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Top 25 Retail data consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Retail data consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 148 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 148 retail data consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 39,465 professional contacts across them, including 18,535 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (313 companies); Chicago follows with 148.

This list covers retail data 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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39,465Contacts tracked

18,535Verified emails

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The 25 largest retail data consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 148 retail data consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to retail data 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Nielseniq	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	10001+	25,856 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NielsenIQ (NIQ) is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	Circana	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,571 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Circana, we measure and accelerate demand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	Accenture Strategy & Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,514 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 29, 2026
4	SPINS	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	476 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At SPINS, we believe there’s more than meets the eye to data.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	C.A. Fortune	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	363 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “C.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Market Track	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	170 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Owned by Vista Equity Partners (the fourth largest software company in the world), Market Track delivers the omnichannel market intelligence that brands and retailers need to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	Analytics8 Data & Analytics Consultancy	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	144 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Analytics8 is a data and AI consulting firm that helps data-driven enterprises define their data strategy, modernize their platforms, operationalize AI, and turn data ambition…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Marshall Associates	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	133 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In today’s digital world, you still need the human touch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Logic Pursuits	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Logic Pursuits (LP) is a Data and Analytics Consulting organization that leverages the modern practices of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to extract value…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	Performalytic Corp	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	76 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 29, 2026
11	TRC Advisory	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	62 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 29, 2026
12	Transparent Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Transparent Partners is a marketing technology consulting and transformation firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	Strategex	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Strategex uses 80/20 and customer research to drive profitable growth for B2B companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	Liberty Advisor Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Liberty Advisor Group is now a Resultant company, uniting senior-led strategic advisory with a 300+-person technical engine to turn complex business challenges into measurable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Minding Your Business	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At MYB (Minding Your Business), we believe that if you dare to look at things differently the possibilities are endless.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	Pomerol Partners Data Analytics & Business Intelligence Consultancy	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pomerol Partners creates and delivers meaningful, business-focused data solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	MIKAN	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mikan Consulting is a Data, Analytics, AI Consulting Services company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Livingpath	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LivingPath is a leading competitive market data analytics firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Gallus Insights	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gallus Insights is an advanced analytics firm helping companies make better decisions by fully leveraging the power of data.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Hopperblue LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HopperBlue is a consulting firm with expertise in channel and sales data analytics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	Tradewind Data Science	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tradewind Data Science is a specialized consultancy that bridges the gap between technical execution and executive-level decision-making.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	Bruk Consulting	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Results-oriented strategists and thought partners who transform data into actionable insights to solve our clients’ highest priority challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Proper Consulting Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Proper leverages its expertise, data analytics, and market intelligence to identify cost reduction opportunities, and then partners with its clients to implement those…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Dataceva	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DataCEVA is a full-service Data Consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Kiona Technologies	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kiona Technologies provides a full range of business intelligence, analytics, and decision support services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: retail data consulting 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 retail data consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of retail data consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name retail data consulting 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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Retail data consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

47.0%Verified-email coverage

266.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200

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501-1,000

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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 148 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 retail data 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 “retail data 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 retail data 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 retail data 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, 18,535 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 29, 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.

Retail data 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 retail data 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 retail data consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 148 retail data 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?

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

Which city in the United States has the most retail data consulting firms?

New York leads the United States with 313 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (148) and Atlanta (111).

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 18,535 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 148 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 29, 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.