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Top 25 Boutique investment banks based in France

RevenueBase identified 1,213 boutique investment banks headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 18,707 professional contacts across them, including 6,652 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers boutique investment banks headquartered in France, 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.

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1,213Companies
18,707Contacts tracked
6,652Verified emails
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The 25 largest boutique investment banks based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,213 boutique investment banks based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to boutique investment banks: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceBois-colombes, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,0002,390 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Particuliers, chefs d'entreprise, TPE/PME.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000895 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eight Advisory, Europe's leading independent advisory firm specialising in financial, operational and strategy consulting, is involved in transactions, restructuring and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLille, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500704 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Notre raison d’être est de permettre au plus grand nombre de construire leur vie en confiance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500301 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L’immobilier, notre coeur de métier Fort de ses 25 ans d’expérience, Valority Investissement vous assure une réflexion globale en matière d’immobilier.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200241 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fondé en 2019 par des associés de grands cabinets de conseil, Exiom Partners est un cabinet spécialisé dans les Services Financiers pensé pour proposer un modèle de management…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500226 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ailancy is a top-specialist and fast-growing management-consulting firm specialized in the financial services industry and headquartered in Paris.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200180 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Acteur historique des marchés financiers, Portzamparc présente une expérience de plus de 150 ans des métiers de la Bourse.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBois-colombes, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200147 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Créé en 1987, Albéa Patrimoine, anciennement connu sous le nom d’Epargne Actuelle jusqu’au 4 décembre 2024, se distingue comme le premier courtier de l’Afer en France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-50109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“M&A boutique specializing in mid-cap transactions with a unique expertise in growth companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200105 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Finergreen is a boutique investment bank dedicated to the energy and environmental transition with in-depth expertise in M&A and complex financing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A specialist in SMEs and mid-sized companies since 1928, Financière de Courcelles advises businesses and their shareholders on M&A transactions and financing solutions, in France…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNeuilly-sur-seine, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200100 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“KYC Consulting est un cabinet de conseil de référence dans les métiers du secteur financier, reconnu pour son engagement durable auprès de ses collaborateurs, de ses clients et de…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceToulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5095 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“En quelques années, ICA Patrimoine, groupe Toulousain implanté au niveau national est devenu une référence incontournable de la création de patrimoine.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Advance Capital est un cabinet indépendant de conseil financier fondé en 2007.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5081 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Amala Partners est une société de conseil en fusions-acquisitions indépendante.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5076 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ADVISO PARTNERS est une société de conseil financier indépendante spécialisée dans les opérations de fusion-acquisition, levée de fonds et ingénierie financière, dédiée au segment…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20075 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Advention is an independent strategy advisory group with eighty professionals operating globally in an integrated manner through its fully-owned offices in Dubai, London, New…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSaint-pierre-en-faucigny, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50073 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le réseau MS se construit et se développe, grâce et autour de vous, depuis plus de 20 ans sur un marché en constante évolution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SQUARENESS est un cabinet de conseil financier indépendant qui accompagne les entreprises et les fonds d’investissement dans leurs opérations de transactions, restructurations et…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceBordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ACOM Corporate Finance est une société de conseil en « opérations haut de bilan », spécialisée sur le segment « Small Cap » de 2M€ à 100M€ de valorisation».”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5060 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Clipperton is a leading international investment bank dedicated to technology and growth companies: we provide strategic and financial advisory to entrepreneurs, corporates, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“M&A Advisory Firm M&A buy-side: Company acquisitions - Guiding companies in external growth strategies - Guiding private persons in acquisition processes M&A sell-side: Disposal…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2005, Largillière Finance is an advisory firm with offices in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Brussels and Geneva.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In Extenso Finance est un acteur de référence dans le conseil en stratégie et ingénierie nancière et dans l’accompagnement et la conduite d’opérations de cession, acquisition…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Blanche Capital accompagne et conseille les dirigeants de TPE et PME dans leurs opérations de haut de bilan : cession, acquisition, rapprochement et levée de fonds.> Notre…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Boutique investment banks based in France at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
35.6%Verified-email coverage
15.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
44.4%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
979
11-50
189
51-200
25
201-500
5
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
3
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 1,213 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 boutique investment banks, 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “boutique investment banks”. 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 boutique investment banks), 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 boutique investment banks, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 6,652 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.

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 boutique investment banks, 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 boutique investment banks are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 1,213 boutique investment banks headquartered in France 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?

UFF, headquartered in Bois-Colombes, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most boutique investment banks?

Paris leads with 538 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (43) and Toulouse (30).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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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About this data

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.