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CRAIN'S LIST

CHICAGO'S LARGEST

PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES

Ranked by 2016 revenue. Crain's estimates are in gray. *Company estimate.

2016 rank Company/headquarters

Phone/website

1

1 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO.

309-766-2311

Bloomington

2

2 HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORP. Chicago

312-653-6000

3

3 REYES HOLDINGS LLC Rosemont

847-227-6500

4

5 TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC Elk Grove Village

5

6 HAVI GROUP LP Downers Grove

6

7 MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC. Northfield

7

8 OSI GROUP LLC Aurora

8

9 EBY-BROWN CO. LLC2 Naperville

847-676-3030

630-353-4200

847-949-5500

630-851-6600

630-778-2800 Eby-

9

10 WALSH GROUP LTD. Chicago

312-563-5400

10 11 ACE HARDWARE CORP. Oak Brook

11 15 WIRTZ CORP.3 Chicago

630-990-6600

312-943-7000

12 12 AMSTED INDUSTRIES INC.2 Chicago

312-645-1700

13 14 KOCH FOODS INC. Park Ridge

14 18 HEICO COS. LLC Chicago

15 17 BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP3, 4 Chicago

847-384-5940

312-419-8220

312-861-8000

16 16 FOLLETT CORP.5 Westchester

17 20 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP6 Chicago

18 21 MCMASTER-CARR SUPPLY CO. Elmhurst

19 23 TRUE VALUE CO. Chicago

20 22 ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES INC.2, 7 Chicago

21 24 CENTRAL GROCERS INC.7 Joliet

22 25 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Chicago

800-365-5388

312-862-2000

630-834-9600

773-695-5000

312-275-1600

815-553-8800 Central-

312-853-7000

23 28 CC INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

23 19 INLAND REAL ESTATE GROUP OF COS. Oak Brook

312-855-4000

630-218-8000

25 New RSM US LLP10, 11 Chicago

312-634-3400

26 26 FRANK CONSOLIDATED ENTERPRISES INC.8 Des Plaines

27 36 CLAYCO INC. Chicago

847-699-7000

312-658-0747

28 29 NEWLY WEDS FOODS INC. Chicago

773-489-7000

Top executive Michael L. Tipsord Chairman, president, CEO

Paula Steiner President, CEO M. Jude Reyes, J. Christopher Reyes Co-chairmen Randall J. Skoda President, CEO Russ Smyth CEO, general partner Charlie N. Mills CEO Sheldon Lavin Chairman, CEO Richard W. Wake, Thomas G. Wake Co-presidents Daniel J. Walsh, Matthew M. Walsh Co-chairmen John Venhuizen President, CEO W. Rockwell "Rocky" Wirtz, chairman

W. Robert Reum Chairman, president, CEO

Joseph C. Grendys CEO E.A. Roskovensky President, CEO Richard Hammett North America managing partner Ray A. Griffith President, CEO Jeffrey C. Hammes Chairman James A. Delaney III President John Hartmann President, CEO Barry Zekelman CEO Ken Nemeth President, CEO Larry A. Barden Chairman, executive committee William H. Crown President, CEO Daniel L. Goodwin Chairman, CEO

Joseph M. Adams Managing partner, CEO

James S. Frank CEO Robert G. Clark Chairman, CEO

Charles T. Angell President

2016 revenue (millions);

% change from 2015

$76,100.0 0.5%

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/16; worldwide

15,0001 70,000

Type of business

Insurance, banking and mutual funds

$35,000.0 NC

$24,000.0 NC

6,700 22,000

1,400 22,000

Health insurer

Food and beverage distributor

$14,600.0 -4.6%

$9,750.0 2.6%

$9,200.0 13.6%

$6,100.0* NC

$5,300.0 1.9%

375 461

700 10,000

2,940 15,635

1,779 19,500

600 2,150

Supplier to supermarkets and food-service companies

Supply chain, packaging and marketing

Manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies

Developer of fast-food, foodservice and retail food items

Wholesale distributor of convenience products

$5,296.7 7.0%

$5,125.5 1.6%

$3,500.0 29.6%

$3,274.9 -19.1%

$3,000.0 NC

$2,650.0 10.4%

$2,620.0 7.8%

1,500 6,000

NA 4,467 1,385 3,560

477 15,600

1,250 13,000

580 10,000

700 12,700

General contractor, design-builder, construction manager

Retail hardware cooperative

Beverage distribution, real estate, insurance; Chicago Blackhawks

Manufacturer of railroad, construction and building materials

Supplier of fresh and frozen poultry

Metal processing, construction and air cargo

Law firm

$2,559.2 2.0%

$2,350.0 2.0%

$2,155.0 NC

$2,073.7 2.0%

$2,000.0* NC

$1,980.0 1.9%

$1,928.09 3.3%

2,498 5,093

1,424 3,712

NA 4,100

822 2,164

450* 1,800*

650 2,600

NA 3,720

Retailer and wholesaler of education materials Law firm

Wholesale supplier of industrial products Retail hardware cooperative

Steel pipe and tube products

Grocery wholesaler with retail locations Law firm

$1,900.0 15.2%

$1,900.0 -19.3%

$1,845.0 12.8%

$1,800.0 -0.1%

$1,691.0 25.3%

$1,654.0 6.3%

400 8,000 800 1,100

1,300 8,900

633 681 720 1,785

650 3,403

Diversified manufacturing and distribution

Commercial real estate, investment, property management, leasing

Provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market

Automotive fleet management

Real estate development, architecture, engineering, design-build, construction

Manufacturer of food coatings and seasonings

Continued on Page 24

UPS AND DOWNS

Combined, the 346 companies grew 10.9 percent on average.

TOP 20 COMPANIES BY INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM 2015

Home Chef 856.7%*

Windy City Motorcycle Group

211.8%

A. Epstein & Sons

157.6%

Magellan Development Group

139.1%

FCL Builders

131.4%

Outcome Health

104.1%**

Nelson Westerberg

Premier Design & Build Group

PT Holdings

80.2% 72.2% 66.2%

Guaranteed Rate 60.9%

Clune Constuction 59.1%

Avant 54.6%

Federal Savings Bank 53.1%

OSM Worldwide 52.4%**

Executive Construction 52.1%

Allsta

Lakeshore Recycling Systems

SMS Assist

Blue Chip Marketing Worldwide

Leopardo

45.5% 45.2%*** 42.9%*** 40.2% 39.6%

20 COMPANIES BY DECREASE IN REVENUE FROM 2015

-9.4% QST Industries

-9.5% Microdynamics Group

-11.3% Tuthill

-11.8% Patrick Dealer Group

-12.5% Parent Petroleum

-14.3% First Hospitality Group

-14.9% RIM Logistics

-15.0% Cramer-Krasselt

-15.3%

Marketing Innovators International

-15.6%*** Sipi Metals

-16.1% DoAll

-16.3% Rabine Group

-17.7%*** O'Neil Industries

-19.1% Amsted Industries

-19.3%*** Inland Real Estate Group

-19.8% Schi Hardin

-22.3% BBMC Mortgage

-23.0% Bigane Paving

-26.5% Graycor

-29.0%*** Gas Depot

*The bar for Home Chef is not drawn to scale. **Company estimate ***Crain's estimate Source: Crain's lists

24 April 17, 2017 ? CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS

LOCATION, LOCATION

COUNTIES WHERE THE PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES ARE BASED

229 Cook

62 DuPage

27 Lake

11 Kane 9 Will

6 McHenry 1 Lake, Ind. 1 McLean

128

companies are based in Chicago. Itasca is home to 13, Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg have nine each, and Oak Brook has eight.

THE THREE LARGEST COMPANIES IN EACH OF THE SIX AREA COUNTIES

By 2015 revenue

COOK COUNTY

Health Care Service Corp.

$35.00 billion

Reyes Holdings

$24.00 billion

Topco Associates

$14.60 billion

DUPAGE COUNTY

Havi Group

$9.75 billion*

Eby-Brown

$5.20 billion*

Ace Hardware

$5.05 billion

KANE COUNTY

OSI Group

$6.10 billion**

Parent Petroleum

$665.0 million

Parksite

$388.5 million

LAKE COUNTY

Mat Holdings

$1.47 billion

MacLean-Fogg

$1.00 billion

American Hotel Register

$950.0 million

MCHENRY COUNTY

Brake Parts

$549.2 million

Gary Lang Auto Group

$157.0 million*

Curran Contracting

$110.0 million*

WILL COUNTY

Central Grocers

$1.98 billion*

WeatherTech

$510.0 million*

ATI Physical Therapy

$420.0 million*

*Crain's estimate **Company estimate Note: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the No. 1 company on this list, is based in McLean County and is not included. Source: Crain's lists

CRAIN'S LIST CHICAGO'S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES

2016 rank Company/headquarters

Phone/website

Top executive

2016 revenue (millions);

% change from 2015

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/16; worldwide

Type of business

29 33 GRANT THORNTON LLP12 Chicago

312-856-0200

J. Michael "Mike" McGuire, CEO

$1,650.0 13.8%

913 8,495

Audit, tax and advisory services

30 32 HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD. Chicago

312-665-0479

Martin P. Hughes Chairman, CEO

$1,649.7 12.1%

503 9,558

Insurance brokerage

31 31 NAPLETON AUTOMOTIVE GROUP Oakbrook Terrace

630-530-3955

Edward F. Napleton President, CEO

$1,640.5 9.8%

812 2,065

Auto dealership group

32 40 MADISON INDUSTRIES13 Chicago

312-277-0156

Larry W. Gies Chairman, president, CEO

$1,522.0 21.5%

703 7,825

Industrial holding company

33 30 TTX CO. Chicago

312-853-3223

Thomas F. Wells President, CEO

$1,510.1 -0.7%

588 1,911

Provider of rail cars and freight management services

34 34 MAT HOLDINGS INC. Long Grove

847-821-9630

Steve W. Wang Chairman, CEO

$1,470.0 4.4%

359 18,722

Manufacturer of automotive parts, power equipment and lawn products

35 35 WHITE LODGING Merrillville

219-472-2900

Bruce W. White Chairman, CEO

$1,450.0 3.6%

2,025 8,500

Hotel ownership, development and management

36 38 BOLER CO. Itasca

630-773-9111 Hendrickson-

Matthew J. Boler Chairman, president, CEO

$1,327.0 3.7%

150 4,000

Manufacturer of truck and trailer suspension systems

37 46 BDO USA LLP3 Chicago

312-856-9100

Wayne Berson CEO

$1,290.0 22.9%

463 67,731

Accounting, assurance, tax, financial advisory, risk advisory and consulting services

38 39 MAYER BROWN LLP Chicago

312-782-0600

Paul W. Theiss Chairman

$1,260.09 0.2%

NA 3,080

Law firm

39 41 HEARTHSIDE FOOD SOLUTIONS 630-967-3600

LLC Downers Grove



Rich G. Scalise Chairman, CEO

$1,241.0 5.1%

400 7,500

Food contract manufacturing

40 42 DUCHOSSOIS GROUP INC. Elmhurst

630-501-2300

Craig J. Duchossois CEO

$1,215.0 4.7%

750 4,600

Access control products and private equity

41 49 BERLIN PACKAGING LLC Chicago

800-723-7546

Andrew T. Berlin Chairman, CEO

$1,201.0 19.7%

190

Supplier of plastic, glass and

900

metal packaging components

42 44 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP2 312-266-4700

J. David Pepper

Chicago

Chairman

$1,179.0 7.2%

620

General construction and

945

construction management

43 43 FORSYTHE TECHNOLOGY INC. Skokie

847-213-7000

William P. Brennan President, CEO

$1,128.4* -1.9%

431

Information-technology

889

and business consulting

44 44 A.T. KEARNEY INC. Chicago

312-648-0111

Johan Aurik

$1,100.0

Chairman, managing partner

NC

384 3,504

Management consulting

45 54 POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 312-596-6960

Chicago



Terry Graber President, CEO

$1,045.0 7.8%

268

Commercial construction

268

46 51 INFORMATION RESOURCES INC. 312-726-1221

Chicago



Andrew M. Appel President, CEO

$1,026.6 4.7%

674 5,032

Consumer and retail market research

47 48 CLOVER HOLDINGS CORP. Hoffman Estates

815-431-8100

James Cerkleski CEO

$1,020.0 0.5%

125 19,000

Recycler and remarketer of printer cartridges

48 50 FERRARA CANDY CO. Oakbrook Terrace

800-323-1768

Todd Siwak CEO

$1,010.0* 3.6%

850 2,650

Consumer packaged goods; confection manufacturing

49 46 MACLEAN-FOGG CO. Mundelein

847-566-0010 MacLean-

Barry L. MacLean Chairman, CEO

$1,000.0 -2.4%

375 3,900

Manufacturer of components for automotive, industrial and utility industries

49 56 MIDLAND PAPER CO. Wheeling

847-777-2700

E.S. Hooker III CEO

$1,000.0 7.7%

196

Distributor of printing paper

532

and packaging materials

49 52 OLD WORLD INDUSTRIES LLC Northbrook

847-559-2000

Kal Mahmood President

$1,000.0 2.6%

215

Products for automotive and

300

heavy-duty trucking industry

52 53 PANDUIT CORP. Tinley Park

800-777-3300

Gerry C. Caveney CEO

$974.0 NC

1,000 5,000

Manufacturer of electrical and network connectivity solutions

53 63 READERLINK LLC2 Oak Brook

708-356-3600

Dennis E. Abboud Sr. Chairman, president, CEO

$961.1 39.4%

365 1,243

Full-service book distributor

54 61 NETWORK SERVICES CO. Schaumburg

847-803-4888

Alan Tomblin

President, CEO

$960.0 12.9%

136

Distributor of janitorial and

146

food-service products, pack-

aging and printing papers

55 57 AMERICAN HOTEL REGISTER CO. 847-743-2000

Vernon Hills



Angela Korompilas President, CEO

$950.0 2.7%

625

Distributor and provider of

995

hotel supplies and services

56 59 GRIFFITH FOODS GROUP INC.2 Alsip

800-346-4743

Brian L. Griffith Chairman

$926.0 3.8%

670 3,270

Food ingredient developer and manufacturer

57 84 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. Chicago

312-726-6103

William L. Abromitis CEO

$915.0 59.1%

153

General contractor

332

58 60 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 312-372-2000

Chicago



Ira J. Coleman Chairman

$908.7 1.9%

485 1,892

Law firm

59 55 WILLIAM BLAIR & CO. Chicago

312-236-1600

John R. Ettelson President, CEO

$894.0 -5.1%

1,151 1,407

Global investment banking and asset management firm

60 62 DANIEL J. EDELMAN INC.3 Chicago

312-297-6907

Richard W. Edelman President, CEO

$877.5 4.4%

585 5,933

Communications marketing

61 64 TRUSTMARK COS. Lake Forest

847-283-1500

Joseph L. Pray

President, CEO

$863.0 5.3%

768 2,850

Employee benefits, administration and health and fitness management

62 67 EDWARD DON & CO. Woodridge

708-442-9400

Steven R. Don President, CEO

$849.0 7.5%

581 1,103

Distributor of food-service equipment and supplies

63 66 WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC1 Palatine

847-934-5700

Thomas D. Koos CEO

$835.0 3.3%

NA 1,200

Manufacturer of barbecue grills

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26 April 17, 2017 ? CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS

WORKFORCE GIANTS

These 20 companies have the largest workforces on our list. Not only that, all but three grew their total headcount in 2016.

TOP 20 COMPANIES BY TOTAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, 2016

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

70,000

BDO USA

67,731

Crowe Horwath

35,600*

Health Care Service Corp.

22,000

Reyes Holdings

22,000

OSI Group

19,500

Clover Holdings

19,000**

Mat Holdings

18,722

Medline Industries

15,635

Amsted Industries

15,600

Koch Foods

13,000

Baker & McKenzie

12,700

Employco USA

12,681

Havi Group

10,000

Heico

10,000**

Hub International

9,558

RSM US

8,900

White Lodging

8,500**

Grant Thornton

8,495

CC Industries

8,000**

*Includes international membership rms. **Crain's estimate.

THESE COMPANIES ACCOUNT FOR:

407,622 of all 757,069 employees on the list, or 53.8%.

$185.00 billion of all $342.7 billion in revenue, or 54.0%.

45,871

Together, the companies above employ this many local workers.

Note: State Farm's local headcount includes employees at its McLean County headquarters. Source: Crain's lists

CRAIN'S LIST CHICAGO'S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES

2016 rank Company/headquarters

64 65 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP6 Chicago

65 67 ELKAY MANUFACTURING CO.6 Oak Brook

Phone/website

312-558-5600

630-574-8484

Top executive

Thomas P. Fitzgerald Managing partner

Timothy J. Jahnke President, CEO

66 70 S&C ELECTRIC CO. Chicago

67 99 GUARANTEED RATE INC. Chicago

68 72 CROWE HORWATH LLP5 Chicago

69 81 DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP Downers Grove

70 74 EMPIRE TODAY LLC Northlake

773-338-1000

Kyle H. Seymour President, CEO

773-290-0505

Victor Ciardelli III President, CEO

312-899-7000

Stuart Miller Chicago office managing partner

630-469-9200

Michael Kasper

CEO

847-583-3000

Keith Weinberger CEO

71 78 ZS ASSOCIATES INC. Evanston

72 69 PARENT PETROLEUM St. Charles

847-492-3600

630-584-2509

Chris Wright CEO, managing director

Peter Mancini President

73 75 SRAM LLC Chicago

312-664-8800

74 76 WILTON BRANDS LLC Woodridge

630-963-7100

75 77 CULLIGAN INTERNATIONAL CO. 847-430-2800

Rosemont



76 79 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Chicago

312-460-5000

77 80 EMKAY INC.14 Itasca

630-250-7400

78 86 MOTOR WERKS PARTNERS LP Barrington

847-381-8900

79 103 CONVERGINT TECHNOLOGIES LLC Schaumburg

847-620-5000

80 88 LETTUCE ENTERTAIN YOU ENTERPRISES INC. Chicago

773-878-7340

81 95 SHURE INC.15 Niles

847-600-2000

82 73 O'NEIL INDUSTRIES INC. Chicago

773-755-1611

83 89 CONTINENTAL MOTORS GROUP 331-281-0339

Naperville



84 85 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP6 Chicago

312-902-5200

85 81 MAZZETTA CO. LLC Highland Park

847-433-1150

85 New STAMPEDE MEAT INC. Bridgeview

800-353-0933

87 New BRAKE PARTS INC. McHenry

800-323-0354

Stanley R. Day Jr. President

Sue Buchta CEO

Scott A. Clawson President, CEO

Amanda A. Sonneborn, Cory Hirsch, co-office managing partners

Gregory L. Tepas Vice chairman

Mick Austin CEO

Daniel J. Moceri Executive chairman

Kevin J. Brown President, CEO

Christine Schyvinck CEO

Brian G. Ramsay President, CEO

John F. Weinberger CEO

Roger P. Furey Chairman

Thomas J. Mazzetta CEO

Brock Furlong President, CEO

H. David Overbeeke President, CEO

88 83 TANDEM HR INC. Westchester

89 87 FELLOWES INC.5 Itasca

90 90 F.H. PASCHEN S.N. NIELSEN & ASSOCIATES LLC Chicago

91 71 GRAYCOR2 Oakbrook Terrace

92 92 SEKO GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORK LLC Itasca

630-928-0510

630-893-1600

773-444-3474

630-684-7110

800-228-2711

Bruce Leon President

John E. Fellowes II CEO

James V. Blair President, CEO

Melvin Gray Chairman

William J. Wascher CEO

93 93 KLEIN TOOLS INC. Lincolnshire

847-821-5500

Thomas R. Klein Sr. Chairman

94 94 FLYING FOOD GROUP LLC Chicago

312-243-2122

David Cotton CEO

95 100 BAKER TILLY VIRCHOW KRAUSE 312-729-8000

LLP15 Chicago



96 97 WEATHERTECH (MACNEIL

630-241-0715

AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LTD.)

Bolingbrook

Alan Whitman Chairman, CEO

David MacNeil CEO

2016 revenue (millions);

% change from 2015

$823.0 0.5%

$800.0 1.3%

$780.0 3.2%

$777.8 60.9%

$745.2 6.3%

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/16; worldwide

602 1,641

425 4,009

1,700 2,650

1,387 3,156

815 35,60012

Type of business Law firm

Manufacturer of sinks, water fountains, bottle fillers, faucets and cabinets Manufacturer of switching and protective products Mortgage lending and financial services Audit, tax, advisory services, risk consulting

$741.0 27.8%

3,600 3,600

Health care provider

$725.0

445

Carpet, flooring and

7.4%

1,580 window treatments

Acquired by Miami-based H.I.G. Capital in November 2016.

$700.0 16.7%

450 4,660

Sales and marketing consulting

$665.0 -12.5%

275

Wholesaler and retailer

275

of gasoline and other oil-

based products

$639.0 6.7%

142 3,350

Bicycle components manufacturer

$632.0 1.9%

740 1,500

Food, paper and textile crafting

$630.0 1.9%

225 4,300

Residential and commercial water filtration systems

$623.5 5.7%

585 1,733

Law firm

$605.0 4.1%

$604.4 9.9%

$594.2 26.1% $580.0 7.0% $565.0 9.7% $561.7 -17.7% $555.2 2.6% $553.8 -1.3% $550.0 -5.2% $550.0

NA $549.2 -4.8%

$541.4 -6.1% $539.8 -1.7% $536.4 -0.6% $535.7 -26.5% $535.5 1.5%

$535.0 2.9%

$532.0* 2.9%

$522.0 9.2%

$510.0 3.0%

125 148 507 507 173 2,469 4,725 7,400 850 2,400 127 433 647 647 522 1,185 27 34 1,500 1,500 393 5,109

110 110 541 1,431 1,000 1,159 250 1,500 165 2,500

210 1,550

501 5,164

282 2,782 1,100 1,100

Corporate vehicle leasing and fleet management Auto dealerships

Integrator of security, fire alarm and life-safety systems Restaurant owner

Manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics General contractor, construction management Auto dealerships

Law firm

Importer of frozen seafood

Meat processor

Engineers, designs, manufactures and distributes automotive brake products Professional employer organization Distributor of shredders and other office products General contractor, construction management Construction services

Integrated logistics services, software, freight forwarding, warehousing Manufacturer of professional hand tools and protective equipment Catering of meals and snacks for airlines and global retail partners Accounting and advisory services Manufacturer of car floor mats and other automotive accessories

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CRAIN'S LIST CHICAGO'S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES LOCALEMPLOYERS

2016 rank Company/headquarters

97 170 FCL BUILDERS LLC Itasca

98 106 ABT ELECTRONICS INC. Glenview

99 116 PREGIS CORP. Deerfield

99 New SMS ASSIST LLC Chicago

101 96 SCRAP METAL SERVICES LLC Burnham

102 102 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO.5 Chicago

103 110 CARL BUDDIG & CO.16 Homewood

103 114 DSC LOGISTICS INC. Des Plaines

105 109 COMPSYCH CORP. Chicago

106 130 LEOPARDO COS.2 Hoffman Estates

107 98 MERIDIAN GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC. Deerfield

108 101 ED MINIAT INC. South Holland

108 New EXP GLOBAL INC.5 Chicago

110 116 THOUGHTWORKS INC. Chicago

111 111 ROYAL BUYING GROUP INC. Lisle

112 105 JENNER & BLOCK LLP Chicago

Phone/website

Top executive

2016 revenue (millions);

% change from 2015

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/16; worldwide

Type of business

630-773-0050

Michael J. Boro President

$509.0 131.4%

77

Design-build general

103

contractor

847-967-8830

Michael Abt, William Abt, Richard Abt, Jon Abt Co-presidents

$502.0 8.1%

1,300 1,400

Retailer of consumer electronics and major appliances

877-692-6163

Kevin Baudhuin President, CEO

$500.0 25.0%

200 1,300

Protective packaging

312-689-7000

Michael Rothman Chairman, CEO

$500.0 42.9%

587

Facilities maintenance

763

contracting

708-730-1400

Jeffry K. Gertler

CEO

$499.0 NC

155

Scrap management and

890

brokerage services

312-986-8000

Patricia H. McHugh

Chairman

$495.1 4.6%

700

Construction services

750

708-798-0900

Robert J. Buddig CEO

$480.0 7.9%

1,069 1,079

Maker of processed lunch and snack meat

847-390-6800

Ann M. Drake CEO

$480.0 18.5%

1,099 3,592

Supply-chain management and logistics

312-595-4000

Richard A. Chaifetz Chairman, CEO

$475.0 5.6%

766

Employee assistance,

829

behavioral health, wellness

programs

847-783-3000

James A. Leopardo CEO

$472.5 39.6%

365

General contractor, construc-

394

tion manager, design-builder

and development services

847-964-2700

Ian J. Pye Chairman

$471.9 -4.0%

160

Information technology

719

solution provider and

equipment lessor

708-589-2400

David J. Miniat CEO

$470.0 -1.1%

525

Manufacturer of processed

535

meats and cooking oils

312-616-0000

Mark Dvorak

$470.0

230

Architecture and engineering

Chief operating officer

7.8%

3,000 firm

Announced move of its operational headquarters from Toronto to Chicago in February.

312-373-1000

Neville "Roy" Singham, chairman; Guo Xiao, president, CEO

$460.0 15.0%

193 4,184

IT software consulting and development

630-353-7950

Robert W. Juckniess Chairman

$458.0 3.9%

45

Negotiates marketing pro-

45

grams for gas stations and

convenience stores

312-222-9350

Terrence J. Truax Managing partner

$457.6 -1.6%

568

Law firm

911

COMPANIES WITH MORE THAN 1,000 LOCAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, 2016

Employco USA

7,442

Health Care Service Corp.

6,700

Portillo's Hot Dogs

5,300

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises

4,725

Suresta

4,400

Alden Management Services

4,379

DuPage Medical Group

3,600

Medline Industries Inc.

2,940*

Capital Fitness

2,800*

Follett

2,498

ATI Physical Therapy

2,242**

White Lodging

2,025*

OSI Group

1,779

S&C Electric

1,700

Walsh Group

1,500

Stampede Meat

1,500*

Kirkland & Ellis

1,424

113 119 MCGRATH LEXUS/ACURA/ HONDA/HYUNDAI Chicago

773-342-6300

114 104 MESIROW FINANCIAL HOLDINGS 312-595-6000

INC.5 Chicago



114 108 NORTH AMERICAN CORP. Glenview

847-832-4000

Michael J. McGrath President, CEO

Richard S. Price Chairman, CEO

John A. Miller President, CEO

$457.1 17.3%

$445.0 -5.1%

$445.0 -1.5%

623

Auto dealerships

Reyes Holdings

623

1,400

459

Investment, risk manage-

Guaranteed Rate

612

ment and advisory services

1,387

NA

Supplier of industrial paper

450

and packaging, supply-chain Wirtz

management

1,385

116 115 ALDRIDGE ELECTRIC INC.5 Libertyville

847-680-5200 Aldridge-

117 New AVANT Chicago

312-763-7510

118 138 CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL CLUB 773-404-2827

LLC Chicago



119 107 AIT WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS INC. 800-669-4248

Itasca



120 New ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY Bolingbrook

855-692-8478

121 134 VI Chicago

312-803-8880

122 124 CENTRO INC. Chicago

123 118 FORT DEARBORN CO. Elk Grove Village

124 120 BULLEY & ANDREWS LLC Chicago

312-423-1565

847-357-9500

773-235-2433

125 91 TEMPEL STEEL CO. Chicago

126 121 TRIPPE MANUFACTURING CO. Chicago

773-250-8000

773-869-1111

Kenneth Aldridge Chairman Al Goldstein Chairman, CEO Thomas S. Ricketts Chairman Vaughn Moore President, CEO Dylan Bates CEO Randal J. Richardson President

Shawn Riegsecker CEO Jeff Brezek President, CEO Allan E. Bulley Jr. Chairman, CEO

Gary Wagner CEO Glen Haeflinger President

$441.0 9.2%

$437.9 54.6% $434.017 27.6% $426.0 -6.4% $420.0

NA $413.0

5.6%

$412.0 14.4% $410.0 2.8% $402.0 5.7%

$400.0 6.7%

$392.0 3.2%

561 930 454 468 304 418 278 783 2,24218 7,000 295 2,750

296 702 360 1,450 403 403

500 1,600 256 534

Electrical and foundation contractor Online lending platform

MLB team

Transportation and logistics service provider Health care, physical therapy Developer, owner and manager of senior living communities Technology and media services Product labels

1,100

General contractor, construction management, concrete and masonry restoration Manufacturer of magnetic steel laminations Maker of tech and telecom IT infrastructure solutions

Abt Electronics

1,300

RSM US

1,300

Koch Foods

1,250

William Blair

1,151

WeatherTech

1,100*

DSC Logistics

1,099

Carl Buddig

1,069

Panduit

1,000*

F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates

1,000

*Crain's estimate **Includes all of Illinois Note: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the No. 1 company on this list, is based in McLean County and is not included.

127 113 SAFEWAY INSURANCE CO. Westmont

128 133 PARKSITE INC. Batavia

129 127 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB INC. Lake Forest

630-887-8300

630-761-9490

847-295-6600

William J. Parrillo Chairman

Ron Heitzman CEO

Theodore P. Phillips President, CEO

$391.8 -4.5%

$388.5 20.2%

$385.0 9.4%

113

Property and casualty in-

510

surance

71,395

75 410

Sales, marketing and distribution of building products

local employees work for these 29 companies. That's 43.9% of all local

175

National Football League

employees on the list.

175

team

Continued on Page 28

Source: Crain's lists

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HOT MARKETS

AVERAGE CHANGE IN REVENUE, BY INDUSTRY FROM 2015

Food/beverage

31.5%

Health care

31.1%

Transportation

28.5%

Real Estate 23.9%

Banking 20.5%

Financial services

14.1%

Retail

13.3%

Construction

12.2%

Business services

11.9%

Wholesale/distribution 7.9%

Media/marketing 7.7%

Consumer products/services 7.6%

Automobiles 6.9%

Logistics 5.2%

Tech/telecom 3.2%

Utilities 3.2%

Insurance 2.6%

Manufacturing 2.6%

Education 2.0%

Law 0.3%

AVERAGE CHANGE IN TOTAL EMPLOYEES, BY INDUSTRY FROM 2015

Health care

30.6%

Retail

11.3%

Construction

9.9%

Transportation 8.9%

Wholesale/distribution

8.6%

Automobiles 7.6%

Tech/telecom 7.6%

Media/marketing 6.3%

Real Estate 5.1%

Food/beverage 4.8%

Business services 4.7%

Insurance 4.5%

Financial services 4.3%

Manufacturing 2.9%

Utilities 2.8%

Banking 2.6%

Law 0.3%

Consumer products/services -0.1%

Logistics -0.4%

Education -1.9%

Note: Averages include Crain's estimates. Source: Crain's lists

CRAIN'S LIST CHICAGO'S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES

2016 rank Company/headquarters

Phone/website

Top executive

2016 revenue (millions);

% change from 2015

Full-time local employees as of 12/31/16; worldwide

Type of business

130 129 BRIGHTSTAR GROUP HOLDINGS 866-777-7110

INC. Gurnee



Shelly Sun, CEO

$373.3 10.0%

62

Home health care staffing

76

131 123 TERLATO WINE GROUP LTD.5 Lake Bluff

847-604-8900

Anthony J. Terlato Chairman

$370.0 -0.5%

137

Wine production, wine and

332

spirits importing, marketing

and sales

132 121 NES RENTALS HOLDINGS INC. Deerfield

133 125 FIFIELD COS. Chicago

773-695-3999

312-855-1600

Andrew P. Studdert Chairman, president, CEO

Steven D. Fifield Chairman, CEO

$369.0

75

Equipment rental for con-

-2.9%

1,100 struction and industrial users

Acquired by Stamford. Conn.-based United Rentals Inc. in April.

$366.0 2.5%

22

Real estate development

40

134 125 ALDEN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 773-286-3883

INC. Chicago



Randi Schlossberg-Schullo President

$363.5 1.8%

4,379 4,379

Rehabilitation and nursing facility

135 132 RAJA FOODS LLC Skokie

847-675-4455

Rakesh Patel President

$360.0 10.4%

115

Retailer and importer of

700

Indian foods

136 New PORTILLO'S HOT DOGS LLC Oak Brook

630-954-3773

Keith Kinsey CEO

$350.0 11.1%

5,300 6,000

Restaurant owner and operator

137 131 SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL 312-554-9090

LLP2 Chicago



Jonathan Stein Managing partner, Chicago

$339.0 2.7%

365 1,120

Architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design

138 134 JOE RIZZA ENTERPRISES INC. Orland Park

708-364-2200

Joseph R. Rizza President, CEO

$336.0 4.7%

395

Auto dealerships, real es-

395

tate, finance and insurance

139 140 SKENDER CONSTRUCTION LLC Chicago

312-781-0265

Mark Skender CEO

$334.7 12.8%

182

General contractor

200

140 151 LOEBER MOTORS INC. Lincolnwood

847-675-1000

Michael Loeber President

$330.2 28.1%

132

Auto dealership

130

141 142 EMPLOYCO USA INC. Westmont

630-920-0000

Robert W. Wilson President

$317.0 7.5%

7,442 12,681

Human resources outsourcing

142 136 HOSTMARK HOSPITALITY GROUP Schaumburg

847-517-9100

Jerome F. Cataldo President, CEO

$315.0 1.9%

800 4,000

Hotel and restaurant management

143 New AHEAD LLC Chicago

312-924-4492

Daniel Adamany CEO

$313.0 5.0%

162

IT solutions

225

144 185 PT HOLDINGS LLC Addison

800-438-8898

Steve Snower CEO

$310.3 66.2%

340

Restaurant equipment

997

parts distributor and service

company

145 141 LISLE AUTO PLAZA GROUP (VOLVO SALES & SERVICE CENTER INC.) Lisle

630-241-3000 Auto-

Horst Korallus President

$310.0 4.7%

360

Auto dealership

360

146 128 PATRICK DEALER GROUP Schaumburg

847-605-4000

Hanley Dawson III President, CEO

$305.2 -11.8%

343

Auto dealership

343

147 142 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. University Park

708-534-5575

Reid R. French CEO

$305.0 3.4%

655 1,310

Cloud software and services for insurance business

148 New SPIRE HOSPITALITY LLC Deerfield

847-498-6650

Bill DeForrest President, CEO

$304.2 17.8%

98 2,051

Hotel ownership and management, real estate development

149 144 BINNY'S BEVERAGE DEPOT (GOLD 847-581-3181 STANDARD ENTERPRISES INC.)12 Niles

Michael Binstein CEO

$303.0 4.8%

500

Retailer of wine, spirits,

520

beer, cigars and cheese

150 139 JEL SERT CO.16 West Chicago

630-231-7590

Kenneth Wegner President

$300.0 NC

750

Manufacturer of beverages,

750

desserts, medicinal foods,

supplements

151 147 RTC INC. Rolling Meadows

847-640-2400

Richard Nathan CEO

$300.0 7.1%

400

Retail merchandising prod-

900

ucts and services

152 145 UNITED SCRAP METAL INC. Cicero

708-780-6800

Marsha E. Serlin CEO

$295.0 3.5%

252

Metal buyer and recycler

332

153 180 EXECUTIVE CONSTRUCTION INC. 708-236-3300

Hillside



John F. Blacketor President, CEO

$292.0 52.1%

150

General contracting and

150

construction management

154 155 HILL GROUP Franklin Park

155 168 CHICAGO WHITE SOX Chicago

847-451-5000

312-674-1000

Warren Hill Chairman

Jerry M. Reinsdorf Chairman

$275.2 10.4%

$26917 12.1%

810

HVAC building systems and

810

maintenance

160

MLB team

470

155 146 PLS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. Chicago

312-491-7300

Dan Wolfberg, Bob Wolfberg Co-presidents

$269.0 -4.3%

853 3,925

Check-cashing, money transfer, bill payments and micro-lending

157 150 ORSINI HEALTHCARE INC. Elk Grove Village

847-734-7373

Tony Orsini CEO

$260.8 12.1%

100

Specialty pharmacy focus-

100

ing on rare and complex

medical conditions

158 160 ADDISON GROUP Chicago

312-424-0300

Thomas B. Moran CEO

$260.0 7.5%

915 3,163

Temporary and permanent staffing

158 152 ENESCO LLC Itasca

630-875-5300

Todd Mavis CEO

$260.0 1.2%

300

Designer and marketer of

800

gifts and collectibles

160 154 CAMPAGNA-TURANO BAKERY INC. Berwyn

708-788-9220

Joseph M. Turano President

$258.0 0.8%

654

Maker of baked goods

895

161 161 FLEXERA SOFTWARE Itasca

800-374-4353

Jim P. Ryan President, CEO

$257.9 1.0%

207

Software licensing,

780

compliance, security and

installation solutions

162 137 DOALL CO. Wheeling

847-495-6800

Michael L. Wilkie Chairman

$256.0 -16.1%

205

Industrial supplies distributor,

703

machine tool manufacturer

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