Commerce - Notable - Chicago, Illinois, USA

Large or well-known companies with headquarters or major operations in the Chicago area; sales figures, where shown, are from hoovers.com

• Abbott Labs: Healthcare products; 2005 sales $22.3 billion; Abbott Park
• Advocate: Healthcare network; 2005 sales $2.9 billion; Oak Brook
• Allstate: Insurance; 2005 sales $35.3 billion; Northbrook
• Aon: Insurance, financial, and consulting; 2005 sales $9.8 billion; Chicago; (See photo of headquarters.)
• Baxter Intl: Medical devices and supplies; pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; 2005 sales $9.8 billion; Deerfield
• Boeing: Airplanes, aerospace, defense; 2005 sales $54.8 billion; (See photo of headquarters.)
• CNA: CNA Financial Corporation; Insurance; 2005 sales $9.9 billion
• Dominick's: Food stores; Oak Brook; unit of Safeway (Pleasanton, CA)
• Equity: Equity Office Properties Trust; real estate; owns interest in hundreds of office and industrial buildings; 2005 sales $3 billion; Chicago
• Exelon: energy; units Commonwealth Edison, PECO Energy; 2005 sales $15.3 billion; Chicago
• Fortune Brands: Consumer brands; including Jim Beam, Titleist, Master Lock, and more; 2005 sales $7 billion; Lincolnshire
• Illinois Tool Works: Manufactured products; engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products; 2005 sales $12.9 billion; Glenview
• Jewel-Osco: Food and drug stores; Melrose Park; unit of SUPERVALU (Eden Prairie, MN)
• Kraft: Foods; including cheese (Kraft), crackers (Nabisco), meats (Oscar Mayer), and cereal (Post), etc.; 2005 sales $34.1 billion; Northfield
• McDonald's: Quick service restaurants; 2005 sales $20.4 billion; Oak Brook
• MillerCoors: merger of Miller and Coors; Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller High Life, Milwaukee's Best, Red Dog, Sharp's, Olde English, Leinenkugel's, Hamm's, Mickey's, Foster's; 2007 sales $4.8 billion
• Motorola: Communications devices; cellphones, 2-way radios; 2005 sales $36.8 billion; Schaumburg
• Northern Trust: Financial services; 2005 sales $3.5 billion; Chicago
• Quaker: Food; breakfast cereals, pancake mixes, side dishes; unit of PepsiCo (Purchase, NY)
• Ryerson: Distributors and processors of metals; merged with Integris Metals; formerly Ryerson Tull; 2005 sales $5.7 billion
• Sara Lee: Food, beverage, apparel, household products; brands include Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Senseo, Douwe Egberts, Ambi Pur, Kiwi, Sara Lee, and more; 2006 sales $15.9 billion; Chicago
• Sears: Sears Holdings Coporation; retail stores Sears and Kmart; 2006 sales $49.1 billion; Hoffman Estates
• Tribune: Media; daily newspapers, broadcast TV, radio, Chicago Cubs; 2005 sales $5.5 billion; Chicago
• UAL: United Airlines; airline; 2005 sales $17.3 billion; Elk Grove Township
• Walgreen: drug and general-merchandise stores; 2006 sales $47.4 billion; Deerfield
• Wrigley: Chewing gum and candy; 2005 sales $4.1 billion; (See photo of headquarters.)

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