Ranked first in the nation for number of domestic banks and bank holding companies, Illinois is among the foremost financial services locations.

Many of the world’s top financial institutions are headquartered in Chicago, where they sit side-by-side with fast-growing startups and three of the world’s top international exchanges—Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world’s largest futures exchange.

As a result, Chicago hosts more than 50 percent of exchange-based derivatives trading in North America and accounts for 18 percent of the world’s global derivatives trading market—double that of New York.