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Top 25 Equity consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 189 equity consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,426 professional contacts across them, including 3,036 with verified work emails and 1,806 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers equity 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 12, 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.
The 25 largest equity consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,376 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,489 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DPO & Co specializes in helping Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies gain fact-based insights during the diligence process and realize post-close synergies and value…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Messina Group is a Trusted Advisor to Private Equity Firms, their Portfolio companies, and Investment Banks to Accelerate Value Creation at the intersection of Business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bronswick Benjamin does not see your business or you as a series of tasks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Silverman Consulting is a Midwest-based management advisory firm with a legacy of helping companies navigate their most critical moments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Elevate Mestel is a global leader in legal recruitment and M&A consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Red Chalk Group is a professional services firm and strategic advisor to senior management on issues related to top-line growth, disruptive technology, key mega-trends, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Waylin is a full-service Office of the CFO advisory firm built exclusively for private equity portfolio companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The ProAction Group is the “Go-To” Operational Resource focused on Private Equity/Portfolio companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Warrior Group exists to provide entrepreneurs and growing businesses with the necessary tools and strategic insights to achieve their goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Morten Group focuses on organizational and resource development, including workshops on diversity and building communities of inclusion and access, racial equity integration and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fort Dearborn Partners, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Strategic Growth Consulting helps small to medium sized professional service companies identify, plan and execute growth strategies bringing over 30 years of experience in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We partner with executive leadership in managing change, identifying and implementing solutions and creating top and bottom line opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Areida Group brings an institutional approach to advising companies and personalizes the experience for each client.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 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 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: equity 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 equity consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of equity consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name equity 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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Equity consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 12, 2026Companies by employee count
Freshness & accuracy
How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked
Email last verified
Median 14.0dCompany record updated
Median 51.0dHow 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 equity 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 “equity 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 equity 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 equity 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, 3,036 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 12, 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.
Equity consulting firms by metro in the United States
- Equity consulting firms in New York456
- Equity consulting firms in Chicago157
- Equity consulting firms in Atlanta129
- Equity consulting firms in Los Angeles127
- Equity consulting firms in Boston96
- Equity consulting firms in Houston94
- Equity consulting firms in Dallas89
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 equity 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 equity consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 189 equity 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?
Heidrick & Struggles, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most equity consulting firms?
New York leads with 456 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (157) and Atlanta (129).
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 3,036 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 189 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 12, 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.
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