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Top 25 Management consulting firms for pe backed companies based in Chicago, United States

Name: Management consulting firms for pe backed companies based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 301 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 301 management consulting firms for pe backed companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 12,404 professional contacts across them, including 5,441 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (597 companies); Chicago follows with 301.

This list covers management consulting firms for pe backed companies 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 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest management consulting firms for pe backed companies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 301 management consulting firms for pe backed companies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to management consulting firms for pe backed 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Kearney	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,978 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Lincoln International	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,489 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
3	DLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	546 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DLC is an award-winning industry leader in Finance, Accounting, Program Management & Process Improvement Consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Shore Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	327 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with an office in Nashville, is an investor in lower-middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Healthscape Advisors, A Chartis Company	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	224 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HealthScape Advisors, a Chartis Company is a management consulting firm dedicated to serving clients in the healthcare industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Accretive Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	217 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your World.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Livingstone	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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 28, 2026
8	Dpo&co.	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	187 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
9	Portage Point Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	173 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
10	RKON	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1998, RKON has delivered IT Transformation helping private equity and enterprise firms achieve Quiet IT from vision to execution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	CDI Global M&a	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CDI Global, established in 1973, is a leader in middle-market, cross-border transactions with over transactions to our credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Diamond Management & Technology Consultants	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	114 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Diamond is a management and technology consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	The Keystone Group	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Keystone Group is a results-oriented management consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	TRC Advisory	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TRC Advisory is a boutique consulting firm focused on working with clients to define and deploy the strategies and tactics necessary to consistently outperform competitors and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Frontenac	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Messina Group Consulting Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	50 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
17	Development Specialists, INC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DSI is a leading provider of management consulting and financial advisory services, including turnaround consulting, financial restructure, litigation support and forensic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Silverman Consulting	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Strong 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 28, 2026
19	RED Chalk Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial 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 28, 2026
20	Focus Management Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Focus Management Group is headquartered in Chicago, IL, with offices in Tampa, and Cleveland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Voyage Advisory	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Voyage’s team of management consultants work side-by-side with leaders to achieve their top objectives and solve their toughest problems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Source Consulting Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Source Consulting Group LLC is the premier full-service consulting firm focusing exclusively on the strategic and operational business process and technology needs of legal and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Waylin Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Waylin is a full-service Office of the CFO advisory firm built exclusively for private equity portfolio companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	The Proaction Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The ProAction Group is the “Go-To” Operational Resource focused on Private Equity/Portfolio companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Cook M&a Advisory Services	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	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 28, 2026

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: management consulting firms for pe backed companies. 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 management consulting firms for pe backed companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of management consulting firms for pe backed companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name management consulting firms for pe backed companies. 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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Management consulting firms for pe backed companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

43.9%Verified-email coverage

41.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

193

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 301 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 management consulting firms for pe backed 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “management consulting firms for pe backed 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 management consulting firms for pe backed 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 management consulting firms for pe backed companies, 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, 5,441 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: 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.

Management consulting firms for pe backed companies by metro in the United States

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 management consulting firms for pe backed 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 management consulting firms for pe backed companies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 301 management consulting firms for pe backed companies 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?

Kearney, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most management consulting firms for pe backed companies?

New York leads the United States with 597 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (301) and Houston (230).

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 5,441 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 301 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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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.