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Top 22 Model agencies based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 44 model agencies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,740 professional contacts across them, including 184 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers model 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 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.

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44Companies
1,740Contacts tracked
184Verified emails
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The 22 largest model agencies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 22 of 44 model agencies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to model 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stewart Talent is a leading, national talent agency with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a264 contacts →

Strong evidence

“National Model and Talent Agency representing over 4500 working talent from six locations since 1992.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Big Mouth Talent is a Chicago-based, SAG-AFTRA franchised talent agency that represents actors ages 4+ for on-camera projects (including TV, film, and commercials), voiceover…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a104 contacts →

Strong evidence

Model and Talent Agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5084 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Gray Talent Group represents professional actors in television, film, theatre, commercials and voice overs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a61 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Shirley Hamilton Talent represents experienced actors and models for TV, Film, Theatre, Voice-Over, Print, Industrials and Live Events.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5060 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BMG Talent, a division of BMG Models and Talent, is a SAG-AFTRA franchised agency celebrating over 20 years in business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a53 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Chicago-based boutique talent + artist agency representing fashion + lifestyle models, actors, artists, & influencers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a37 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ABOUT US Team driven, socially conscious fashion agency promoting a culture of inclusivity, diversity, and community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1023 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 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1022 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 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“No labels, just beautiful people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a SAG-AFTRA Franchised Agency representing hundreds of the highest quality union and non-union Actors and other Creatives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formulating the best in Fashion & Beauty.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Talent management for TV, Film, Commercials and Print work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We make it stick.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stepping up to the line for our artists.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Modeling, Acting, and Dancing Agency”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Honesty, good taste in talent, and the bandwidth needed for repping in the commercial, digital and experiential markets of today.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Heart, Brains & Nerve, founded in 2010 by Nathan Skillicorn, represents unique and innovative global talent for the commercial advertising and entertainment industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Model agencies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
10.6%Verified-email coverage
39.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
768.2%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
31
11-50
13

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 44 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 model 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 “model 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 model 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 model 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, 184 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
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Model 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 model 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 model agencies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 44 model 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?

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

Which city has the most model agencies?

New York leads with 338 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (229) and Chicago (44).

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 184 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 44 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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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.