Chicago Job Market - Industries
Leading Metro Chicago Employers by Industry Sector
- Sectors include: Construction, Transportation & Utilities, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Financial Activities, Leisure & Hospitality, Professional & Business Services, Education & Health
Construction (SIC 15)
- Cambridge Homes - largest homebuilder
- Westfield Corp - Management company of largest shopping center
- Elk Grove Business Park- largest industrial park
- CB Richard Ellis - largest commercial real estate broker
Banking (SIC 60)
- Bank One - most assets
- Northern Trust Global Investments- largest money manager
- ABN Amro Bank N.V. - largest foreign bank
- Adams Street Partner LLC - largest venture capital fund
Security and Commodity Brokers (SIC 62)
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange - the largest futures exchange in the United States and the largest futures Clearing House in the world for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts.
- CME products fall into four major areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and agricultural commodities.
- CME was founded as a not-for-profit corporation in 1898, and became the first publicly traded U.S. financial exchange in December 2002 when the Class A shares of its common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CME.
- Chicago Stock Exchange
- Founded in 1882, it is the third most active stock exchange in terms of share and trade volume. The CHX trades more than 3,500 NYSE, Amex, Nasdaq and CHX-exclusive issues.
- Board of Options Exchange
- Founded in 1973 as the first U.S. options exchange
- CBOE is the world's largest options marketplace and the creator of listed options. It is regulated by the SEC
- Chicago Board of Trade
- Providing a diverse mix of financial and commodity futures and options since 1848. More than 3,600 CBOT members trade 50 different futures and options products at the exchange through open auction and/or electronically.
Holding & Other Investment Firms (SIC 67)
- J.P. Morgan Chase
- William Blair & Co.
Health Services (SIC 80)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- University of Chicago Hospitals
- Rush University Medical Center
- Loyola University Medical Center
Educational Services (SIC 82)
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois - Chicago Circle
- Northwestern University
- Loyola University
- Depaul University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
Additional information on top firms in various industry sectors can be found in Crain's Chicago Book of Lists 2005, located in the Career Ref section, HF 5068 .C45 B6 2005
