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Top 25 Post-production companies based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 270 post-production companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,991 professional contacts across them, including 401 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers post-production companies 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.
The 25 largest post-production companies based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Daily Planet is an Emmy Award-winning full-service video production, editing, and motion graphics company, primarily serving advertising and B2B clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A collective of designers and visual artists who delight in experimentation and thrive on collaboration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Periscope Post and Audio is the Midwest’s premiere full service professional post production studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bottle Rocket Media is a Chicago-based, nationally serving video production company specializing in traditional video production, motion graphics, video marketing, SEO, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Utopic is a full-service video post production house proudly owned by editors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a facility entrenched in the Film, Television, Advertising, Gaming and Viral entertainment world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “BAM Studios is a leading audio post-production company dedicated to delivering unrivaled sound and service to its clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Creative, production, and post.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Taste Media Group is a video production and digital strategy company located in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Lakefront Pictures & Lakefront Creative Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ARU is a post-production company, located on bustling Michigan Avenue.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Beat Studios is an award-winning advertising production studio located in the heart of the River North neighborhood in downtown Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Retriever is a commercial and film production company with a roster of trusted directors and photographers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “1986 is a full-service content studio launched by award-winning agency Highdive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Camera Ambassador is a community focused camera rental house and production company based in Chicago, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Digifé is a Black-owned, Emmy award-winning full-service production company based in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're a Chicago-based, world-traveling high definition video production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago's Radar Studios is a full-service production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: post-production companies. 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 post-production companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of post-production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name post-production companies. 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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Post-production companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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 270 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 post-production companies, 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 “post-production companies”. 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 post-production companies), 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 post-production companies, 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, 401 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
- 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.
Post-production companies by metro in the United States
- Post-production companies in Los Angeles1199
- Post-production companies in New York868
- Post-production companies in Atlanta270
- Post-production companies in Chicago270
- Post-production companies in Burbank178
- Post-production companies in Miami172
- Post-production companies in Brooklyn156
- Post-production companies in San Francisco156
- Post-production companies in Austin153
- Post-production companies in Dallas131
- Post-production companies in Portland127
- Post-production companies in Santa Monica104
- Post-production companies in Houston102
- Post-production companies in Seattle98
- Post-production companies in Denver95
- Post-production companies in San Diego95
- Post-production companies in Orlando94
- Post-production companies in Las Vegas81
- Post-production companies in Boston77
- Post-production companies in Minneapolis75
- Post-production companies in Nashville74
- Post-production companies in Philadelphia72
- Post-production companies in Phoenix71
- Post-production companies in New York City68
- Post-production companies in Washington59
- Post-production companies in Charlotte51
- Post-production companies in Tampa47
- Post-production companies in Hollywood45
- Post-production companies in Salt Lake City45
- Post-production companies in Pittsburgh44
- Post-production companies in Culver City41
- Post-production companies in Glendale40
- Post-production companies in Baltimore39
- Post-production companies in Kansas City37
- Post-production companies in Indianapolis36
- Post-production companies in Beverly Hills35
- Post-production companies in Cleveland33
- Post-production companies in Oakland33
- Post-production companies in Pasadena33
- Post-production companies in West Hollywood33
- Post-production companies in Milwaukee32
- Post-production companies in Raleigh32
- Post-production companies in Richmond32
- Post-production companies in Cincinnati31
- Post-production companies in Sherman Oaks31
- Post-production companies in Columbus30
- Post-production companies in San Antonio30
- Post-production companies in Sacramento29
- Post-production companies in North Hollywood28
- Post-production companies in Rochester28
- Post-production companies in Venice28
- Post-production companies in New Orleans27
- Post-production companies in St. Louis26
- Post-production companies in Birmingham25
- Post-production companies in San Jose25
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 post-production companies, 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 post-production companies are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 270 post-production companies 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 has the most post-production companies?
Los Angeles leads with 1199 headquartered companies, followed by New York (868) and Atlanta (270).
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 401 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 270 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.
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