Software Companies in Chicago: an overview
World Business Chicago, the city's economic development organization, counts about 244,400 people working in tech-applied fields in the Chicago region, which it ranks third in the US, and puts the sector's annual output at more than $83 billion. Lightcast and Bureau of Labor Statistics figures published by the Dallas Regional Chamber give the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro 243,129 high-tech jobs in 2025, eighth among US metros. World Business Chicago also reports $10.82 billion in growth capital raised in Chicago in 2022 and names 1871 and mHUB among the city's startup hubs.
Much of the city's software industry sits in and around the Loop. Sprout Social is at 131 S. Dearborn St., Morningstar at 22 W. Washington St., Relativity at 231 S. LaSalle St., G2 at 100 S. Wacker Dr. and Jellyvision at 20 N. Wacker Dr. Across the river in the West Loop, Cision and Cars Commerce both list 300 S. Riverside Plaza, and Motorola Solutions is at 500 W. Monroe St. Tempus AI is in River North at 600 W. Chicago Ave., and Google's Fulton Market office is at 320 N. Morgan St.
The list mixes listed companies, private firms and offices of companies based elsewhere. Sprout Social, Morningstar and Tempus AI trade on Nasdaq, as does Paylocity, which is headquartered in suburban Schaumburg. Relativity, ActiveCampaign, project44, G2, Jellyvision, Snapsheet and SpotHero are privately held. Salesforce has an office at 333 W. Wolf Point Plaza, Braze at 1 N. State St., and Google has a second site on N. Carpenter St. World Business Chicago names Google, Salesforce and Microsoft among the technology companies expanding in the city.