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Top 25 Acquisition firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,805 company matches for acquisition firms worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 38,385 professional contacts across them, including 11,803 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for acquisition firms worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026. Country and city lists for acquisition firms follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 acquisition firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,753 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Our mission is to identify attractive acquisition opportunities in the petroleum refining industry in North America and execute acquisitions that provide superior returns to our…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 1,703 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “IAC builds companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 856 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 495 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 446 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “AngloGold Ashanti completes Centamin acquisition on 22 November 2024 –” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 396 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Following bankruptcy procedures or carveout of underperforming activities, F2J INDUSTRY has achieved over the last years successful M&A operations.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 392 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “M & am & m&a m&a” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 333 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At Razor Group, we bring together diverse expertise and a relentless passion for growth to acquire and scale profitable Amazon FBA businesses and other online marketplace sellers.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 298 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “MV (MV A/S) is a control oriented private equity firm specializing in acquiring and partnering with businesses that can benefit from our operational expertise and flexible capital…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 261 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “On June 23, 2011, substantially all of BÖWE Bell + Howell’s assets were acquired by an entity formed by Versa Capital management.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 261 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Further to the announcement made on 28 September 2007, FirstGroup is pleased to announce the closing of our Acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Mutares - The equity entrepreneurs Mutares SE & Co.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong, Audax Private Equity is a leading private equity platform focused on investing across the…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Since its beginning in 2005, Generational Group has grown to be one of the leading M&A firms in North America.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 200 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Lumine Group acquires, strengthens, and grows companies in the communications and media software industry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “M & am & a ai 7.220259” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “USA Compression acquired CDM Resource Management in April 2018” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 182 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Harvey & Company is a leading buyside acquisition search and advisory firm that has been involved in over 1,200 transactions, including 151 in 2025.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 158 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “On July 13, 2021, The Craneware Group and Sentry Data Systems jointly announced an agreement for The Craneware Group to acquire Sentry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Flippa is democratizing M&A for the creator and digital economy, building the world's first AI-powered platform dedicated to serving the 99% of businesses traditional M&A ignores.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality businesses, intending to be a permanent home for businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Exact match Recorded description not available. Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
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- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for acquisition firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “acquisition firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- 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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 11,803 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Acquisition firms by location
37 lists · largest firstEvery Acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Acquisition firms based in the United States2,420
- Acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom337
- Acquisition firms based in Canada266
- Acquisition firms based in France127
- Acquisition firms based in Germany104
- Acquisition firms based in Spain95
- Acquisition firms based in Australia86
- Acquisition firms based in Brazil86
- Acquisition firms based in Italy74
- Acquisition firms based in the Netherlands69
- Acquisition firms based in Sweden40
- Acquisition firms based in Switzerland36
- Acquisition firms based in Belgium33
- Acquisition firms based in Mexico31
Cities
- Acquisition firms based in New York, United States212
- Acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom182
- Acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States105
- Acquisition firms based in Toronto, Canada92
- Acquisition firms based in Dallas, United States87
- Acquisition firms based in Austin, United States72
- Acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States64
- Acquisition firms based in Houston, United States63
- Acquisition firms based in Atlanta, United States61
- Acquisition firms based in Miami, United States61
- Acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States59
- Acquisition firms based in Madrid, Spain55
- Acquisition firms based in Boston, United States52
- Acquisition firms based in Paris, France51
- Acquisition firms based in Denver, United States41
- Acquisition firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil41
- Acquisition firms based in Charlotte, United States40
- Acquisition firms based in Milan, Italy37
- Acquisition firms based in San Diego, United States31
- Acquisition firms based in Vancouver, Canada31
- Acquisition firms based in Montreal, Canada30
- Acquisition firms based in Newport Beach, United States29
- Acquisition firms based in Tampa, United States25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “acquisition firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many acquisition firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,805 company matches for acquisition firms worldwide as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
PBF Energy tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most acquisition firms?
The United States leads with 2,420 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (337) and Canada (266). Every acquisition firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most acquisition firms?
New York leads with 212 company records, followed by London (183) and Chicago (105).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 11,803 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 5,805 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 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 SmartSearch, 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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Top 25 acquisition firms worldwide
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RevenueBase records 5,805 matching company records for acquisition firms worldwide, with 38,385 tracked contacts and 11,803 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: November 6, 2026.
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Top 25 acquisition firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PBF Energypbfenergy.comHQ: Parsippany, NJ, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Parsippany, NJ, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,753 contacts → |
“Our mission is to identify attractive acquisition opportunities in the petroleum refining industry in North America and execute acquisitions that provide superior returns to our…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  IACiac.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | New York, NY, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,703 contacts → |
“IAC builds companies.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 |  Bending Spoonsbndspn.comHQ: Milan, ItalyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milan, Italy | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 856 contacts → |
“At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  Volaris Groupvolarisgroup.comHQ: Mississauga, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Mississauga, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 495 contacts → |
“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 |  Centamin PLCanglogoldashanti.comHQ: St Helier, JerseyReported employees: Not recorded | St Helier, Jersey | Not recorded | Exact match | 446 contacts → |
“AngloGold Ashanti completes Centamin acquisition on 22 November 2024 –” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  F2j Industryf2jindustry.comHQ: Chaumont, FranceReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Chaumont, France | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 396 contacts → |
“Following bankruptcy procedures or carveout of underperforming activities, F2J INDUSTRY has achieved over the last years successful M&A operations.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Cd&rcdr.comHQ: New York, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 392 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Perseus Group, Constellation Softwarecsiperseus.comHQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Markham, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 334 contacts → |
“While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  Nihon M&a Center INCnihon-ma.co.jpHQ: 千代田区, JapanReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | 千代田区, Japan | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 334 contacts → |
“M & am & m&a m&a” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Razor Grouprazor-group.comHQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Berlin, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 333 contacts → |
“At Razor Group, we bring together diverse expertise and a relentless passion for growth to acquire and scale profitable Amazon FBA businesses and other online marketplace sellers.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  MVmv.dkHQ: Kobenhavn V, DenmarkReported employees: Not recorded | Kobenhavn V, Denmark | Not recorded | Exact match | 298 contacts → |
“MV (MV A/S) is a control oriented private equity firm specializing in acquiring and partnering with businesses that can benefit from our operational expertise and flexible capital…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  Bowe Bell Howellbellhowell.netHQ: Wheeling, ON, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Wheeling, ON, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 261 contacts → |
“On June 23, 2011, substantially all of BÖWE Bell + Howell’s assets were acquired by an entity formed by Versa Capital management.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 |  Laidlawfirststudentinc.comHQ: United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 261 contacts → |
“Further to the announcement made on 28 September 2007, FirstGroup is pleased to announce the closing of our Acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  Banyan Softwarebanyansoftware.comHQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 260 contacts → |
“Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Mutares SE & Co. Kgaamutares.deHQ: Munich, GermanyReported employees: 10001+ | Munich, Germany | 10001+ | Exact match | 254 contacts → |
“Mutares - The equity entrepreneurs Mutares SE & Co.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 |  Audax Private Equityaudaxprivateequity.comHQ: Boston, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Boston, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 232 contacts → |
“Headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong, Audax Private Equity is a leading private equity platform focused on investing across the…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 |  Generational Groupgenerational.comHQ: Richardson, TX, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Richardson, TX, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 213 contacts → |
“Since its beginning in 2005, Generational Group has grown to be one of the leading M&A firms in North America.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  Lumine Groupluminegroup.comHQ: Toronto, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Toronto, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 200 contacts → |
“Lumine Group acquires, strengthens, and grows companies in the communications and media software industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  株式会社m&a総合研究所masouken.comHQ: 千代田区, JapanReported employees: 501-1,000 | 千代田区, Japan | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 190 contacts → |
“M & am & a ai 7.220259” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  USA Compression Acquired CDM In 2018usacompression.comHQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Austin, TX, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 187 contacts → |
“USA Compression acquired CDM Resource Management in April 2018” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Harvey & Company LLCharveyllc.comHQ: Newport Beach, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Newport Beach, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 182 contacts → |
“Harvey & Company is a leading buyside acquisition search and advisory firm that has been involved in over 1,200 transactions, including 151 in 2025.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  Sentry Data Systemsthecranewaregroup.comHQ: Deerfield Beach, FL, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Deerfield Beach, FL, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 158 contacts → |
“On July 13, 2021, The Craneware Group and Sentry Data Systems jointly announced an agreement for The Craneware Group to acquire Sentry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  flippa.comflippa.comHQ: Cremorne, AustraliaReported employees: 51-200 | Cremorne, Australia | 51-200 | Exact match | 156 contacts → |
“Flippa is democratizing M&A for the creator and digital economy, building the world's first AI-powered platform dedicated to serving the 99% of businesses traditional M&A ignores.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 |  Teamsharesteamshares.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 150 contacts → |
“Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality businesses, intending to be a permanent home for businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Corum Group LTDcorumgroup.comHQ: Bothell, WA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Bothell, WA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 145 contacts → |
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Acquisition firms: dataset insights
November 6, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
5,784 records in the displayed employee bands.
21 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 5,805 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: November 6, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Acquisition firms by location
37 lists · largest firstEvery Acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Acquisition firms based in the United States2,420
- Acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom337
- Acquisition firms based in Canada266
- Acquisition firms based in France127
- Acquisition firms based in Germany104
- Acquisition firms based in Spain95
- Acquisition firms based in Australia86
- Acquisition firms based in Brazil86
- Acquisition firms based in Italy74
- Acquisition firms based in the Netherlands69
- Acquisition firms based in Sweden40
- Acquisition firms based in Switzerland36
- Acquisition firms based in Belgium33
- Acquisition firms based in Mexico31
Cities
- Acquisition firms based in New York, United States212
- Acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom182
- Acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States105
- Acquisition firms based in Toronto, Canada92
- Acquisition firms based in Dallas, United States87
- Acquisition firms based in Austin, United States72
- Acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States64
- Acquisition firms based in Houston, United States63
- Acquisition firms based in Atlanta, United States61
- Acquisition firms based in Miami, United States61
- Acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States59
- Acquisition firms based in Madrid, Spain55
- Acquisition firms based in Boston, United States52
- Acquisition firms based in Paris, France51
- Acquisition firms based in Denver, United States41
- Acquisition firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil41
- Acquisition firms based in Charlotte, United States40
- Acquisition firms based in Milan, Italy37
- Acquisition firms based in San Diego, United States31
- Acquisition firms based in Vancouver, Canada31
- Acquisition firms based in Montreal, Canada30
- Acquisition firms based in Newport Beach, United States29
- Acquisition firms based in Tampa, United States25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for acquisition firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many acquisition firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 5,805 matching company records, 38,385 tracked contacts and 11,803 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: November 6, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 acquisition firms worldwide. Snapshot: November 6, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/acquisition-firms.
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Top 25 acquisition firms worldwide
RevenueBase records 5,805 matching company records for acquisition firms worldwide, with 38,385 tracked contacts and 11,803 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: November 6, 2026.
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Top 25 acquisition firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
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| 1 | PBF Energypbfenergy.com HQ: Parsippany, NJ, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Parsippany, NJ, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,753 contacts → |
“Our mission is to identify attractive acquisition opportunities in the petroleum refining industry in North America and execute acquisitions that provide superior returns to our…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | IACiac.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | New York, NY, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,703 contacts → |
“IAC builds companies.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Bending Spoonsbndspn.com HQ: Milan, ItalyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milan, Italy | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 856 contacts → |
“At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Volaris Groupvolarisgroup.com HQ: Mississauga, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Mississauga, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 495 contacts → |
“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Centamin PLCanglogoldashanti.com HQ: St Helier, JerseyReported employees: Not recorded | St Helier, Jersey | Not recorded | Exact match | 446 contacts → |
“AngloGold Ashanti completes Centamin acquisition on 22 November 2024 –” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | F2j Industryf2jindustry.com HQ: Chaumont, FranceReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Chaumont, France | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 396 contacts → |
“Following bankruptcy procedures or carveout of underperforming activities, F2J INDUSTRY has achieved over the last years successful M&A operations.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Cd&rcdr.com HQ: New York, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 392 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Perseus Group, Constellation Softwarecsiperseus.com HQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Markham, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 334 contacts → |
“While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Nihon M&a Center INCnihon-ma.co.jp HQ: 千代田区, JapanReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | 千代田区, Japan | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 334 contacts → |
“M & am & m&a m&a” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Razor Grouprazor-group.com HQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Berlin, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 333 contacts → |
“At Razor Group, we bring together diverse expertise and a relentless passion for growth to acquire and scale profitable Amazon FBA businesses and other online marketplace sellers.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | MVmv.dk HQ: Kobenhavn V, DenmarkReported employees: Not recorded | Kobenhavn V, Denmark | Not recorded | Exact match | 298 contacts → |
“MV (MV A/S) is a control oriented private equity firm specializing in acquiring and partnering with businesses that can benefit from our operational expertise and flexible capital…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Bowe Bell Howellbellhowell.net HQ: Wheeling, ON, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Wheeling, ON, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 261 contacts → |
“On June 23, 2011, substantially all of BÖWE Bell + Howell’s assets were acquired by an entity formed by Versa Capital management.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Laidlawfirststudentinc.com HQ: United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 261 contacts → |
“Further to the announcement made on 28 September 2007, FirstGroup is pleased to announce the closing of our Acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Banyan Softwarebanyansoftware.com HQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 260 contacts → |
“Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Mutares SE & Co. Kgaamutares.de HQ: Munich, GermanyReported employees: 10001+ | Munich, Germany | 10001+ | Exact match | 254 contacts → |
“Mutares - The equity entrepreneurs Mutares SE & Co.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Audax Private Equityaudaxprivateequity.com HQ: Boston, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Boston, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 232 contacts → |
“Headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong, Audax Private Equity is a leading private equity platform focused on investing across the…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Generational Groupgenerational.com HQ: Richardson, TX, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Richardson, TX, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 213 contacts → |
“Since its beginning in 2005, Generational Group has grown to be one of the leading M&A firms in North America.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Lumine Groupluminegroup.com HQ: Toronto, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Toronto, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 200 contacts → |
“Lumine Group acquires, strengthens, and grows companies in the communications and media software industry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | 株式会社m&a総合研究所masouken.com HQ: 千代田区, JapanReported employees: 501-1,000 | 千代田区, Japan | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 190 contacts → |
“M & am & a ai 7.220259” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | USA Compression Acquired CDM In 2018usacompression.com HQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Austin, TX, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 187 contacts → |
“USA Compression acquired CDM Resource Management in April 2018” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Harvey & Company LLCharveyllc.com HQ: Newport Beach, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Newport Beach, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 182 contacts → |
“Harvey & Company is a leading buyside acquisition search and advisory firm that has been involved in over 1,200 transactions, including 151 in 2025.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Sentry Data Systemsthecranewaregroup.com HQ: Deerfield Beach, FL, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Deerfield Beach, FL, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 158 contacts → |
“On July 13, 2021, The Craneware Group and Sentry Data Systems jointly announced an agreement for The Craneware Group to acquire Sentry.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | flippa.comflippa.com HQ: Cremorne, AustraliaReported employees: 51-200 | Cremorne, Australia | 51-200 | Exact match | 156 contacts → |
“Flippa is democratizing M&A for the creator and digital economy, building the world's first AI-powered platform dedicated to serving the 99% of businesses traditional M&A ignores.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Teamsharesteamshares.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 150 contacts → |
“Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality businesses, intending to be a permanent home for businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Corum Group LTDcorumgroup.com HQ: Bothell, WA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Bothell, WA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 145 contacts → |
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Acquisition firms: dataset insights
November 6, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
5,784 records in the displayed employee bands.
21 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 5,805 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: November 6, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Acquisition firms by location
37 lists · largest firstEvery Acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Acquisition firms based in the United States2,420
- Acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom337
- Acquisition firms based in Canada266
- Acquisition firms based in France127
- Acquisition firms based in Germany104
- Acquisition firms based in Spain95
- Acquisition firms based in Australia86
- Acquisition firms based in Brazil86
- Acquisition firms based in Italy74
- Acquisition firms based in the Netherlands69
- Acquisition firms based in Sweden40
- Acquisition firms based in Switzerland36
- Acquisition firms based in Belgium33
- Acquisition firms based in Mexico31
Cities
- Acquisition firms based in New York, United States212
- Acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom182
- Acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States105
- Acquisition firms based in Toronto, Canada92
- Acquisition firms based in Dallas, United States87
- Acquisition firms based in Austin, United States72
- Acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States64
- Acquisition firms based in Houston, United States63
- Acquisition firms based in Atlanta, United States61
- Acquisition firms based in Miami, United States61
- Acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States59
- Acquisition firms based in Madrid, Spain55
- Acquisition firms based in Boston, United States52
- Acquisition firms based in Paris, France51
- Acquisition firms based in Denver, United States41
- Acquisition firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil41
- Acquisition firms based in Charlotte, United States40
- Acquisition firms based in Milan, Italy37
- Acquisition firms based in San Diego, United States31
- Acquisition firms based in Vancouver, Canada31
- Acquisition firms based in Montreal, Canada30
- Acquisition firms based in Newport Beach, United States29
- Acquisition firms based in Tampa, United States25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for acquisition firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many acquisition firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 5,805 matching company records, 38,385 tracked contacts and 11,803 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: November 6, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 acquisition firms worldwide. Snapshot: November 6, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/acquisition-firms.
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