List of 66 Illinois-based Retail Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Walgreens Boots Alliance PE Backed Sycamore Partners 2025-03-06 $23.7B Deerfield, Illinois, United States website	Retail	139,081	25	24	1
Cresco Labs LLC Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	11	11	-
Follett PE Backed JDH Capital Co. 2022-01-01 Westchester, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	11	9	2
Ace Hardware Acquired Helpful Hardware 2023-04-03 Oak Brook, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	7	6	1
Sears Acquired Transform Holdco LLC 2019-02-07 Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	7	4	3
Sears Holdings Private Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States website	Retail	16,702	7	3	4
Dick Blick Art Materials, Inc. Private Highland Park, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	2	2	-
True Value Acquired Do it Best 2024-10-14 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	2	2	-
Transform Holdco LLC Private Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	5	2	3
AA Medical PE Backed Shore Capital Partners 2022-05-20 Mokena, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-
Alliance Paper & FoodService Equipment Private Franklin Park, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-
Crate and Barrel Private Naperville, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-
Bentley's PetStuff Private Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-
CARCARE Collision Centers Private Plainfield, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-
Cosmos Holdings, Inc. Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-
Fruitful Yield Private Bloomingdale, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	1	1	-

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