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07.11.2016
Chicago Growing, Second Quarter 2016
Technology company SMS Assist expands to 565 employees and joins the list of companies growing in Chicago
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and SMS Assist, an innovative mobile and cloud-based property management company, recently announced that the company has expanded to 565 employees. The increase of 175 employees in the last year more than triples its size since 2012 and represents a 1,000 percent increase since 2010.
“Chicago’s tech scene is booming, and I want to thank SMS Assist for adding jobs and supporting this entrepreneurial community,” Mayor Emanuel said. “Companies like SMS Assist are establishing the next generation of Chicago’s economy – an economy that is thriving due to the city’s central location, access to transportation, and unmatched talent.”
Last month, SMS Assist raised $150 million from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. SMS Assist joins this quarter’s Chicago Growing list of companies that have relocated to, or expanded in, Chicago:
2020 On Site | Chicago Location |
Amazon | Chicago Location |
American Academy of Pediatrics | Chicago Location |
AMS Mechanical Systems | Headquarters |
Assurance Agency | Headquarters |
Batory Foods | Chicago Location |
Bigstep | Headquarters |
Blitsy | Headquarters |
Breather | Chicago Location |
Camelot Global | Headquarters |
Chicago Association of Realtors | Headquarters |
Chiquita | Chicago Location |
City Colleges of Chicago | Chicago Location |
Conpac Group | Headquarters |
Conpac Group | Chicago Location |
Contract Flooring | Headquarters |
Devlinks | Headquarters |
El Cubano Meats | Chicago Location |
El Cubano Meats | Headquarters |
EMCO Chemical Distributors | Chicago Location |
EN Engineering | Chicago Location |
Gerber Collision & Glass | Chicago Location |
Glassdoor | Chicago Location |
Global Granite & Marble | Chicago Location |
Grant Thornton | Headquarters |
Hitachi Transport System | Chicago Location |
Hoopis Financial Group | Chicago Location |
Horizons Window Fashions | Chicago Location |
JMG Financial | Chicago Location |
Keyence | Chicago Location |
Lakeshore Recycling Systems | Chicago Location |
Leggett & Platt | Chicago Location |
Level Office | Chicago Location |
Lifeway Foods | Chicago Location |
Litetronics | Headquarters |
McDonald’s | Headquarters |
Mediafly | Chicago Location |
Metropolitan Brewery | Headquarters |
Mitsubishi Motors | Headquarters |
MJ Celco | Chicago Location |
North Shore Depot | Chicago Location |
Oelheld | Chicago Location |
Paylocity | Headquarters |
PDS Transportation | Headquarters |
Perkins Manufacturing | Headquarters |
Planet Fitness | Chicago Location |
Porreca Freight | Chicago Location |
Power Home Remodeling Group | Chicago Location |
RF Ideas | Headquarters |
RJW Transport | Chicago Location |
Saks Fifth Avenue | Chicago Location |
SMS Assist | Chicago Location |
Sterigenics International | Chicago Location |
Strike Social | Headquarters |
SWC Technology Partners | Chicago Location |
TJX Companies | Chicago Location |
U.S. Cellular | Headquarters |
University Of Chicago | Chicago Location |
UPS | Chicago Location |
Valent Biosciences | Headquarters |
Viskase | Headquarters |
Whole Foods Market | Chicago Location |
Wrigley Company | Chicago Location |
Zurn Industries | Chicago Location |
*Refers to data (where disclosed) for new and expanding companies with a physical address in the 14-county Chicago region that meet Site Selection criteria, and/or is a headquarters facility, and/or was assisted by World Business Chicago (WBC). WBC captures project information from media outlets, press releases, company websites, subscription services and WBC internal reporting; the quality of each record depends on the availability of data and resources to input and confirm information. Data is finalized in the first quarter of the following year to allow for the time lag in project reporting; year-to-date numbers are subject to revision.
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