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Top 25 Investment banking companies based in France

RevenueBase identified 369 investment banking companies headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 44,524 professional contacts across them, including 18,303 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers investment banking companies headquartered in France, 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 21, 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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The 25 largest investment banking companies based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 369 investment banking companies based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to investment banking companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceMontrouge, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,00013,168 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, 9th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size in 2023 (The Banker…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,00011,823 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Indirect evidenceNanterre, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+9,976 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We support you over time, during expansion phases and their more challenging periods alike.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000895 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eight Advisory, Europe's leading independent advisory firm specialising in financial, operational and strategy consulting, is involved in transactions, restructuring and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Finergreen is a boutique investment bank dedicated to the energy and environmental transition with in-depth expertise in M&A and complex financing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A specialist in SMEs and mid-sized companies since 1928, Financière de Courcelles advises businesses and their shareholders on M&A transactions and financing solutions, in France…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5076 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ADVISO PARTNERS est une société de conseil financier indépendante spécialisée dans les opérations de fusion-acquisition, levée de fonds et ingénierie financière, dédiée au segment…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SQUARENESS est un cabinet de conseil financier indépendant qui accompagne les entreprises et les fonds d’investissement dans leurs opérations de transactions, restructurations et…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5060 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Clipperton is a leading international investment bank dedicated to technology and growth companies: we provide strategic and financial advisory to entrepreneurs, corporates, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“M&A Advisory Firm M&A buy-side: Company acquisitions - Guiding companies in external growth strategies - Guiding private persons in acquisition processes M&A sell-side: Disposal…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2005, Largillière Finance is an advisory firm with offices in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Brussels and Geneva.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In Extenso Finance est un acteur de référence dans le conseil en stratégie et ingénierie nancière et dans l’accompagnement et la conduite d’opérations de cession, acquisition…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Blanche Capital accompagne et conseille les dirigeants de TPE et PME dans leurs opérations de haut de bilan : cession, acquisition, rapprochement et levée de fonds.> Notre…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EURALLIA FINANCE conseille les dirigeants et actionnaires de PME et d’ETI dans leurs opérations de cession, d’acquisition et de levée de fonds.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Depuis 2003, Pax Corporate Finance accompagne sociétés et actionnaires dans leurs opérations de haut de bilan : LBO, cession, acquisitions, financement et refinancement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DDA & Company is a corporate finance advisory boutique specialized in cross-border small and mid-cap transactions with offices in Europe and in the USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Transactions & Compagnie a été créé afin d’accompagner les entrepreneurs dans leurs réflexions stratégiques et dans leurs problématiques de réorganisation du capital.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2013, Eurvad* is an M&A boutique dedicated to advising and supporting corporate finance transactions for SMEs and ETIs: equity sale, acquisition, LBO, MBO, OBO, MBI and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MBA CAPITAL est un acteur majeur du conseil en fusion & acquisition en France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Priscus Finance was launched in 2004, focusing on merger and acquisition advisory and dedicated to the financial sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Créée en LINKERS est une société de conseil indépendante, basée à Paris, Lyon et Marseille, et spécialisée dans les opérations de Fusions-Acquisitions (M&A), de Levées de Fonds…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Translink CF France is a leading independent M&A advisory firm, 100% dedicated to M&A, LBO and fundraising in the smidcap transactions with a strong cross border scope.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Jasmin Capital specialises in Private Markets- Financial Investment Advisors on Private Markets (private equity, infrastructure) for family offices and institutional investors -…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Based in Paris and London, Midcap Partners is an investment bank specialized in Small & Mid Caps.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rochefort & Associés is an independent boutique investment bank based in Paris and Shanghai providing corporate advisory services in the areas of strategic advisory, mergers and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Investment banking companies based in France at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
41.1%Verified-email coverage
120.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
64.5%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
269
11-50
81
51-200
9
201-500
1
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
3
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 369 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 investment banking companies, 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “investment banking companies”. 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 investment banking companies), 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 investment banking companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 18,303 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 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Investment banking companies by metro

  • Investment banking companies in Paris238

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 investment banking companies, 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 investment banking companies are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 369 investment banking companies headquartered in France 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?

Crédit Agricole CIB, headquartered in Montrouge, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most investment banking companies?

Paris leads with 238 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (12) and Bordeaux (8).

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 18,303 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 369 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 21, 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.