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Top 25 Manufacturing private equity firms based in the United States

Name: Manufacturing private equity firms based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 2,356 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,356 manufacturing private equity firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 29,220 professional contacts across them, including 15,408 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers manufacturing private equity firms 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 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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29,220Contacts tracked

15,408Verified emails

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The 25 largest manufacturing private equity firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,356 manufacturing private equity firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to manufacturing private equity firms: 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	H.I.G. Capital	Indirect evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,301 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “H.I.G.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Advent	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,025 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working in partnership with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	TA Associates	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	881 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	The Riverside Company	Partial evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	447 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital options for business owners and employees at the smaller end of the middle…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Cd&r	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	385 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	W Capital Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	337 contacts →
	Strong evidence “W Capital Partners is a private equity firm that provides secondary liquidity to shareholders in private businesses and growth capital for those companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Shore Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	327 contacts →
	Strong 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
8	Berkshire Partners	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	255 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Berkshire Partners is a 100% employee-owned, multi-sector specialist investor in private and public equity, with a focus on North American-based, middle-market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Roark Capital	Strong evidence	Atlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	252 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Roark is an Atlanta‐based private equity firm with $41 billion in assets under management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Gtcr LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	237 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that invests behind The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	American Securities	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	220 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994, American Securities is a leading U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Audax Private Equity	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	211 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong, Audax Private Equity is a leading private equity platform focused on investing across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Star Mountain Capital	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	172 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bringing large market expertise to smaller companies, Star Mountain’s philosophies include a data-driven and systematic approach to investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	TSG Consumer Partners	Indirect evidence	Larkspur, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	162 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TSG is a global leader in consumer-focused investing with approximately $13 billion in assets under management and a 40+ year track record of building iconic brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Teamshares	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality businesses, intending to be a permanent home for businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Middleground Capital	Strong evidence	Lexington, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	158 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a private equity firm that invests in North American and European B2B middle-market industrial and specialty distribution businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	JMI Equity	Partial evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	152 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1992, JMI Equity has focused on investing in exceptional software and AI-driven companies from scaling stages through later growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Graham Partners	Strong evidence	Newtown Square, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	147 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Graham Partners is a private investment firm focused on investing in technology-driven companies that are spurring innovation in advanced manufacturing, resulting in product…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Arsenal Capital Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	142 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Arsenal is a leading private equity firm that specializes in investments in middle-market industrial growth and healthcare companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	JLL Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	140 contacts →
	Strong evidence “JLL Partners is a middle market private equity firm with over three decades of experience transforming businesses in the healthcare, industrials, and business services sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Leonard Green & Partners LGP	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.("LGP") is a leading private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles, with approximately $70 billion of assets under…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	KPS Capital Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	132 contacts →
	Strong evidence “KPS Capital Partners, LP is the manager of KPS Special Situations Funds, a family of private equity funds with approximately $19.1 billion of assets under management (as of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	SUN Capital Partners, INC	Indirect evidence	Boca Raton, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	131 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Incline Equity Partners	Strong evidence	Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	125 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Incline Equity Partners is the driving force in middle market private equity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	TJC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	125 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TJC LP, formerly known as The Jordan Company, has worked for more than 40 years with CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs across a range of industries including Diversified…” 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: manufacturing private equity 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 manufacturing private equity firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of manufacturing private equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name manufacturing private equity 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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Manufacturing private equity firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

52.7%Verified-email coverage

12.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

12.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,587

11-50

597

51-200

118

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 2,356 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 manufacturing private equity 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “manufacturing private equity 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 manufacturing private equity 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 manufacturing private equity firms, 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, 15,408 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.

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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 manufacturing private equity 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 manufacturing private equity firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 2,356 manufacturing private equity firms 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?

H.I.G. Capital, headquartered in Miami, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most manufacturing private equity firms?

New York leads with 283 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (145) and Dallas (99).

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 15,408 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,356 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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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.