Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area
per ,  as a navigational aid, , and all the other reasons why the similar Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of businesses in Omaha|List of businesses in Omaha discussion is going to be closed as a snowball keep. This is not a "simple listing of businesses", it's a list to existing Wikipedia articles for notable businesses, i.e. the kind that is allowed per 
— User:Diego, 09:42, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CLN||WP:PURPOSE||WP:NOTDUP||WP:CSC (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)