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

Name: Retail management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 158 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 158 retail management consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,348 professional contacts across them, including 620 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers retail management 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 21, 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

158Companies

1,348Contacts tracked

620Verified emails

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 158 retail management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to retail management 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	C.A. Fortune	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	363 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “C.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Marshall Associates	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	133 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In today’s digital world, you still need the human touch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	CGN Global	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	104 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 21, 2026
4	The Keystone Group	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Keystone Group is a results-oriented management consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Rgla Solutions, INC	Strong evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Strong evidence “RGLA, ranked as one of the Top 20 retail design firms in North America, provides design, architecture, branding, program management and rollout services to many of the world’s top…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	PLG Consulting	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PLG Consulting \| Supply Chain Strategy & Logistics Optimization Practical Solutions for the Industrial Economy For over 20 years, PLG Consulting has delivered practitioner-led…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	FHC Marketing	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With almost a century of experience, FHC offers a range of capabilities that encompass the entire retail environment; from the fixtures supporting merchandise to the store’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	ESA	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Precision-Tuned Foodservice Solutions: Expert support and strategic guidance, precisely when your brand needs it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Fort Dearborn Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fort Dearborn Partners, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Sagin, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help companies grow, change and create measurable results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Frank Lynn & Associates	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Frank Lynn & Associates (FL & A) is the preeminent management consulting firm that designs creative, competitive, growth-oriented, profitable channel strategies and the supporting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Gillum Strategy Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Gillum Strategy Partners is a boutique management consulting firm with a focus on the creation and execution of strategies that deliver demonstrable value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Behind The Design	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Behind the Design, we specialize in recruiting, training, and operations process development tailored specifically for interior design and home remodeling companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Stone Real Estate Corp	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stone Real Estate is a Chicago-based boutique retail real estate firm with a culture founded on the pillars of integrity, approachability, responsiveness, pragmatism and strategic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Pivotal Growth Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pivotal Growth Partners works with emerging growth brands and focuses on hands-on growth execution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	First Street Retail Partners, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CHICAGO’S PREMIER RETAIL REAL ESTATE FIRM First Street is a true partnership forged by years of collaboration, teamwork and the best client service orientation in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Clearcut Analytics	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ClearCut is a retail analytics and eCommerce services provider on a mission to support CPG companies make critical decisions with confidence and drive sustainable business growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Koltin Consulting Group, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Tether Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The retail landscape of today and tomorrow is fundamentally different than it’s ever been.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	BEN Jacobson Consultants	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ben Jacobson Consultants was founded in 2001 and has been helping businesses operate with maximum efficiency ever since.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Cameo Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We understand that each client faces unique challenges that do not fit a “cookie-cutter” solution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Tenet Consulting	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Tenet Consulting is a Chicago based Management Consulting firm that focuses on principal based consulting in areas of Strategic Sourcing, Logistics, and Operational Excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Wiglaf Pricing	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wiglaf Pricing serves firms in a wide variety of B2B and B2C industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	PWW Consulting	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2005, PWW Consulting is the culmination of decades of management consulting and strategic planning on behalf of a broad range of client partners that require more…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Marc-Allen Associates, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “for placing corporate retail executives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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 management 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 management consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of retail management 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 management 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 management consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

46.0%Verified-email coverage

8.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

219.6%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

116

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

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 158 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 management 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 management 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 management 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 management 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, 620 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 21, 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 management 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 management 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 management consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 158 retail management 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?

C.A. Fortune, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most retail management consulting firms?

New York leads with 347 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (158) and Los Angeles (138).

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 620 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 158 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 21, 2026.

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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.