Production Companies in Chicago, IL

Projects credited to companies based here. A production-base measure, not where the camera was.

Sources disagree. People employed in film is the more current reading — it runs 1 year behind against two to three for release credits.

• →Crew and vendor depthcurrent
  65 of 479 companies (14%)
  company records — equipment, transport, stages, post, art, costume and VFX
• →People employed in film1y behind
  6,258 (2014) → 5,887 (2023)
  BLS QCEW, NAICS 5121 — 700 employers, $64M in quarterly wages
• →Film businesses1y behind
  712 (2014) → 700 (2023)
  BLS QCEW, NAICS 5121 — establishments paying wages, which is a different question from headcount
• →Quarterly pay per worker1y behind
  $10,319 → $10,795
  BLS QCEW, NAICS 5121 — not inflation-adjusted, so read the direction rather than the figure
• ↓New companies founded1y behind
  15 → 4 across two five-year periods
  company records — founding years are sparse and skew to companies that still have a website
• ↑Titles released2y behind
  155 → 183 across two five-year periods
  credits via TMDB — counts releases, so it trails what is shooting by two to three years

Each figure comes from a named source and is shown with how far behind it runs. Nothing here is a rating or an estimate.