Largest government vendors in Chicago

The 100 vendors paid the most by Chicago city government, ranked by total dollars on the official ledger. All 103 published vendor profiles are free to browse on the full Chicago ledger, no account needed.

#VendorTotal receivedPaymentsAgenciesLatest FY change
1Municipal Employee Pension FDGov$3,014,848,1762401−3.1%
2Cook County TreasurerGov$1,840,920,574661+60.4%
3Policemens a & B Fund$1,410,477,7392621+17.8%
4Amalgamated Bank of Chicago$1,317,947,1084921−10.2%
5Zions Bank$858,852,583611−48.3%
6Nationwide Retirement Solution$824,738,7194611+4.7%
7Bank of New York Trust$768,529,1711211+2.8%
8Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago$702,129,889111
9Firemens Annuity Benefit Fund$662,442,1322461+15.1%
10Blue Cross & Blue Shield$609,983,746681
11State of Illinois Treasurer's OfficeGov$531,099,387141+26.5%
12U S Bank N a$505,614,5041701+39.2%
13Bank of Ny Midwest Trust Co$437,320,5582091−38.6%
14U.S. Bank01 National.association$344,572,884351−25.9%
15Laborers & Retirement Board$330,367,0341161+36.7%
16Chicago Transity Authority.Gov$320,478,172783+89%
17Loevy & Loevy Attorneys at Law$235,729,1001541+353.2%
18Chicago Patrolmen's Fcu$202,197,236961−1.1%
19F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC$177,580,8251775
20F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC$172,558,7002614+1181.1%
21Board of Education of the City of ChicagoGov$160,376,1611025+270491.6%
22Public Building Commission ChicagoGov$144,354,604782+179.3%
23Caremark Inc$129,571,343542
24Chicago Firemans Assn Credit$129,319,895961+2.3%
25Department of FinanceGov$125,646,2861141+12.3%
26Usi Insurance Services LLC.$122,556,140982−19%
27Turner Paschen Aviation Partners$122,314,824871
28Aecom Hunt / Clayco, a Joint Venture$121,981,274611
29U.S. Bank$116,780,438361+55.9%
30PNC Bank$115,431,370941−74.1%
31Clark-W.E. ONeil JV$105,189,358521
32Constellation Newenergy Inc$92,249,309351
33Laborers and Retirement Board Employees' Annuity Benefit Fund$74,894,98361
34CDW Government, LLC.$73,262,3258122+4815.6%
35Bigane Paving Company$71,875,9512282
36Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co Inc$69,837,4861003+3020.1%
37Department of Aviation Midway AirportGov$65,667,1929441−43%
38Sumit Construction Co., Inc.$63,194,3091183+24163.1%
39Met Life$62,162,3082052+31.6%
40Municipal Employ Credit Union$61,529,525961−4.6%
41K.l.e.o. Community Family Life Center$59,462,7411403
42Aor Transit$56,302,243371
43Sdi Presence LLC$55,494,2882882
44Chicago Park District$54,662,817804+3060.7%
45Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company$49,375,279582
46Skidmore,owings & Merrill LLP$48,307,046662
47Allied Waste Transportation Inc$46,990,4321142
48City of Chicago Dept of WaterGov$46,414,9753561+3.4%
49Standard Parking Corporation 01$46,174,233783+2308330.4%
50Comed Exelon Energy Delivery$45,956,2011251−1%
51Chicago Airlines Terminal Consortium$44,549,0401142+41655.6%
52Cook County Collector$43,370,0333251+37.4%
53Transystems Corporation$43,249,9731423
54City Treasurer / Harris BankGov$42,836,099971+9.3%
55Aecom-Dbs$42,075,479121
56Fraternal Order of Police$41,259,1271091+0.2%
57John Burns Construction Co.$39,308,6041623+103755.4%
58Ccmsi$39,139,1114241+8.9%
59Genuine Parts Company$39,005,6582723+3408640.6%
60Chicago Parking Meters LLC$38,762,540131+309.4%
61Connect Chicago Alliance JV$38,586,1204501
62Arthur J Gallagher Risk Management Services LLC$38,446,944691+17.2%
63Studio Ord Inc$34,706,9181731
64Cnect LLC$34,100,144581
65Mat Construction Leasing, Inc.$33,546,9591272
66Power Rogers, LLP$33,534,96851
67T & N Chicago, Inc.$33,409,8442143−20.4%
68Reliable Asphalt Corp.$31,766,543883+335578.7%
69Pcwp, LLC$31,584,133131
70Lakeshore Recycling Systems$31,462,068603
71ABM Aviation$30,891,066131
72All Chicago Making Homelessness History$30,363,0722992
73Midway Airlines' Terminal$29,000,596551
74Transwestern Commercial Services, LLC.$28,708,0012202+161794.3%
75Colonial Oil Industries, Inc.$28,702,2341,1422
76Commonwealth. Edison Co.$28,447,5103,8421−32.2%
77HNTB Corporation$28,357,5852774+176165.1%
78Cbre Inc.$27,095,733713
79M.Q. Sewer & Water Contractors$26,981,8711103
80Granite Construction Company.$26,957,6451013
81Skyline Management Group O'hare$26,736,514131
82Greater Illinois Title Company$26,499,5231692−82.3%
83After-School Matters, Inc.$25,892,6643733+511903.7%
84Kyndryl, Inc.$25,373,985631
85Motorola Solutions Inc$25,369,3651172
86Mansfield Power & Gas, LLC$25,334,628291
87Sutton Ford, Inc.$25,234,3181492
88K-Five Construction Corp./Plote Construction Inc JV$25,009,30551
89Open Kitchens, Inc.$24,132,9591242
90Fire Service Inc$23,698,1201082
91USAA Annuity Services Corporation$23,650,00051−82.7%
92Rossi Contractors, Inc.$23,297,741621
93Midway Management Group JV$22,995,675361
94Sotos Law Firm, P.C.$21,926,2622381−6.8%
95Rausch Infrastructure LLC$21,710,045363+8189.5%
96Seven D Construction Company$21,432,3491084+1630%
97Securitas Security Services, USA, Inc.$21,288,0311922+34251.9%
98State of Ill/ Department Emp SecuriGov$21,189,077171+34.2%
99Metropolitan Water Reclamation of Greater Chicago$21,084,871751+4.8%
100New City Redevelopment, LP$21,066,66741

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VerifiedData refreshed Jul 29, 2026 from Chicago Checkbook (data.cityofchicago.org): 266,585 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Dec 31, 2025. How we verify this data