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Top 25 Distressed asset investment firms based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,071 distressed asset investment firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 15,826 professional contacts across them, including 6,335 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers distressed asset investment firms 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 28, 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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1,071Companies
15,826Contacts tracked
6,335Verified emails
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The 25 largest distressed asset investment firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,071 distressed asset investment firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to distressed asset 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.
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1Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
2Strong evidenceNorthbrook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000528 contacts →

Strong 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 28, 2026
3Partial evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,000395 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Peachtree Group is a vertically integrated investment management firm that identifies mispriced risk and capitalizes on dislocated market opportunities, primarily across…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Partial evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a337 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Purchasing claims and interests in distressed situations”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Indirect evidenceWestlake Village, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200320 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GA Group is a privately held financial services company offering a comprehensive set of tailored solutions to meet our clients' diverse needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
7Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500241 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“King Street Capital Management, L.P.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Partial evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200209 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Focused on commercial and multifamily real estate debt, CW is a unique, vertically integrated commercial real estate finance and investment management company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200199 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tiger provides advisory, restructuring, valuation, disposition and auction services within a broad range of retail, wholesale, and industrial sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500195 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sound Point is an alternative asset management firm founded in 2008 with particular expertise in credit strategies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500173 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 28, 2026
13Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200165 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Waterfall Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered institutional asset manager focused on structured credit (asset-backed securities and loans) and private equity investments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200153 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Arena Investors is an institutional asset manager that provides creative solutions for those seeking capital in special situations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200141 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With offices across the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceHenderson, NV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500136 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Province is an internationally recognized advisory firm that helps clients navigate complex strategic, operational, financial, and legal challenges.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50131 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kennedy Lewis Investment Management is an opportunistic credit manager focusing on event-driven situations in which a catalyst may unlock investment value.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500130 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Imperial Capital, founded in 1997, is a full-service investment bank with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Milan, Stamford, Palm Beach, Houston, Boston, and Tel Aviv.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCranston, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Procaccianti Companies (Est.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Partial evidenceIrving, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,000117 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1991, Archon is a fully diversified, consolidated, global investment management firm employing over 1,300 professionals across eight countries: U.S, France…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Partial evidenceOrange, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Asset Management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20099 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ducera Partners is a leading investment banking advisory practice focused on providing trusted, independent advice and innovative solutions to decision makers in complex and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20099 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rithm Capital Corp.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Partial evidenceCalabasas, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5076 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since its inception in 1992, Hearthstone has managed real estate investments for over 50 public and private pension funds, endowments, and investment banks.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Strong evidenceNashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20075 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Rebuilt is a dynamic and fast-growing real estate investment firm focused on sourcing off-market, distressed real estate opportunities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Distressed asset investment firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
40.0%Verified-email coverage
14.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
15.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
675
11-50
312
51-200
62
201-500
11
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
7

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 1,071 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 distressed asset 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “distressed asset 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 distressed asset 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 distressed asset investment firms, 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, 6,335 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 28, 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 distressed asset 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 distressed asset investment firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,071 distressed asset investment firms 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 distressed asset investment firms?

New York leads with 167 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (37) and Dallas (33).

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 6,335 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,071 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 28, 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.