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    <periodOfReport>2020-10-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001350381</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INNERWORKINGS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>INWK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001232758</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HOWARD JULIE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>203 NORTH LASALLE ST.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <value>2020-10-01</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <value></value>
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                    <value>118391</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock (Restricted Stock Units)</value>
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                <value>2020-10-01</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 15, 2020 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among HH Global Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (&quot;Parent&quot;), HH Finance Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, Project Idaho Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;) and InnerWorkings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &quot;Registrant&quot;), effective as of the effective time (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;) of the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Registrant (the &quot;Merger&quot;), these shares of the Registrant's common stock were canceled and converted into the right to receive $3.00 in cash per share (the &quot;Merger Consideration&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The shares of common stock reported on this line are held by the Julie M. Howard Trust, of which the Reporting Person is the trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, in each case at the Effective Time, these restricted stock units were automatically fully vested and cancelled and, in exchange therefor, the reporting person became entitled to the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the number of shares subject to such restricted stock unit award multiplied by (ii) the Merger Consideration, reduced by the amount of any withholding taxes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Restricted stock units granted on June 9, 2020 that were to vest on June 9, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Oren B. Azar, by Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-10-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
