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Top 25 Merger and acquisition firms based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 631 merger and acquisition firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 5,167 professional contacts across them, including 2,351 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers merger and acquisition firms headquartered in Germany, 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 merger and acquisition firms based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 255 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Carlsquare is a partner-led investment bank that supports companies and their shareholders to implement their strategic goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 233 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fortlane Partners is a leading European advisory firm specializing in strategy, M&A, and transformation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 207 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RSM Ebner Stolz Management Consultants ist eine thematisch breit aufgestellte Top-Managementberatung mit Fokus auf mittelständische Unternehmen und Konzerne.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 140 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MCF Corporate Finance (MCF) is a leading M&A and debt advisory firm with offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, London, Munich and Stockholm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FalkenSteg is an owner-led corporate finance, restructuring and real estate advisory firm with locations in Düsseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IMAP (International M&A Partners) ist eines der erfahrensten M&A Beratungsunternehmen für den Mittelstand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “enomyc is a Europe-wide consulting firm that supports companies in igniting new dynamics and achieving sustainable, inclusive growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome at Pava Partners, a leading independent Tech M&A, Debt Advisory, and Equity Financing firm in Europe focusing on high-growth small and medium-sized technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seit fast 25 Jahren ebnen wir für Unternehmen den Weg für positive Veränderungen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir gestalten die Zukunft von M&A-Transaktionen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We advise financial sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as corporates during all phases of a transaction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bachert Unternehmensberatung GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nur, wer die richtigen Fragen stellt und proaktiv zuhört, erhält maßgeschneiderte, individuelle Antworten sowie zielgerichtete, wertschöpfende und pragmatische Lösungen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CASE CASSIOPEA is a European partner-led investment banking advisory firm with offices in Frankfurt, Milan and Paris, cooperating with an international network of partners in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir sind Unternehmer im Auftrag unserer Kunden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Sehner Group specializes in growth consulting, particularly in M&A consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Concentro is a consulting organization that is oriented towards small and medium sized companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ValueTrust is a leading independent corporate finance advisory boutique in the DACH region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir, die Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft AURICON, unterstützen mittelständische Unternehmen, Konzerne und Beteiligungs-gesellschaften bei den Themen Transactions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Proventis Partners is a partner-led M&A advisory firm whose clients are mainly medium-sized family-owned companies, corporate groups as well as private equity funds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Saxenhammer is a premier M&A advisory firm specializing in Corporate Finance for mid-sized businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Steinbeis M&A ist eine der führenden Transaktionsberatungs-Gesellschaften mit Fokus auf den Mittelstand und bietet branchenübergreifend ein umfassendes und professionelles…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “What we do: IVC - Agile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CODEX Partners stands for COnsulting, DEvelopment and EXecution.” 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: merger and acquisition 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 merger and acquisition firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of merger and acquisition firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name merger and acquisition 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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Merger and acquisition firms based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 631 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 merger and acquisition 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 Germany whose own description of what they do matches “merger and acquisition 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 merger and acquisition 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 merger and acquisition firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany 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, 2,351 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.
Merger and acquisition firms by metro
- Merger and acquisition firms in Hamburg56
- Merger and acquisition firms in Munchen54
- Merger and acquisition firms in Berlin45
- Merger and acquisition firms in Dusseldorf45
- Merger and acquisition firms in Frankfurt Am Main41
- Merger and acquisition firms in Frankfurt38
- Merger and acquisition firms in Munich37
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 merger and acquisition 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 merger and acquisition firms are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 631 merger and acquisition firms headquartered in Germany 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?
Carlsquare, headquartered in Hamburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most merger and acquisition firms?
Hamburg leads with 56 headquartered companies, followed by Munchen (54) and Berlin (45).
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 2,351 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 631 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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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.
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