Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping consumer goods in Chicago. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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42 of 521 tracked companies have open roles.
64 of 521 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 99 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 83.5% of disclosed capital, while 87.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $17.21M | 31 | 8 |
| 2017 | $44.01M | 16 | 17 |
| 2018 | $1.6B | 33 | 13 |
| 2019 | $24.85M | 16 | 8 |
| 2020 | $50.05M | 18 | 8 |
| 2021 | $17.4M | 14 | 5 |
| 2022 | $143.58M | 13 | 13 |
| 2023 | $13.17M | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | $16.91M | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | $25.72M | 2 | 5 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
125 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in consumer goods company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Atlantic Grupa and Aspeya and others.
Backed by Atlantic Grupa and Aspeya and others.
Backed by Temasek and Founders Future and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Innovation Endeavors and Cleveland Avenue and others.
Backed by Woody Harrelson and Ahimsa.
Backed by Casey Neistat and Jen Rubio and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Pritzker Group and Peterson Partners and others.
Backed by Unovis Asset Management and NRF Nove Foods.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 4 reporting entities from 5 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Chicago market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 4 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 4 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mondelez International ↗1103982 | $38,537.0m | $2,451.0m | +6.4% | — | — |
| Conagra Brands ↗23217 | $11,612.8m | $1,152.4m | +9.9% | — | — |
| La-Z-Boy ↗57131 | $2,109.2m | $99.6m | +4.7% | — | — |
| Tootsie Roll ↗98677 | $732.5m | $100.1m | +13.7% | — | — |
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Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.
| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the Chicago companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
16 of the 521 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (3.1%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 260,229 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB2cb2.com | 3,294,653 | 60 | 62.9% |
| La-Z-Boyla-z-boy.com | 1,927,295 | 52 | 82.7% |
| Pampered Chefpamperedchef.com | 1,589,264 | 48 | 78.8% |
| waterdropwaterdrop.com | 725,059 | 47 | 90.8% |
| Poly & Barkpolyandbark.com | 607,082 | 44 | 70.2% |
| Instant Potinstantpot.com | 453,877 | 52 | 72.5% |
| Paper Sourcepapersource.com | 369,485 | 52 | 61.3% |
| SuitShopsuitshop.com | 269,426 | 48 | 49.8% |
| Lightologylightology.com | 251,033 | 38 | 21.2% |
| Tootsie Rolltootsie.com | 209,381 | 48 | 77% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
14 of these companies (2.7%) publish at least one Android app — 65 apps in all, carrying 11B installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Device HelpMotorola Mobility | 1.3B | 4 | Tools |
| Motorola NotificationsMotorola Mobility | 1.2B | 4.1 | Productivity |
| Moto WidgetMotorola Mobility | 1.1B | 4.5 | Tools |
| Moto FeedbackMotorola Mobility | 898.7M | 4 | Tools |
| Moto ActionsMotorola Mobility | 881M | 4 | Personalization |
| MotoMotorola Mobility | 826.4M | 4 | Personalization |
| FM RadioMotorola Mobility | 814.8M | 3.9 | Music & Audio |
| Moto GametimeMotorola Mobility | 504.8M | 4.2 | Tools |
| Moto Interactive WallpaperMotorola Mobility | 503.8M | 3.8 | Personalization |
| Moto Camera 3Motorola Mobility | 343.1M | 3.8 | Photography |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q4–2026Q1).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobiles & Accessories | 45 | 11B | Device Help 1.3B | |
| Food & Beverage Products | 13 | 1.2M | Double Good 647.8K | |
| Sports Equipment | 3 | 958.2K | SRAM AXS 718.1K | |
| Animal Feed And Nutrition | 5 | 26.6K | ADM Truck Logistics 16.1K | |
| Apparel Brands | 2 | 331 | False Hope® 316 |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 64 of 65 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
4 companies hiring · $160.79M disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Banner House announced that it signed an agreement to acquire the Kincaid and American Drew case goods brands from La-Z-Boy Incorporated.
CHICAGO — Coco5 has raised $10 million in a recent funding round that was led by Loop Capital.
In 2024, Danone tabled $283m and $307m to acquire the outstanding shares in the company – including those of the CEO’s estranged relatives and shareholders, Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky – but was turned down.
Molson Coors Beverage Company has completed its acquisition of Atomic Brands Inc., the maker of Monaco Cocktails, formally adding the brand to its U.S. Beyond Beer portfolio and positioning itself among the top five suppliers in the ready-to-drink cocktail segment.
Two of Chicago’s largest craft breweries are merging to create a new, “yet-to-be-named” beverage company, the businesses announced Tuesday.
Vitaminis, the clean-label functional juice shot company focused on delivering nutrient-dense, food-first wellness for families, today announced the acquisition of the premium domain vitaminis.com.
Thompson, Siegel, and Walmsley (TSW) bought an additional 2,334,081 shares of Conagra Brands during the third quarter.
European investment group Eurazeo has completed the sale of its French confectionery and chocolate company, CPK Group, to Ferrara Candy Company – a transaction first announced in July 2025.
The Mennel Milling Co. has completed the acquisition of the Toledo, Ohio, flour mill of Mondelez International, Inc., Mennel announced on Nov. 3.
Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the U.S. craft division of Molson Coors, has announced an agreement to acquire Atwater Brewery
Top 10 categories among 870 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
Follow-on Offering · New York Stock Exchange1 reports
25 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Operating Officer
Resignation Adviser
Appointment President
Appointment Chief Executive Officer and President
Appointment Communications Specialist
Appointment Senior Director of Marketing
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Functional beverage
Dairy
beef
beef
Juice drink line
Product
8 recorded customer wins
Customer: carrefour
Customer: Danone North America PBCFood and Beverage
Customer: high liner foods
Customer: hometown
Customer: lotus bakeriescookies & chocolate
Customer: marfrig global foodsFood & Beverage
6 companies with reported reductions
69 roles
215 rolesclosure
100 rolesoffice closure
850 roleseconomic downturn
107 rolesfacility closure
500 rolesbusiness downturn
16 recorded events
fined for hindering cross-border tradeEuropean Commission
civil penalty settlementU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
clears first approvals for upgrade
granted preliminary approval to rezone parcelsZeeland Planning Commission
14 tracked suits
fraud allegations related to profit margin inflationRegulatory · Settled
breach of contractLabor · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 253 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillshire Brands→pinnacle foods | Announced | 2026-05-12 | $6.6M |
| banner house→La-Z-Boy ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Mondelez International→Hershey | Rumored | 2026-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| danone→Lifeway Foods ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-11 | Not stated in snapshot |
| danone→Mead johnson ↗ | Rumored | 2026-04-10 | Not stated in snapshot |
| molson coors→Atomic Brands ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
2,328 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 3,648-posting snapshot covers 62 employers.
13 tracked postings mention remote work.
876 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 3,648 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 346 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Mondelez International ↗ | 12 |
| Conagra Brands ↗ | 10 |
| La-Z-Boy ↗ | 10 |
| Morton Salt ↗ | 10 |
| Beam Suntory ↗ | 9 |
| Fairlife ↗ | 9 |
| Farmer\'s Fridge ↗ | 9 |
| Ferrara ↗ | 8 |
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| La-Z-Boy ↗ | 6,692 |
| Ferrara ↗ | 3,283 |
| Tootsie Roll ↗ | 2,300 |
| edsal manufacturing ↗ | 1,000 |
| Bel Brands USA ↗ | 760 |
| CB2 ↗ | 649 |
| SRAM ↗ | 608 |
| Herbalife Nutrition ↗ | 438 |
234 founders and chief executives across 180 companies.
Ex-The Boston Consulting Group. Bocconi University MIM 2010
Ex-General Magnaplate, Magnalube, BEARS' BIKES, CISHA-China. Washington University in St. Louis BA 2009
Unovis Asset Management, ex-301 INC, General Mills. Canisius College BS 1991, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management MBA 2013
Helena Price, ex-Techies Project, Skillshare Company, 1000Memories. North Carolina State University 2009
Terviva, ex-Deloitte Consulting, Midwest Permaculture, 2019
The University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business, ex-Tedx, ex-Bloomberg, Harvard Business School
Ex-Midwest-CBK · Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business MS
Xapo, Grist Mill Capital Partners, Ex-Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS. Lafayette College BA 1988, Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business MBA 1993
Lakefront Hospitality Group, Founder & Owner Judson Enterprises. Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business 2009
McKinsey, ex-Founder Qurate Retail Group, Limitless, Protein Bar and Kitchen, Shopflix. University of Southern California BA 2001…
Public Speaker, ex-Chilis, The Junto Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2014
Directly, ex- Sidecar, ex- Founder & CEO Six Apart, IGN Entertainment. Pomona College BA 1985, University of Chicago Law School JD 1988
22 profiles with education records.
5 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
71,050 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Consumer Goods coverage tagged Chicago · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 15,558 |
| 2021Q3 | 17,037 |
| 2021Q4 | 14,705 |
| 2022Q1 | 16,601 |
| 2022Q2 | 15,590 |
| 2022Q3 | 15,581 |
| 2022Q4 | 14,724 |
| 2023Q1 | 15,165 |
| 2023Q2 | 18,085 |
| 2023Q3 | 16,382 |
| 2023Q4 | 17,416 |
| 2024Q1 | 20,744 |
| 2024Q2 | 18,165 |
| 2024Q3 | 25,566 |
| 2024Q4 | 19,275 |
| 2025Q1 | 29,159 |
| 2025Q2 | 20,361 |
| 2025Q3 | 26,616 |
| 2025Q4 | 19,695 |
| 2026Q1 | 16,645 |
| 2026Q2 | 8,094 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
1,404 recorded company events across 38 companies; percentages use that event total.
Consumer Goods coverage tagged Chicago · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| conceptual rock albums | 5,355 | 144 | 3619% |
| countries | 3,925 | 1,959 | 100% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 3,570 | 1,897 | 88% |
| oil price volatility | 3,487 | 1,602 | 118% |
| prog rock epics | 2,809 | 12 | 23308% |
| etf trading | 2,788 | 1,193 | 134% |
| theatrical rock personas | 2,731 | 37 | 7281% |
| symphonic rock pieces | 2,600 | 15 | 17233% |
| avant-garde rock | 2,551 | 42 | 5974% |
| mind-expanding rock | 2,485 | 14 | 17650% |
| tariff negotiations | 15,057 | 25,032 | -40% |
| college playoffs | 8,111 | 20,679 | -61% |
| nba team legends | 3,034 | 12,677 | -76% |
| ncaa updates | 6,817 | 12,639 | -46% |
| college football finals | 3,726 | 11,472 | -68% |
United States comparison coverage
territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations
38.2% critical · 25.9% positiveinvestment deal, club valuation, inflation reports fx
35.6% critical · 42.8% positivenba expansion teams, nba team legends, league expansion news
32.4% critical · 44.2% positiveConsumer Goods coverage tagged Chicago. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Compare demand signals in Chicago’s newsflow with the consumer goods categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure | 100.0 | 25.0 | +75.0 | +144.5% | |
| Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction | 67.5 | 0.0 | +67.5 | +31.4% | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 65.0 | 50.0 | +15.0 | +30.0% | |
| Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out | 22.5 | 75.0 | -52.5 | +14.9% | |
| Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver | 45.0 | 100.0 | -55.0 | — | |
| Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 0.0 | — | No matching category | — | -13.3% |
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All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. Chicago is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage. Rows cover all of the United States for this page's signal families; Chicago is marked.
Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways
Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall
Congestion & traffic friction · Inflation & spending pressure · Highways & expressways
Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 8 | 4.1 |
| 2024Q4 | 16 | 12.61 |
| 2025Q1 | 20 | 9.6 |
| 2025Q2 | 23 | 17.59 |
| 2025Q3 | 62 | 32.86 |
| 2025Q4 | 50 | 33.04 |
| 2026Q1 | 30 | 21.57 |
Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 11 | 5.64 |
| 2024Q4 | 24 | 18.91 |
| 2025Q1 | 26 | 12.48 |
| 2025Q2 | 24 | 18.36 |
| 2025Q3 | 18 | 9.54 |
| 2025Q4 | 46 | 30.4 |
| 2026Q1 | 21 | 15.1 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 11 | 5.64 |
| 2024Q4 | 38 | 29.94 |
| 2025Q1 | 32 | 15.37 |
| 2025Q2 | 11 | 8.41 |
| 2025Q3 | 54 | 28.62 |
| 2025Q4 | 40 | 26.43 |
| 2026Q1 | 18 | 12.94 |
Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 17 | 8.72 |
| 2024Q4 | 21 | 16.55 |
| 2025Q1 | 17 | 8.16 |
| 2025Q2 | 19 | 14.53 |
| 2025Q3 | 18 | 9.54 |
| 2025Q4 | 11 | 7.27 |
| 2026Q1 | 25 | 17.97 |
Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 9 | 4.62 |
| 2024Q4 | 18 | 14.18 |
| 2025Q1 | 11 | 5.28 |
| 2025Q2 | 11 | 8.41 |
| 2025Q3 | 17 | 9.01 |
| 2025Q4 | 14 | 9.25 |
| 2026Q1 | 8 | 5.75 |
Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s consumer goods market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 14 | 7.18 |
| 2024Q4 | 13 | 10.24 |
| 2025Q1 | 34 | 16.33 |
| 2025Q2 | 11 | 8.41 |
| 2025Q3 | 19 | 10.07 |
| 2025Q4 | 17 | 11.23 |
| 2026Q1 | 20 | 14.38 |
Chicago consumer goods coverage
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
391 citations in the snapshot
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
241 citations in the snapshot
Energies
81 citations in the snapshot
The Review of Economics and Statistics
71 citations in the snapshot
the United States coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| patent infringement | 394 | 24 | 1923.3% |
| cyber liability | 254 | 25 | 1152.2% |
| privacy policies | 207 | 24 | 963.0% |
| arbitration clause | 170 | 22 | 852.3% |
| ip litigation | 547 | 72 | 836.3% |
| antitrust investigations | 635 | 87 | 799.5% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 2 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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