Category
page 1Defunct companies based in Chicago
Midway Games
former American video game developing and publishing company
Arthur Andersen
former holding company
Essanay Studios
American film production company
MCA Inc.
American media, entertainment conglomerate
Navteq
Navteq Corporation (styled as 'NAVTEQ') was an American Chicago-based provider of geographic information system (GIS) data and a major provider of base electronic navigable maps. The company was acquired by Nokia in 2007–2008, and fully merged into Nokia in 2011 to form part of the Here business unit. The unit was subsequently sold to a consortium of German auto makers in 2016.
Sara Lee Corporation
American consumer-goods company
Bank One Corporation
former bank of the United States
Illinois Central Railroad
transport company

Wax Trax! Records
American record label
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
former Class 1, American railroad, operating primarily west of the Mississippi
Checker
US record label, subsidiary of Chess Records
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
defunct American Class I railway
Parker Guitars
American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses
Wideload Games
video games development studio
Continental Illinois
bank in the United States
Chicago Surface Lines
transport company
Midway Airlines
defunct Chicago-based passenger airline, from 1976 to 1991
Union Stock Yards
Meatpacking district of Chicago
First Chicago Bank
former bank in Chicago, Illinois
Armour and Company
American meatpacking company