
Fitchburg Chamber Visitor + Business Bureau
Like most areas in early Wisconsin history, Fitchburg began as a rural community with a few businesses catering to the needs of the local farmers (General History). With the introduction and expansion of dairy farming in the 1880s, Fitchburg emerged as a center for dairies that served Madison and the surrounding area (Fitchburg Dairies). The growth of Madison and its encroachment into northern Fitchburg by the late 1970s made land values more profitable for homes than dairy farms. Then in 1983, a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling established Fitchburg as a city (Fitchburg Becomes a City) and cemented its status as a true suburb. With its lower property values and its close proximity to downtown Madison, Fitchburg attracted small local businesses as well as national and international corporations.
With a population of about 30,000, Fitchburg now has over 750 businesses. The Fitchburg Historical Society is in the early stages of obtaining the history of these businesses to document the transition of Fitchburg from a rural farming community to a diverse community supporting both rural and suburban lifestyles as well as providing affordable locations for leading technologies. If you own or work at a Fitchburg business please help us obtain the history of your business. You can contact us using our contact webpage or send questions and/or your business history to woodedarchives@gmail.com
Below is our current list of companies located in Fitchburg that have provided their history. Clicking on the name will take you to a webpage containing their contact information, a brief history of the company and an interactive Google map showing their exact location.
Fitchburg Businesses
- Agrace
- Art in the Barn
- Bavaria Sausage
- Benjamin Plumbing
- Benvenuto’s Italian Grill
- Bilancio Eyewear
- Break Away Sports Center
- Bricks & Minifigs
- CDW Corp. (Berbee Information Networks)
- Certco, Inc.
- Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company
- DC Interiors & Renovations
- Dragonfly Hot Yoga
- Edward Jones – Stephanie Blankenheim
- Edward Jones – Denise Faust
- Edward Jones – Alex Fowler
- Edward Jones – Matt Miron
- Edward Jones – Brad Stepp
- Eplegaarden
- Fitchburg Cycles
- Fitchburg Family Pharmacy
- Fitchburg Farms, LLC
- Fitchburg Serenity Club
- Fitch-Rona EMS
- Four Winds Farm
- Ganshert Nursery and Landscapes, LLC
- General Beverage
- General Communications
- Gordon Flesch Company
- iCOMBAT
- Independent Living, Inc.
- J. W. Jung Seed Company
- K & A Gardens
- Kelly-Moss Road and Race
- Liliana’s Restaurant
- Mapping Specialists
- Me & Julio
- Midwest Decorative Stone and Landscape Supply
- Mooyah
- Noble Knight Games
- Oak Bank
- Odyssey Veterinary Care
- PEGEX, Inc.
- Placon Corporation
- Saris Cycling Group
- Sub-Zero Group, Inc,
- Tabby & Jack’s
- Terso Solutions
- Tingalls Graphic Design
- Tri-North
- Ward-Brodt
- Wingra Stone Company / Wingra Redi-Mix, Inc.
- Woods Hollow Children’s Center
- Yahara Bay /Distillers
The map below identifies the locations of the above listed businesses to show where current Fitchburg businesses are generally located but does not identify each business. However, each business history webpage now has an interactive Google map for that business to better identify their exact location.