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Top 25 Credit-focused investment firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Credit-focused investment firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026 156 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 156 credit-focused investment firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,480 professional contacts across them, including 3,080 with verified work emails and 2,624 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers credit-focused investment 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 9, 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 9, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

156Companies

5,480Contacts tracked

3,080Verified emails

2,624Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest credit-focused investment firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 156 credit-focused investment firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to credit-focused investment 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	Lasalle Investment Management	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	501-1,000	985 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LaSalle is one of the world's leading investment managers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
2	Antares Capital LP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	508 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Antares Capital is a leading alternative credit manager with approximately $95 billion in capital under management and administration as of March 31, 2026.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
3	Ziegler	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	435 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ziegler is a privately held investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
4	Harrison Street Asset Management	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	501-1,000	381 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
5	Adams Street Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	367 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Adams Street Partners is a global investment firm managing a comprehensive suite of private markets investment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
6	Monroe Capital LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	325 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
7	PPM America, INC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	292 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PPM America, Inc.(PPM) is a client-focused investment manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
8	Portage Point Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	173 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Portage Point is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
9	Pgim Private Capital	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We use a patient, long-term investment strategy applying our scale, relationships, and experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
10	Cabrera Capital Markets	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2001, Cabrera Capital Markets LLC is the leading Latino-owned investment bank and institutional brokerage firm providing investment banking for municipal, corporate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
11	Segall Bryant & Hamill	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	107 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994, Segall Bryant & Hamill (SBH) provides professional portfolio management of domestic and international equity and fixed income portfolios, as well as alternative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
12	Driehaus Capital Management LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Driehaus Capital Management LLC is a privately held investment management boutique based in Chicago, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
13	Flexpoint Ford	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Flexpoint Ford is a specialist private equity firm focused on financial services and adjacent verticals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
14	Great Lakes Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1981, Great Lakes Advisors® is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Tampa, FL and Stamford, CT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
15	Victory Park Capital Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	74 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC (“VPC” or the “Firm”) is a global alternative asset manager that specializes in private asset-backed credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
16	Arete Wealth	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	69 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Arete Wealth is a diversified financial services firm with more than $6.8B in assets under management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
17	Blue Vista Capital Management	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Blue Vista is a leading investment management firm focused on helping investors maximize returns through best-in-class real estate equity and credit strategies across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
18	Sterling Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sterling Partners is an investment management platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
19	The Peakstone Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 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 9, 2026
20	RCM Alternatives	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We help investors, asset managers, and brokers succeed in the alternative investment space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
21	Houlihan Capital	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 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 9, 2026
22	Cortland Capital Market Services LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	1,001-5,000	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cortland Capital Market Services LLC (“Cortland”) was acquired by Alter Domus in 2018.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
23	CFI Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CFI Partners is a Chicago-based investment management firm founded in 2005, managing alternative credit and fixed income strategies for institutional investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
24	XMS Capital Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “XMS Capital Partners, LLC (“XMS”) was launched in August, 2006 with the goal of creating a different kind of investment banking boutique, a place where relationships are paramount…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
25	Pearlmark	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pearlmark targets value-add real estate investment strategies across the U.S, providing access to institutional-quality real estate through both equity and debt structures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 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: credit-focused investment 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 credit-focused investment firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of credit-focused investment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name credit-focused investment 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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Credit-focused investment firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 9, 2026

56.2%Verified-email coverage

47.9%Mobile-number coverage

35.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

571.2%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 9, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 11.0d

2,8580–30

21331–60

061–90

090–180

9180+

Company record updated

Median 47.0d

00–30

3,41831–60

1,46561–90

34590–180

252180+

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 credit-focused investment 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 “credit-focused investment 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 credit-focused investment 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 credit-focused investment 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, 3,080 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 9, 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.

Credit-focused investment firms by metro in the United States

Credit-focused investment firms in New York891
Credit-focused investment firms in Chicago155
Credit-focused investment firms in Los Angeles141
Credit-focused investment firms in Dallas139
Credit-focused investment firms in Miami118
Credit-focused investment firms in Boston97
Credit-focused investment firms in Houston88
Credit-focused investment firms in Atlanta87

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 credit-focused investment 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 credit-focused investment firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 156 credit-focused investment 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?

Lasalle Investment Management, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most credit-focused investment firms?

New York leads with 891 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (155) and Los Angeles (141).

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 3,080 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 156 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 9, 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.