# Evolv, Chicago: a business management consultant in Chicago (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/evolv-chicago-il. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-10-02. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/evolv-chicago-il ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuq9uusu0dmzyecut0u7nklk%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuq9uusu0dmzyecut0u7nklk%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuq9uusu0dmzyecut0u7nklk%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuq9uusu0dmzyecut0u7nklk%2F3.png) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuq9uusu0dmzyecut0u7nklk%2F4.jpg) ## In short Evolv is a business management consultant in Chicago, IL. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Business management consultant | | Address | 505 N La Salle Dr Ste 250, Chicago, IL 60654, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 9 AM to 6 PM · Sat 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (872) 282-7962 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 5.0 across 36 reviews on Google | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | October 7, 2026, 11:22 AM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 505 N La Salle Dr Ste 250, Chicago, IL 60654, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Location info | Description | We exist to help mission-led organizations evolve how they grow , because nonprofits shouldn't have to choose between heart and performance. We help nonprofits expand reach, deepen trust, and increase sustainable support, without the non-profit having to build or manage that themselves. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Evolv | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (872) 282-7962 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | | Services | Service | Nonprofit growth strategy consulting | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Nonprofit outreach expansion | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Nonprofit performance improvement | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Nonprofit trust building | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sustainable support development for nonprofits | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/61587179181457 | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/introducingevolv | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://www.introducingevolv.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 1, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for None of the 5 reviews we've read names a service yet. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Evolv Address: 505 N La Salle Dr Ste 250, Chicago, IL 60654, USA. Phone: (872) 282-7962. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 6 PM · Sat 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked October 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Evolv on its Google Business Profile: "We exist to help mission-led organizations evolve how they grow , because nonprofits shouldn't have to choose between heart and performance. We help nonprofits expand reach, deepen trust, and increase sustainable support, without the non-profit having to build or manage that themselves." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Jimmy John's | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk | | Sunda New Asian - River North | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | LaSalle & Illinois | Transit station | 1 min walk | | LaSalle & Grand | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | LaSalle & Illinois | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | TARY | Cafe | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 5.0 average across 36 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read October 1, 2026.) Evolv stands out for its representatives' exceptional ability to connect with people and inspire support for environmental initiatives. (AI guess, from 36 reviews.) ### What people like - Informative presentations about environmental support - Passionate and engaging representatives - Ability to connect with potential donors - Friendly and approachable demeanor - Knowledgeable about the organization's mission ### What people do not like Nothing found ### Press No press story about Evolv found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Listed on 1 of the 16 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Not listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | Facebook | Not listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Hotfrog | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Yelp | Not listed | ## Recent updates from Evolv Evolv hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ### bad experiences here, anyone? No answer yet ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say No answer yet ### best business management consultant in Chicago, IL No answer yet ### torn between Evolv in Chicago and Clarity Partners? No answer yet ### payment plans at Evolv, is that a thing? No answer yet ### what else is on La Salle around Evolv? No answer yet ### quietest day to hit Evolv? No answer yet ### last update from here was when? No answer yet ### where do I park here? No answer yet ### regulars here, who do you book with? No answer yet ### is there a rewards thing at Evolv No answer yet ### first meeting here, what do I need to bring? No answer yet ### Can I get in this week at Evolv? No answer yet ### Open Sundays here? No answer yet ### going to Evolv on Saturday, what should I expect No answer yet ### any last minute meetings here? No answer yet ### budget options in Chicago, what is decent No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Evolv We ask ChatGPT and Gemini about Evolv. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 14, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 26 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Chicago business management consultants run 18 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Evolv scores 26, below the Chicago average of 27. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Evolv | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 21 answers that recommended anyone. 3 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 70 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 49 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 81 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a business management consultant When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a business management consultant in Illinois, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with Illinois. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Evolv if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Evolv | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Evolv | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.introducingevolv.com/ | Subject of this page | | Chicago, Illinois | City | #city | Nothing found | City Evolv is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the business management consultants in Chicago, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best business management consultants in Chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago/business-management-consultant - Best businesses in Chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago ### Nearby - /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg - /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin - /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream - /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard - /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora - /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Evolv. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJiURLCCsP4WgRPRvQMe6_JR0 (accessed Oct 1, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 7, 2026)