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Top 25 Equity research firms based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 385 company matches for equity research firms associated with the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 19,980 professional contacts across them, including 7,831 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for equity research firms associated with the United States, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 20, 2026 How this list was built
385Companies
19,980Contacts tracked
7,831Verified emails
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The 25 largest equity research firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 385 company matches for equity research firms based in the United States, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchChicago, IL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202610001+11,150 contacts →

Exact match

“Morningstar, Inc.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchNY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500848 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2005, Seeking Alpha is an industry-leading financial research platform powered by one of the world’s largest investing communities.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchAlexandria, VA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500545 contacts →

Exact match

“The Motley Fool’s name comes from William Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It”.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000474 contacts →

Exact match

“KBW (Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc, operating in the U.S, and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, also trading as Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Europe, operating in Europe) is a Stifel…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
5Exact matchNY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500340 contacts →

Exact match

“A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is a full-service, national investment firm and SEC registered broker-dealer since 1980.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
6Exact matchNew York, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500295 contacts →

Exact match

“ISI, founded in 1991, strives to be the Street’s best investment research resource for our clients' money management performance.”

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7Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500292 contacts →

Exact match

“Since Wolfe Research, LLC’s founding in 2008, our mission has been to deliver best-in-class research and service-providing timely, rigorous, and unconflicted insights from the…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
8Exact matchNewport Beach, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500273 contacts →

Exact match

“ROTH Capital Partners is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving growth companies and their investors.”

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9Exact matchLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500209 contacts →

Exact match

“At Investor's Business Daily, our mission is to help our subscribers make more money in the stock market.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
10Exact matchNew York, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200202 contacts →

Exact match

“BWG Global has set the industry standard as the premier provider of industry intelligence to more than professionals across investment firms and corporations.”

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11Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500195 contacts →

Exact match

“Convergex is now Cowen!”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
12Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500187 contacts →

Exact match

“Value Line® The Most Trusted Name in Investment Research™ A venerable authority in reliable and unbiased information, Value Line provides accurate and insightful investment…”

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13Exact matchChicago, IL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200183 contacts →

Exact match

“YCharts is an investment research and proposal generating software that enables smarter investment decisions and better client engagement.”

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14Exact matchBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500171 contacts →

Exact match

“Stansberry Research is an independent financial research firm, delivering unbiased investment intelligence to self-directed investors seeking an edge in a wide variety of sectors…”

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15Exact matchCleveland, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200151 contacts →

Exact match

“Cleveland Research Company is an independent research firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.”

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16Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20095 contacts →

Exact match

“The Benchmark Company, LLC is a full-service investment banking firm with an established sales & trading platform, award-winning equity research, and highly-experienced investment…”

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17Exact matchBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,00093 contacts →

Exact match

“MarketWise is a collection of dynamic companies offering our customers a diverse and comprehensive portfolio of independent investment recommendations, strategies, and tools…”

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18Exact matchSarasota, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20082 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1980, Ned Davis Research Group is an independent investment research firm with over 1,100 institutional clients in over three dozen countries.”

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19Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-50081 contacts →

Exact match

“Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.”

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20Exact matchStamford, CT, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20077 contacts →

Exact match

“We are pioneers in the independent investment research business and a premier online financial media company.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
21Exact matchBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20074 contacts →

Exact match

“InvestorPlace is one of the largest, smartest, fastest-moving financial publishers on the planet.”

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22Exact matchLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20074 contacts →

Exact match

“William O'Neil + Company, Incorporated is an independent advisory firm that helps the world's leading institutional investment managers increase portfolio performance by providing…”

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23Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5056 contacts →

Exact match

“For over 25 years, Sidoti & Company, LLC has been a premier independent research provider focused on small and micro-cap companies and the institutions that invest in securities…”

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24Exact matchNew York, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20050 contacts →

Exact match

“Argus Research is a forward-thinking, long-standing independent investment research firm that offers forecasts and ratings on the U.S.”

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25Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20050 contacts →

Exact match

“R.”

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Equity research firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
39.2%Verified-email coverage
51.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
26.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
217
11-50
109
51-200
35
201-500
17
501-1,000
4
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

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 385 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United States whose business descriptions match “equity research firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 7,831 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “equity research firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many equity research firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 385 company matches for equity research firms associated with the United States as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Morningstar tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most equity research firms?

New York leads with 100 company records, followed by Chicago (12) and San Francisco (9).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 7,831 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 385 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 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 SmartSearch, 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.