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Top 25 Commercial banking consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Commercial banking consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 65 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 65 commercial banking consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,515 professional contacts across them, including 1,768 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (297 companies); Chicago follows with 65.

This list covers commercial banking consulting 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 27, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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3,515Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest commercial banking consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 65 commercial banking consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to commercial banking consulting firms: 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	Cibc US	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,756 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CIBC US provides tailored commercial and personal banking services, private banking, wealth management and small business financial solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	Performance Trust Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	415 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Performance Trust is the largest full-service investment bank focused on community depository institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	Loop Capital	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	275 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Loop Capital is a full-service investment bank, brokerage and advisory firm that provides creative capital solutions for corporate, governmental, and institutional entities across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Portage Point Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	173 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Portage Point is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	Wintrust Commercial Banking	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	122 contacts →
	Strong evidence “In the era of big bank mergers, commercial banking decisions are being made farther away from your business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	The Peakstone Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Peakstone is the trusted partner and leading force in the lower middle market U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	Houlihan Capital	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Houlihan Capital is a leading, solutions-driven valuation, financial advisory and investment banking firm committed to delivering superior client value and thought leadership in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Treasury Strategies, A Division Of Curinos	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Treasury Strategies, a division of Curinos, is the leading consulting firm working with corporations and financial institutions in the areas of treasury, payments and liquidity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	CMD Global Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CMD Global Partners is an international boutique investment banking firm offering a vast set of capabilities to a broad range of publicly-traded and privately-owned companies…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	City Capital Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “City Capital Advisors, a FINRA registered broker-dealer, is a results oriented investment and merchant banking advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Juniper Advisory	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Juniper Advisory is a specialized, independent investment banking firm focused exclusively on providing not-for-profit organizations with advice related to partnerships…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Auctus Capital Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Auctus Capital Partners is a leading financial services and investment banking firm focused exclusively on creating value for the lower middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	The Chicago Corporation	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “After 15 successful years, The Chicago Corporation (TCC) will be winding down operations at year end 2024.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	Elmcore	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Elmcore Securities is a member FINRA/SIPC investment bank headquartered in Chicago, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	Balmoral Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Balmoral Advisors is an independent, specialty investment bank dedicated to providing mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, and financial restructuring advisory services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Rally Capital Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Complex business challenges require a proven team of skilled professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Crosscheck Compliance LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CrossCheck Compliance LLC is a nationwide regulatory compliance and risk management consulting firm focused on providing regulatory compliance, internal audit, fair lending, loan…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Triton Capital Partners, LTD	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Triton Capital Partners provides creative, practical and affordable investment and merchant banking solutions to privately held middle market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Jordan Knauff & Company	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our Mission Jordan Knauff & Company was founded in 2001 with a clear mission: to provide the best available investment banking services to middle-market companies, the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	Optis Partners, LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “OPTIS Partners is an investment banking and consulting firm based in Chicago, IL made up of a small group of highly skilled insurance and finance professionals with extensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	Hubbard Woods Capital Advisors LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hubbard Woods Capital Advisors LLC is a corporate finance consultancy and intermediary dedicated to helping middle market companies obtain the debt capital they need to execute…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	Regiment Advisory Services	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Our background is in commercial banking and accountancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	Lakeland Advisory Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lakeland Advisory Partners is a trusted advisor providing strategic, capital, and financial consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	DGZ Associates	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Global Investment Banking and Strategic Advice for the Financial and Business Service Industries and its Technology Companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	Clifton & Co. Merchant Banking	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A merchant banking organization serving mid-sized business owners looking for succession or exit opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 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: commercial banking consulting 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 commercial banking consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of commercial banking consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name commercial banking consulting 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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Commercial banking consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

50.3%Verified-email coverage

54.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

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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 65 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 commercial banking consulting 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 “commercial banking consulting 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 commercial banking consulting 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 commercial banking consulting 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, 1,768 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 27, 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.

Commercial banking consulting firms by metro in the United States

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 commercial banking consulting 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 commercial banking consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 65 commercial banking consulting 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?

Cibc US, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most commercial banking consulting firms?

New York leads the United States with 297 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (65) and Miami (58).

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 1,768 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 65 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 27, 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.