Chicago, IL · Marketing Agencies
Marketing Agencies in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,571 advertising and public relations agencies in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 30,003 people with $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,571
3rd most of 373 US metro areas
30,003
19.1 per business, against 12.2 across all metros
$2.7 billion
$89,948 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 80% across all metros
-0.9%
in the number of businesses (1,586 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for advertising and public relations agencies, 3rd of 373.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 19.1 employees each, against 12.2 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps marketing agencies in Chicago.
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Questions
Marketing Agencies in Chicago
How many advertising and public relations agencies are there in Chicago?
1,571 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 30,003 people and paid $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for marketing agencies growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,586 to 1,571 (-0.9%).
What does VERA do for marketing agencies 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.
Marketing Agencies 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 advertising and public relations agencies, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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