The Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago

THE TOP 100 DIGITAL COMPANIES IN CHICAGO Q OVERVIEW PEOPLE ICOMPANIES W LAUNCHES A new digital startup launched every There are more than 33,000+ 1000+ 48 HOURS people work for digital technology companies in Chicago. in 2011 in Chicago. digital technology companies in Chicago. STARTUP GROWTH 2007 38 2008 35 2009 72 2010 98 2011 193 2012 76" This chart shows the number of digital cos. that launched between 2007-2012. *as of July 2012 O SECTOR BREAKDOWN The chart below shows the distribution of the top 100 digital companies in Chicago by sector. 41% CONSUMER WEB 7% ENTERPRISE WEB 24% SOFTWARE 11% AGENCY 17% ECOMMERCE LOCATION 71 of the top 100 cos. are within a one-mile radius The Loop: 31 River North: 23 Suburbs: 22 of the Merchandise Mart. West Loop: 18 Other (City): 6 North Side Gold Coast Near North St John Cantius Church W Chicago Ave cago Ave 90 River West Erie Park Streeterville River North W Ontario St E Ontario St E Ohio St W Ohio St y Grand Ave Mlinois W Grand Ave EMinuis St Magnificent E Illinois S Fulton River District Coyne College Near W Lake St Eastside W Randolph St We Loop Loop W Madison St Near st Side Greektawn N Adams St West Lod E Jackson Dr V Jackson Blvd & THE TOP 100 RANK COMPANY EMPLOYEES RANK COMPANY EMPLOYEES Google/Ma 3,000 51 Geneca 94 Groupon 2,700 52 Peapod 93 Careerbuilder 1,864 53 Trunkclub 90 4 Morningstar 1,300 54 comScore* 87 Nokia L &C 1,200 55 Shoplocal 85 Classified Ventures 864 55 Vibes Media 85 Orbitz 737 55 Valence Health 85 Zocalo Group Epsilon Echo Global Logistics 554 58 77 550 59 Knowledge Advisors 76 10 Razorfish" 361 60 Total Attorneys 72 11 Digitas* 355 61 Backstop Solutions Group 71 12 Enova Financial 287 62 Textura 70 13 Paylocity 276 62 Ifbyphone 70 14 Restaurant.com 275 62 Accertify 70 15 kCura 260 65 Cleversafe 68 16 GrubHub 250 65 Emmi Solutions 68 closerlook OptionsXpress Acquity Group 16 250 67 65 18 240 68 Sittercity 63 19 ThoughtWorks 225 68 The Jellyvision Lab 63 20 Legacy.com 217 70 Rightpoint INCISENT Technologies 62 21 Trustwave 213 70 62 22 InnerWorkings 206 72 Gorilla 61 23 BigMachines 205 73 Rise Interactive 60 24 Performics 201 73 Braintree 60 SurePayroll Encyclopedia Britannica 24 201 75 Belly 56 26 200 75 SpringCM 56 27 thinkorswim 200 77 Analyte Health 55 28 Salesforce.com* 191 78 SilkRoad 54 29 Dotomi 187 79 InContext Solutions 52 30 GoHealth 160 80 Facebook" 51 31 TicketsNow 156 81 VHT 50 32 Rewards Network 153 82 VISANOW 50 33 Leapfrog Online 150 83 Singlehop 49 33 SMS Assist 150 84 ubid.com 48 35 Tribeca Flashpoint 140 85 Poggled 47 36 Centro 136 86 User Centric 46 37 Linkedin" 135 87 eshots 45 38 The SAVO Group 134 88 Solstice Consulting 42 39 Roundarch Isobar 132 89 BayRu 40 40 NCSA Athletic Rec. 130 89 Sprout Social 40 41 Flexera 126 91 OpinionLab 39 42 AmericanEagle.com 117 92 Cappex 38 43 Mediaocean 93 MuSigma Networked Insights 115 37 44 Fieldglass 113 93 37 44 AOL* 113 95 StartSampling 36 46 MSDSonline 109 96 Steadfast Networks 35 ShopperTrak Manifest Digital 47 106 96 BrightTag 35 Breakthrough Technologies 35 CellTrak Technologies 48 100 96 49 Threadless 98 96 35 50 INXPO 95 96 Viewpoints 35 Employee count only reflects Chicagoland employees. *Digital company not headquartered in Chicago. CREATED BY: SOURCES: butinchicago The infographic was based on employment data collected from the BIC member survey and company directory. This may not represent an all-inclusive list.