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Top 25 Business development companies worldwide

Name: Business development companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 3,170 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 3,170 business development companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 37,677 professional contacts across them, including 13,721 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.

This list covers business development companies worldwide, 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 19, 2026. Country and city lists for business development companies follow the table.

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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

3,170Companies

37,677Contacts tracked

13,721Verified emails

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The 25 largest business development companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 3,170 business development companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business development companies: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Bpifrance	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	5,895 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bpifrance, Banque publique d'investissement, accompagne les entreprises, de l'amorçage jusqu'à la cotation en bourse, du crédit aux fonds propres.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Lincoln International	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,489 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lincoln International, Inc.(NYSE: LCLN) is a trusted investment banking advisor to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and their portfolio…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Nassau Street Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	904 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nassau Street Partners is an independent capital advisory firm focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets advisory, and strategic financial solutions for early-stage and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Mastertrust	Indirect evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	831 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “mastertrust Group is one of the leading financial services company in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	FBR	Indirect evidence	Arlington, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	789 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In June 2017, B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	NJ Indiainvest Private Limited	Indirect evidence	Surat, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	675 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NJ IndiaInvest Private Limited is an investment banking company based out of 901, NJ CentreUdna Udyog Nagar, Sangh Sahkari ComplexCentral Road No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Hilco Global	Indirect evidence	Northbrook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	528 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hilco Global is a privately held diversified financial services company and the world’s preeminent authority on maximizing the value of assets for both healthy and distressed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	BDT & MSD Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	504 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BDT & MSD Partners is a merchant bank serving founders, family business owners, and long-term strategic investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Ziegler	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	435 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ziegler is a privately held investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Solomon Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	427 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Solomon Partners is a leading investment bank – one of the first independent firms in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Prairie Capital Advisors, INC	Indirect evidence	Oakbrook Terrace, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	364 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Prairie is a leading financial advisory firm specializing in creating and executing ownership transition strategies for middle-market companies nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Citizens JMP	Indirect evidence	Providence, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	340 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Citizens Capital Markets and Advisory is a leading middle market investment bank that supports clients across a focused set of industry sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Midcap Financial	Indirect evidence	Bethesda, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	339 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MidCap Financial is a middle-market focused, specialty finance firm that provides senior debt solutions to companies across all industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Whiteoak Capital	Indirect evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	323 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WHO ARE WE?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Epic Investment Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	301 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EPIC Investment Partners is an independent investment, administration and advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Capstone Partners	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	276 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 20 years, Capstone Partners has been a trusted advisor to leading middle market companies, offering a fully integrated range of investment banking and financial advisory…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Churchill Asset Management	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	260 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Churchill, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen (the asset manager of TIAA), provides customized financing solutions to U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Needham & Company	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	250 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Needham & Company, LLC is a nationally recognized investment banking and asset management Firm focused solely on growth companies and their investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Brown Gibbons Lang & Company BGL	Indirect evidence	Cleveland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	207 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is a leading independent investment bank and financial advisory firm focused on the global middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Livingstone	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	207 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Livingstone is an international mid-market M&A and debt advisory firm with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, Madrid…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Cascadia	Indirect evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	202 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cascadia Capital is an independent investment bank serving entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, and private equity sponsors in the middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Onetoone Corporate Finance	Indirect evidence	Madrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	188 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ONEtoONE Group is an M&A Advisory Network specializing in Global M&A Advisory for the Middle-Market and Alternative Assets Management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	LCG Advisors	Indirect evidence	Tampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	181 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Maximizing Value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Portage Point Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	173 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Portage Point is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Star Mountain Capital	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	172 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bringing large market expertise to smaller companies, Star Mountain’s philosophies include a data-driven and systematic approach to investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: business development companies. 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 business development companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of business development companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name business development companies. 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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Business development companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

36.4%Verified-email coverage

11.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

6.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

2,124

11-50

827

51-200

155

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 business development companies, 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.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for business development companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “business development companies”. 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 business development companies), 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 business development companies, and records with no verified work email.
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, 13,721 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 19, 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.

Business development companies by location

16 lists · largest first

Every Business development companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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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 business development companies, 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 business development companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 3,170 business development companies worldwide 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?

Bpifrance, headquartered in Worldwide, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most business development companies?

The United States leads with 1,228 companies, followed by India (184) and the United Kingdom (115). Every business development companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most business development companies?

New York leads with 189 headquartered companies, followed by London (83) and Chicago (55).

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 13,721 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,170 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 19, 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.