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Top 25 Companies available for acquisition based in Chicago, United States

Name: Companies available for acquisition based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 85 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 85 companies available for acquisition headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,985 professional contacts across them, including 1,262 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers companies available for acquisition 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

85Companies

2,985Contacts tracked

1,262Verified emails

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The 25 largest companies available for acquisition based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 85 companies available for acquisition based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to companies available for acquisition: 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Blackmore Partners INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	149 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blackmore Partners works with backable executives to build and monetize their background into an acquisition-based deal thesis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	CDI Global M&a	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CDI Global, established in 1973, is a leader in middle-market, cross-border transactions with over transactions to our credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Houlihan Capital	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Indirect 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 19, 2026
7	Cook M&a Advisory Services	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cook M&A is recognized as one of the leading buy side M&A advisory firms in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Evans Senior Investments ESI	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Evans Senior Investments [ESI] was founded in 2009 by twin brothers, Jason and Jeremy Stroiman.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Helios Healthcare Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Helios Healthcare Advisors is an independent corporate advisory firm that provides strategic and financial advice on mergers & acquisitions, recapitalizations, and private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Logisyn Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Logisyn Advisors is a Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm that caters specifically to domestic and international companies in the transportation and logistics industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Auctus Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect 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 19, 2026
12	SUN Acquisitions, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sun Acquisitions provides mergers and acquisition services to clients interested in the confidential sale, acquisition or valuation of privately held mid-market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Verit Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	The Chicago Corporation	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
15	Davis Capital, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Davis Capital is a transaction driven firm and focuses on creating, initiating, negotiating, structuring, and closing mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, management buyouts…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Metronome Partners LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Metronome Partners is an independent, M&A advisory firm that specializes in sell-side transactions as well as capital raising across a broad range of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Third Coast Capital Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Third Coast Capital Advisors LLC is a boutique M&A advisory firm formed in 2008 that is exclusively dedicated to buyside work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Elmcore	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
19	Balmoral Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
20	Caber Hill Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Caber Hill Advisors is committed to working with business owners so they can successfully fulfill their personal and professional legacies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Artemis Transaction Advisors, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Artemis is a lower middle market investment banking firm specializing in the sale of privately held business as well as assisting in financing growth and executing acquisitions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Augusta Advisors LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a specialized M&A firm of former private equity investors, helping founders select the right partners and maximize outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Clark Street Capital	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clark Street Capital is a full-service bank advisory and asset disposition firm specializing in loan sales, loan due diligence and valuation, and specialty asset management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Pivot Capital LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pivot Capital was created with one goal in mind, to be an integrated M&A solutions advisor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Uplift Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Uplift Partners is a leading M&A advisory firm that specializes in providing top-notch advice and execution to businesses in various industries.” 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: companies available for acquisition. 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 companies available for acquisition.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of companies available for acquisition, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name companies available for acquisition. 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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Companies available for acquisition based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

42.3%Verified-email coverage

35.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

269.4%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

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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 85 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 companies available for acquisition, 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 “companies available for acquisition”. 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 companies available for acquisition), 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 companies available for acquisition, 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, 1,262 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.

Companies available for acquisition 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 companies available for acquisition, 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 companies available for acquisition are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 85 companies available for acquisition 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?

Lincoln International, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most companies available for acquisition?

New York leads with 229 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (85) and Atlanta (73).

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 1,262 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 85 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.