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

Name: Media production staffing firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 205 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 205 media production staffing firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,020 professional contacts across them, including 256 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Los Angeles is the largest hub for this category (702 companies); Chicago has 205.

This list covers media production staffing 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 14, 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 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 205 media production staffing firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media production staffing 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	Optimus	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
2	Cutters Studios	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
3	Talent X Alexander	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
4	Periscope Post And Audio	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Periscope Post and Audio is the Midwest’s premiere full service professional post production studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	Distinct Artists	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Operating in three major markets - Chicago, NY, and LA - Distinct Artists has been proudly providing our editorial, commercial and advertising clientele with a variety of talented…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	Utopic	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Utopic is a full-service video post production house proudly owned by editors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7	11 Dollar Bill	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “11 Dollar Bill is an award winning team of post-production and design experts with offices in Chicago, Boulder, and Raleigh.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	Complete Crewing, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
9	CEA Staffing	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
10	Resolution Productions Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Resolution Productions Group is a Chicago-based, vertically integrated production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	The House Of Representatives	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
12	Noisefloor	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a facility entrenched in the Film, Television, Advertising, Gaming and Viral entertainment world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Oddmachine	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ODDMACHINE Chicago - A full-service production and post company with a talented roster of directors and post-production artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	Flightless	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Creative, production, and post.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Taste Media Group	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Taste Media Group is a video production and digital strategy company located in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	Lakefront Pictures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Lakefront Pictures & Lakefront Creative Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17	Bravo Talent Management	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Talent management for TV, Film, Commercials and Print work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	MK Films	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
19	Solidline Media	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We're a Chicago-based, world-traveling high definition video production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	october.tv	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
21	Radar Studios	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chicago's Radar Studios is a full-service production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	Production Craft	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
23	Vision ONE Agency	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
24	Plum Productions, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plum Productions is a leading Chicago video production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Resolution Studios	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 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 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 media production staffing firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of media production staffing firms, 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 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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Media production staffing firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

25.1%Verified-email coverage

5.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

167

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 205 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 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 “media production staffing 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 media production staffing 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 media production staffing 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, 256 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 14, 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 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 media production staffing 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 media production staffing firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 205 media production staffing 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?

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 firms?

Los Angeles leads the United States with 702 headquartered companies, followed by New York (612) and Chicago (205).

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 256 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 205 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 14, 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.