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Top 25 Alternative asset management firms based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 115 alternative asset management firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,554 professional contacts across them, including 3,947 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers alternative asset management firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest alternative asset management firms based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,253 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a diversified global investment firm founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder, and Taylor O'Malley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 985 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LaSalle is one of the world's leading investment managers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 392 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1966, Heitman LLC is a global real estate investment management firm with $47 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 381 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 325 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 292 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PPM America, Inc.(PPM) is a client-focused investment manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re an asset manager focused on curating an intentionally select suite of active ETFs that we believe have the potential to produce compelling, risk-adjusted returns within a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ariel Investments is a premier, boutique asset management firm, with three primary lines of business: Ariel Investments, LLC, Ariel Alternatives, LLC, and Project Level Management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago Atlantic is a private market investment firm combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial approach to multi-asset class investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kovitz connects high net worth individuals, institutions and financial professionals to customized asset management and advisory strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1994, Segall Bryant & Hamill (SBH) provides professional portfolio management of domestic and international equity and fixed income portfolios, as well as alternative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Driehaus Capital Management LLC is a privately held investment management boutique based in Chicago, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC (“VPC” or the “Firm”) is a global alternative asset manager that specializes in private asset-backed credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1994, GEM Realty Capital is a Chicago-based, strategically integrated real estate investment company with over $6 billion in assets under management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We offer a curated spectrum of alternative investments across private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, and private credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Duff & Phelps Investment Management pursues specialized investment strategies with exceptional depth of resources and expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sterling Partners is an investment management platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AAM is dedicated primarily to insurance asset management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We help investors, asset managers, and brokers succeed in the alternative investment space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cortland Capital Market Services LLC (“Cortland”) was acquired by Alter Domus in 2018.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Advisory Research Investment Management is a Chicago-based asset manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WP Global Partners provides global institutional clients with portfolio exposure to private equity, venture capital, and private debt investments through strategically tailored…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dearborn Partners is a leading independent investment management firm based in Chicago, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As of February 11, 2025, Cresset Partners is known as Peakline Partners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ZCM has been a partner in our clients’ success since 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: alternative asset management firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names alternative asset management firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of alternative asset management firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name alternative asset management firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Alternative asset management firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 115 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among alternative asset management firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “alternative asset management firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names alternative asset management firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among alternative asset management firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,947 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Alternative asset management firms by metro in the United States
- Alternative asset management firms in New York566
- Alternative asset management firms in Chicago115
- Alternative asset management firms in Los Angeles93
- Alternative asset management firms in Dallas92
- Alternative asset management firms in Miami86
- Alternative asset management firms in Boston73
- Alternative asset management firms in Atlanta60
- Alternative asset management firms in San Francisco56
- Alternative asset management firms in Houston48
- Alternative asset management firms in Austin47
- Alternative asset management firms in Denver40
- Alternative asset management firms in Charlotte29
- Alternative asset management firms in Greenwich29
- Alternative asset management firms in Minneapolis25
- Alternative asset management firms in Stamford25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names alternative asset management firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many alternative asset management firms are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 115 alternative asset management firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Balyasny Asset Management L.P, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most alternative asset management firms?
New York leads with 566 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (115) and Los Angeles (93).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,947 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 115 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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