Chicago, IL · Consultants
Consultants in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,447 management consulting firms in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 51,128 people with $8.8 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,447
5th most of 386 US metro areas
51,128
14.8 per business, against 8.2 across all metros
$8.8 billion
$171,913 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 90% across all metros
+0.9%
in the number of businesses (3,415 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for management consulting firms, 5th of 386.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 14.8 employees each, against 8.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $171,913 per employee a year, against $125,526.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Consultants in Chicago
How many management consulting firms are there in Chicago?
3,447 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 51,128 people and paid $8.8 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for consultants growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 3,415 to 3,447 (+0.9%).
What does VERA do for consultants in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Consultants in other markets
Other Chicago markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is management consulting firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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