuses on commercials, social videos, documentary, and short films.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Plum Productions, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plum Productions is a leading Chicago video production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Resolution Studios	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Resolution Studios, we are dedicated to creating high-quality and impactful projects that shine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Stavins Talent	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chicago’s longest-established, largest, and most reliable source of Professional Non-Union Talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	ROC Star Studio	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Roc Star Studio is a Chicago based, full-service photo, video production and audio recording company delivering media solutions for clients nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	The Labor Connection, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Audio Visual Production Labor, Stagehands, Live Event Crewing Experts!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Bada Bing Productions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With decades of experience in the television and film business, our team has always believed every successful shoot starts with hiring the right people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Rishi Productions Chicago	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rishi Productions LLC is a full-service media production company founded in 2020 and based in Chicago, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	RA Imaging	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RA IMAGING is passionate about teaming up with agencies, brands, and producers to engage their audiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Indivio Media	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Indivio Media is a media production company specializing in post-production, animation, video editing, motion graphics, visual effects, art direction, audio and sound design for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Verytaste	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “verytaste® is a New York and Chicago based, concept-to-delivery, full-service production and post-production squadron with affiliates across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	MID C Media	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Despite the over saturation of today’s technology and numerous modes of communication, Mid C Media helps its clients break through the clutter and successfully connect their brand…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Imageworks Chicago, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Imageworks Chicago is a full service video production house located in Downtown Chicago.” 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: media production staffing 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 media production staffing agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of media production staffing agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name media production staffing 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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Media production staffing agencies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

21.4%Verified-email coverage

5.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

114

11-50

51-200

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 134 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 media production staffing 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 “media production staffing 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 media production staffing 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 media production staffing 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, 148 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.

Media production staffing agencies 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 media production staffing 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 media production staffing agencies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 134 media production staffing 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?

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

Which city in the United States has the most media production staffing agencies?

Los Angeles leads the United States with 486 headquartered companies, followed by New York (417) and Chicago (134).

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 148 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 134 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.