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Top 25 Corporate development advisors based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 5,037 corporate development advisors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 52,933 professional contacts across them, including 23,162 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers corporate development advisors headquartered in the 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.

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5,037Companies
52,933Contacts tracked
23,162Verified emails
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The 25 largest corporate development advisors based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 5,037 corporate development advisors based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to corporate development advisors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0003,912 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1848, Lazard is the preeminent financial advisory and asset management firm, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0003,296 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceNew York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,930 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,742 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,489 contacts →

Partial 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
6Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,0001,420 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PJT Partners is a premier, global, advisory-focused investment bank that was built from the ground up to be different.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,160 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With over 1,200 professionals across 18 international offices, Riveron delivers tailored solutions for CFOs, private equity firms, and key stakeholders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a904 contacts →

Partial 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
9Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000883 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Perella Weinberg is a leading global independent financial services firm, founded in 2006 to address the need for experienced, trusted and unconflicted advice in the financial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000693 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Centerview Partners is a premier provider of independent investment-banking advisory services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500625 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Greenhill & Co, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceTampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Benchmark International is a global M&A firm that provides business owners with creative, value-maximizing solutions for growing and exiting their businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000429 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Valueonshore (‘VOS’) Advisors is a global business advisory services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500427 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
15Indirect evidenceWinchester, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500376 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We Are All About You That is why we take a holistic approach to assisting clients with growing, managing, and protecting their hard work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceOakbrook Terrace, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200364 contacts →

Partial 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
17Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200339 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Selling a business is one of the most important financial decisions you'll ever make.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200310 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Geller provides financial services and strategic advisory to private companies and not-for-profit organizations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500308 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bellwether is the trusted advisory partner to global institutional real estate investors, acting as a force multiplier for their internal teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a283 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Partners, LLC has transformed under-performing companies into high performance operations for more than 60 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200276 contacts →

Partial 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
22Indirect evidenceRichardson, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500267 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Generational Equity has closed more deals in the middle market than any M&A firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500250 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bridgepoint Consulting, an Addison Group company, is a leading management consulting firm that offers a full suite of services and solutions to help companies navigate the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceTroy, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200238 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Named one of America's Top Management Consulting Firms 2026 by Business Insider, Ducker Carlisle is a global market research, strategy consulting and M&A advisory firm that helps…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceWoodmere, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500213 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MarshBerry – Helping Clients Learn, Improve & Realize Value MarshBerry is a global leader in investment banking and consulting dedicated to helping insurance brokerages, and firms…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Corporate development advisors based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
43.8%Verified-email coverage
10.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
9.7%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,853
11-50
1,005
51-200
125
201-500
30
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
9
5,001-10,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 5,037 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 corporate development advisors, 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “corporate development advisors”. 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 corporate development advisors), 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 corporate development advisors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 23,162 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
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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 corporate development advisors, 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 corporate development advisors are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 5,037 corporate development advisors headquartered in the 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?

Lazard, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most corporate development advisors?

New York leads with 488 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (164) and Los Angeles (142).

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 23,162 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,037 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.