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Top 25 Operations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 691 operations consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 28,190 professional contacts across them, including 12,670 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers operations 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
691Companies
28,190Contacts tracked
12,670Verified emails
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The 25 largest operations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 691 operations 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 operations 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.
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1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0007,520 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
2Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0006,978 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
3Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0005,514 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
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0001,029 contacts →

Partial 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
5Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500546 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DLC is an award-winning industry leader in Finance, Accounting, Program Management & Process Improvement Consulting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500543 contacts →

Partial 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
7Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500382 contacts →

Indirect 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
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500325 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
9Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200296 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Alexander Group provides go-to-market consulting services to marketing, sales, service and talent leaders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000217 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your World.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
11Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200187 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DPO & Co specializes in helping Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies gain fact-based insights during the diligence process and realize post-close synergies and value…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In today’s digital world, you still need the human touch.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
13Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000114 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Diamond is a management and technology consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
14Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
15Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HBR Consulting is now part of Harbor.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
16Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500104 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
17Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20085 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
18Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20084 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Logan Consulting helps manufacturing, distribution and service companies use technology to reduce costs and increase sales resulting in higher company profits.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20076 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Performalytic Corp, headquartered in Naperville, IL, is a leading implementer and thought leader of Analytics and Business Intelligence solutions for many Fortune500 companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
20Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20075 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gibson Consulting is a Chicago-based Supply Chain Consulting Firm that has served global clients in over 100 countries for 35 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
21Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5063 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Keystone Group is a results-oriented management consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
22Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5062 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
23Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,00061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
24Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20060 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TXI partners with business leaders to solve operational, data, and workforce challenges through intelligent products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
25Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-50053 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

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Operations consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
44.9%Verified-email coverage
40.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
177.9%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
509
11-50
134
51-200
24
201-500
9
501-1,000
8
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
5

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 691 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 operations 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 “operations 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 operations 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 operations 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, 12,670 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
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Operations 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 operations 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 operations consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 691 operations 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 has the most operations consulting firms?

New York leads with 1229 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (731) and Chicago (691).

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 12,670 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 691 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.