Top Illinois Design Startups (68)
Closet Factory is a nationally recognized leader in the custom closets and organizational spaces industry. Since 1983, they have provided custom storage solutions for the entire home, including closets, home offices, and garage cabinetry. By utilizing a collaborative design approach and in-house manufacturing, they create high-quality, personalized systems tailored to each client's needs, style, and budget, helping clients maximize their...
Klein & Hoffman is a Chicago-based structural and architectural engineering firm serving building owners, facility managers, condominium associations, campuses, and architectural firms. Founded in 1953, it provides evaluation and assessment, architectural restoration, structural repair and rehabilitation, façade and roofing work, adaptive reuse, new structural design, construction engineering, and building-performance and compliance consulting for high-rise buildings, landmarks, campuses, and other properties.
Environmental Design Group is a civil engineering, planning, and design firm that provides expertise in civil engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental services, and construction management.
Clark Dietz, Inc. is a professional civil engineering firm providing consulting, design, and construction management services throughout the Midwest. With over 60 years of experience, they partner with communities to improve infrastructure—including wastewater treatment, roadways, and bridges—with the mission of engineering a better quality of life through the built environment.
THRIVE is a strategic design firm innovating at the frontiers of health and well-being. We work with ambitious leaders to create product experiences that people love through Informed Design™. Our work gives leaders, teams, and organizations the courage and conviction to move confidently forward and design what's next. Founded in 2010 by Jonathan Dalton (CEO) and Trent Kahute (CCO), THRIVE is...
Exhibit Concepts, Inc. is an award-winning event marketing agency that specializes in the professional design, production, and management of impactful experiential environments. The company is dedicated to delivering memorable brand experiences for its clients by creating high-quality branded environments, including domestic and international trade show exhibits as well as curated museum installations, focusing on client success and creative solutions.
Drapery Connection is a family-owned business founded in 1939 that specializes in custom window treatment design and installation across the Chicagoland area. They offer a wide range of products, including custom draperies, blinds, shades, shutters, and motorized solutions. By combining professional design expertise with high-quality craftsmanship, the company creates tailored window coverings that enhance the beauty, privacy, and functionality of...
Lightology is a leading contemporary lighting retailer and design company, recognized as the largest contemporary lighting showroom in North America. The company specializes in providing modern lighting solutions for residential and commercial spaces, offering a wide range of products and expert design services. Their mission is to educate customers on the intricacies of lighting design to enhance the atmosphere of...
ML Group is a full-service design and development firm specializing in turnkey implementation and consulting services for real estate development and asset management. The company operates across the United States, serving the multifamily, healthcare, office, hospitality, and residential sectors. Their expertise includes project advisory, architecture, interior design, and construction management, with a focus on transforming assets and enhancing the built...
JohnsByrne is a full-service provider of custom packaging and print solutions for consumer brands. Its work includes product packaging design, folding cartons, specialty packaging, premium print, and high-impact direct mail. The company serves markets such as beauty, wellness, spirits, financial services, entertainment, and specialty consumer goods, and manages projects end to end—from structural design and pre-press through printing, finishing, and...
Blacksmith Agency is a full-service agency, focuses on offering its services within web designing, wireframing and content creation.
Information Technology Partners, Inc. (ITP), founded in 1991, is a technology design and support services company specializing in distributed processing technologies. ITP is a small sized company with business entities in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. ITP provides services, such as, technology design, long-term technology support, technology best practice products, and application development to clients that specialize in manufacturing, distribution, retail,...
RWE Design Build is an award-winning construction management firm that specializes in the planning, design, and construction of Animal, Dental, and Medical facilities, partnering with clients to create functional and high-quality spaces.
Highdive is an independently owned, EMMY-nominated, full-service creative advertising agency based in Chicago and New York City. Founded in 2016, it specializes in the strategy, development, and delivery of high-profile marketing campaigns for prominent brands. The agency's mission is to create the healthiest client + agency relationships in the world, delivering integrated services across digital, TV, print, and earned activations.
At Mixam, we're not just a printing company; we're a dynamic force of creativity and innovation. Where technology meets imagination, we're at the forefront of the printing industry where each day is an opportunity to bring extraordinary ideas to life. With a relentless commitment to quality, cutting-edge technology, and exceptional customer service, Mixam is redefining the world of print. Our user-friendly...
Bitovi simplifies JavaScript development and UX design. We teach people how to create amazing web apps, the right way. After years of solving complex front-end engineering problems, we know what works and what doesn't. And we've baked that experience into our tools, consulting, and training.
New Honor Society (San Francisco | Chicago | Saint Louis) is an award-winning creative boutique that has helped clients like Microsoft, Logitech, Heluva Good and Nestlé Dreyer's/Edy's create greater engagement and advocacy by behaving more like "people." As an FCB Company, New Honor Society has the creative fire of a start-up, with the resource depth of a global network. Join...
Team 201 is a digital agency for high-growth B2B tech brands, helping them power all aspects of their marketing and thrive in the digital landscape.
VSA is a hybrid brand strategy and design agency. We partner with business, strategic and creative leaders, combining our strategic consulting with design-driven experiences to solve business problems and realize the future of a brand. As a hybrid agency, we blend consumer insights and data with the craft of design to activate the most meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences. For VSA...
Ontrac Solutions helps organizations adopt emerging technologies to scale smarter. We build GenAI platforms, predictive analytics solutions, and drive cloud adoption. We're also a HubSpot partner, supporting landing page design, website development, CRM integration, workflows, and automation. From infrastructure to marketing ops, we deliver strategy and execution that drives growth.
