Radar · Retailers in Illinois
Best Retailers Companies in Illinois, United States
The 46 best Retailers companies in Illinois, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: American Mattress.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
46companies tracked
$1.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
Ranked: Best Retailers companies in Illinois
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Mattress Retailer of furniture, mattresses, and other accessories | $1M | 33 mo ago | Early Stage | Pat Antinori CEO | 1988 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyPHP+31 | — |
| 2 | Pillar Booth Retailer of phone booths | $25K | 43 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+26 | — |
| 3 | Stitch Me Retailer of apparel wear | $10K | 54 mo ago | Funding Raised | Brenda Nelson Owner | 2010 | — | — |
| 4 | B-O-F Retailer of consumer products | — | 56 mo ago | Late Stage | Edward Knorring Founder | 1953 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 1 launch |
| 5 | Affordableoffice Affordable Office Interiors is a furniture store that sells re-manufactured and recycled office furniture. | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1999 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — |
| 6 | AKIRA Retailer of dresses, shoes, and other clothing products | — | — | Funding Raised | Gordon Liao Co-Owner | 2002 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+41 | 2 job openings · 1 expansion |
| 7 | American Sale Provider of e-commerce support services | — | — | Unfunded | Robert Jones Founder & CEO | 1959 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySearchanise+45 | — |
| 8 | BestAir Retailer of air purification filters | — | — | Acquired | Mohsen Sohi CEO | 1964 | — | — |
Top 4 Retailers companies in Illinois
#1
Early Stage · Elk Grove Village, Illinois · founded 1988 · 114 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Early Stage · Elk Grove Village, Illinois · founded 1988 · 114 employees
Retailer of furniture, mattresses, and other accessories
Funding rounds
- Nov 2023Unattributed$1.4M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop PayVisaMastercardGoogle Pay
#2
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2019 · 6 employees$25Kraised▾
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2019 · 6 employees
Provider of phone booth designed to fix the modern-day open office. The company's services are to provide phone booths that allow employees to speak with clients or vendors without the distractions of an open-office plan and also areas of refuge that are always available, enabling clients to improve employee happiness and productivity by creating a private, comfortable workspace.
Funding rounds
- Jan 2023Seed$25K
Investors
Lakewest Venture Partners
Tech stack
AhrefsAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Funding Raised · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2010$10Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2010
Retailer of apparel wear
Funding rounds
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$10K
Founders & team
Investors
West Side United, JPMorgan Chase
#4
Late Stage · Aurora, Illinois · founded 1953 · 30 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Aurora, Illinois · founded 1953 · 30 employees
Retailer of consumer products
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.8% of this cohort's audience · 16 engagements/post (2.4× cohort median)
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Project Manager
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2021PE—
- Dec 2021Conventional Debt—
- Nov 2021PE—
Founders & team
Investors
LaSalle Capital, NewSpring, Victor Capital Partners
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsFancyboxGodaddy
Funding & investor landscape
$1.4Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Chris Gamble
Owner · American Mattress
Pat Antinori
CEO · American Mattress
Brenda Nelson
Owner · Stitch Me
Edward Knorring
Founder · B-O-F
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 11,563,183 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Retailers coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
How many Retailers companies are there in Illinois, United States?
Radar tracks 46 indexable Retailers companies headquartered in Illinois, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Retailers companies in Illinois, United States?
The Retailers companies in Illinois, United States on this list have raised a combined $1.4M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Retailers company in Illinois, United States?
American Mattress is the highest-funded Retailers company in Illinois, United States, with $1.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Retailers companies in Illinois, United States are funded?
3 of the 46 Retailers companies in Illinois, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Retailers unicorns are there in Illinois, United States?
None of the Retailers companies in Illinois, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Illinois, United States Retailers companies?
The most active investors in Illinois, United States Retailers companies on this list include Dubin Clark, JPMorgan Chase, LaSalle Capital, Lakewest Venture Partners, NewSpring.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.