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Top 25 Helicopter operators based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 638 helicopter operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 30,416 professional contacts across them, including 5,961 with verified work emails. Fort Worth is the largest hub.
This list covers helicopter operators 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 20, 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 helicopter operators based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 8,409 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thinking above and beyond is what we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,992 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bristow Group Inc.(NYSE: VTOL) is the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,764 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CHC provides unmatched helicopter services that enable our customers to reach beyond – to work in remote and challenging destinations that limit others – and come home safely.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1949, PHI has provided safe and reliable helicopter transportation to more than 1 million passengers across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 718 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 468 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Columbia Helicopters, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 370 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Erickson is here to support reliable, safe and innovative aerial services, no matter where in the world our customers are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Robinson Helicopter Company was founded in 1973 by Frank Robinson, whose vision was to produce the world’s highest quality, most reliable helicopters in the most efficient, cost…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MD Helicopters, LLC (MDH), is a leading manufacturer of commercial, military, law enforcement and air-rescue helicopters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As the largest Part 135 cargo airline in the nation, we're always Delivering More Than Cargo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 247 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Berry Aviation, Inc.(BAI), a member of Acorn Growth Companies, is an FAA Part 135 Air Carrier established in 1983.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 183 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Phoenix Air is an FAA-certificated Part 135 company with worldwide operating authority, providing passenger services, worldwide air ambulance services and high priority air cargo…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 148 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Landing Gear Overhaul & Repair Services For more than half a century, Hawker Pacific Aerospace has been a leading independent landing gear overhaul and repair organization with a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Maverick Helicopters' commitment to excellence in service is only matched by its commitment to safety.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “United Rotorcraft (an Air Methods Division) Innovates, Integrates, Certifies, and Supports critical mission systems for first responders on the ground and in the air globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PJ Helicopters is a world class precision helicopter lift service serving all industries nationwide since 1970.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CHI Aviation is a veteran-owned leader in heavy-lift helicopter services, specializing in support for the construction, HVAC, fire-suppression and defense industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Enstrom Helicopter Corporation designs and builds light, single-engine helicopters, both piston and turbine, for personal, commercial, and government use.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1995, Helicopter Express has offered the very best in personnel and aviation equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1980, Hillsboro Aviation offers complete helicopter, airplane, and unmanned services comprised of six divisions: contract and charter, defense operations, aircraft…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With access to thousands of private jets, Prive Jets can take care of all your private jet charter needs worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since its founding back in 1962, Omniflight Helicopters, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Key Lime Air operates a fleet of over 30 aircraft that fly more than hours annually.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Able Engineering Company Limited is a construction company based out of 7706 E Velocity Way, Mesa, AZ, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: helicopter operators. 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 helicopter operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of helicopter operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name helicopter operators. 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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Helicopter operators based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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 638 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 helicopter operators, 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 “helicopter operators”. 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 helicopter operators), 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 helicopter operators, 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, 5,961 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 20, 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.
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 helicopter operators, 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 helicopter operators are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 638 helicopter operators 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?
Bell Flight, headquartered in Fort Worth, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most helicopter operators?
Fort Worth leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by Mesa (8) and New York (7).
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 5,961 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 638 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 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 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.