Largest government vendors in Chicago

The 100 vendors paid the most by Chicago city government, ranked by total dollars on the official ledger. All 102 published vendor profiles are free to browse on the full Chicago ledger, no account needed.

The biggest names on the ledger

Start with a leading payee, then follow its relationships to the agencies behind the payments.

Up to five published payees by recorded total, including government entities. Coverage periods may differ between payees.

Municipal Employee Pension FD (government payee)$3,014,848,176
Cook County Treasurer (government payee)$1,840,920,574
Policemens a & B Fund$1,410,477,739
Amalgamated Bank of Chicago$1,317,947,108
Zions Bank$858,852,583

Published vendor rankings

#	Vendor	Total received	Payments	Agencies	Latest FY change
1	Municipal Employee Pension FDGov	$3,014,848,176	240	1	−3.1%
2	Cook County TreasurerGov	$1,840,920,574	66	1	+60.4%
3	Policemens a & B Fund	$1,410,477,739	262	1	+17.8%
4	Amalgamated Bank of Chicago	$1,317,947,108	492	1	−10.2%
5	Zions Bank	$858,852,583	61	1	−48.3%
6	Nationwide Retirement Solution	$824,738,719	461	1	+4.7%
7	Bank of New York Trust	$768,529,171	121	1	+2.8%
8	Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago	$702,129,889	11	1	–
9	Firemens Annuity Benefit Fund	$662,442,132	246	1	+15.1%
10	Blue Cross & Blue Shield	$609,983,746	68	1	–
11	State of Illinois Treasurer's OfficeGov	$531,099,387	14	1	+26.5%
12	U S Bank N a	$505,614,504	170	1	+39.2%
13	Bank of Ny Midwest Trust Co	$437,320,558	209	1	−38.6%
14	U.S. Bank01 National.association	$344,572,884	35	1	−25.9%
15	Laborers & Retirement Board	$330,367,034	116	1	+36.7%
16	Chicago Transity Authority.Gov	$320,478,172	78	3	+89%
17	Loevy & Loevy Attorneys at Law	$235,729,100	154	1	+353.2%
18	Chicago Patrolmen's Fcu	$202,197,236	96	1	−1.1%
19	F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC	$177,580,825	177	5	–
20	F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC	$172,558,700	261	4	+1181.1%
21	Board of Education of the City of ChicagoGov	$160,376,161	102	5	+270491.6%
22	Public Building Commission ChicagoGov	$144,354,604	78	2	+179.3%
23	Caremark Inc	$129,571,343	54	2	–
24	Chicago Firemans Assn Credit	$129,319,895	96	1	+2.3%
25	Department of FinanceGov	$125,646,286	114	1	+12.3%
26	Usi Insurance Services LLC.	$122,556,140	98	2	−19%
27	Turner Paschen Aviation Partners	$122,314,824	87	1	–
28	Aecom Hunt / Clayco, a Joint Venture	$121,981,274	61	1	–
29	U.S. Bank	$116,780,438	36	1	+55.9%
30	PNC Bank	$115,431,370	94	1	−74.1%
31	Clark-W.E. ONeil JV	$105,189,358	52	1	–
32	Constellation Newenergy Inc	$92,249,309	35	1	–
33	Laborers and Retirement Board Employees' Annuity Benefit Fund	$74,894,983	6	1	–
34	CDW Government, LLC.	$73,262,325	812	2	+4815.6%
35	Bigane Paving Company	$71,875,951	228	2	–
36	Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co Inc	$69,837,486	100	3	+3020.1%
37	Department of Aviation Midway AirportGov	$65,667,192	944	1	−43%
38	Sumit Construction Co., Inc.	$63,194,309	118	3	+24163.1%
39	Met Life	$62,162,308	205	2	+31.6%
40	Municipal Employ Credit Union	$61,529,525	96	1	−4.6%
41	K.l.e.o. Community Family Life Center	$59,462,741	140	3	–
42	Aor Transit	$56,302,243	37	1	–
43	Sdi Presence LLC	$55,494,288	288	2	–
44	Chicago Park District	$54,662,817	80	4	+3060.7%
45	Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company	$49,375,279	58	2	–
46	Skidmore,owings & Merrill LLP	$48,307,046	66	2	–
47	Allied Waste Transportation Inc	$46,990,432	114	2	–
48	City of Chicago Dept of WaterGov	$46,414,975	356	1	+3.4%
49	Standard Parking Corporation 01	$46,174,233	78	3	+2308330.4%
50	Comed Exelon Energy Delivery	$45,956,201	125	1	−1%
51	Chicago Airlines Terminal Consortium	$44,549,040	114	2	+41655.6%
52	Cook County Collector	$43,370,033	325	1	+37.4%
53	Transystems Corporation	$43,249,973	142	3	–
54	Aecom-Dbs	$42,075,479	12	1	–
55	Fraternal Order of Police	$41,259,127	109	1	+0.2%
56	John Burns Construction Co.	$39,308,604	162	3	+103755.4%
57	Ccmsi	$39,139,111	424	1	+8.9%
58	Genuine Parts Company	$39,005,658	272	3	+3408640.6%
59	Chicago Parking Meters LLC	$38,762,540	13	1	+309.4%
60	Connect Chicago Alliance JV	$38,586,120	450	1	–
61	Arthur J Gallagher Risk Management Services LLC	$38,446,944	69	1	+17.2%
62	Studio Ord Inc	$34,706,918	173	1	–
63	Cnect LLC	$34,100,144	58	1	–
64	Mat Construction Leasing, Inc.	$33,546,959	127	2	–
65	Power Rogers, LLP	$33,534,968	5	1	–
66	T & N Chicago, Inc.	$33,409,844	214	3	−20.4%
67	Reliable Asphalt Corp.	$31,766,543	88	3	+335578.7%
68	Pcwp, LLC	$31,584,133	13	1	–
69	Lakeshore Recycling Systems	$31,462,068	60	3	–
70	ABM Aviation	$30,891,066	13	1	–
71	All Chicago Making Homelessness History	$30,363,072	299	2	–
72	Midway Airlines' Terminal	$29,000,596	55	1	–
73	Transwestern Commercial Services, LLC.	$28,708,001	220	2	+161794.3%
74	Colonial Oil Industries, Inc.	$28,702,234	1,142	2	–
75	Commonwealth. Edison Co.	$28,447,510	3,842	1	−32.2%
76	HNTB Corporation	$28,357,585	277	4	+176165.1%
77	Cbre Inc.	$27,095,733	71	3	–
78	M.Q. Sewer & Water Contractors	$26,981,871	110	3	–
79	Granite Construction Company.	$26,957,645	101	3	–
80	Skyline Management Group O'hare	$26,736,514	13	1	–
81	Greater Illinois Title Company	$26,499,523	169	2	−82.3%
82	After-School Matters, Inc.	$25,892,664	373	3	+511903.7%
83	Kyndryl, Inc.	$25,373,985	63	1	–
84	Motorola Solutions Inc	$25,369,365	117	2	–
85	Mansfield Power & Gas, LLC	$25,334,628	29	1	–
86	Sutton Ford, Inc.	$25,234,318	149	2	–
87	K-Five Construction Corp./Plote Construction Inc JV	$25,009,305	5	1	–
88	Open Kitchens, Inc.	$24,132,959	124	2	–
89	Fire Service Inc	$23,698,120	108	2	–
90	USAA Annuity Services Corporation	$23,650,000	5	1	−82.7%
91	Rossi Contractors, Inc.	$23,297,741	62	1	–
92	Midway Management Group JV	$22,995,675	36	1	–
93	Sotos Law Firm, P.C.	$21,926,262	238	1	−6.8%
94	Rausch Infrastructure LLC	$21,710,045	36	3	+8189.5%
95	Seven D Construction Company	$21,432,349	108	4	+1630%
96	Securitas Security Services, USA, Inc.	$21,288,031	192	2	+34251.9%
97	State of Ill/ Department Emp SecuriGov	$21,189,077	17	1	+34.2%
98	Metropolitan Water Reclamation of Greater Chicago	$21,084,871	75	1	+4.8%
99	New City Redevelopment, LP	$21,066,667	4	1	–
100	AT&T Enterprises, LLC	$20,754,888	632	2	–

Latest FY change compares the two most recent fiscal years on the ledger and is computed from the figures shown on each vendor's page. Rankings cover published profiles; payees the source masks for privacy are not listed. Want to know when these numbers change? Follow any vendor from its page and get a free email when its recorded payment summary changes after a refresh.

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VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Chicago Checkbook (data.cityofchicago.org): 266,483 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Dec 31, 2025. How we verify this data