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Top 25 Mid-market investment banks based in the United States

Name: Mid-market investment banks based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 3,352 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 3,352 mid-market investment banks headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 81,262 professional contacts across them, including 33,370 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers mid-market investment banks 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 17, 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 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest mid-market investment banks based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 3,352 mid-market investment banks based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to mid-market investment banks: 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	Jefferies	Strong evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,353 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth and asset management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Lazard	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,912 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1848, Lazard is the preeminent financial advisory and asset management firm, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Houlihan Lokey	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,576 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Houlihan Lokey, Inc.(NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Evercore	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,296 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Keybank Commercial	Strong evidence	Cleveland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	2,220 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a full-service commercial, corporate, and investment bank* focused primarily on serving middle market clients within targeted industry sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Moelis & Company	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,742 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Lincoln International	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,489 contacts →
	Partial 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 17, 2026
8	PJT Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	1,420 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PJT Partners is a premier, global, advisory-focused investment bank that was built from the ground up to be different.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	HJ Sims	Partial evidence	Fairfield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	1,325 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1935, HJ Sims offers wealth management, investment banking, trading, underwriting & institutional services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Nassau Street Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	904 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nassau Street Partners is an independent capital advisory firm focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets advisory, and strategic financial solutions for early-stage and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Perella Weinberg	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	883 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Perella Weinberg is a leading global independent financial services firm, founded in 2006 to address the need for experienced, trusted and unconflicted advice in the financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	FMI	Partial evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	818 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 70 years, FMI has been the leading management consulting and investment banking* firm dedicated exclusively to engineering and construction, infrastructure, and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Canaccord Genuity	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	810 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Canaccord Genuity is the global capital markets division of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc, offering institutional and corporate clients idea-driven investment banking, merger and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	FBR	Indirect evidence	Arlington, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	789 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In June 2017, B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Mesirow	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	783 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Guggenheim Securities	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	699 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, offering a full range of services including Advisory, Sales and Trading…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Centerview Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	693 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Centerview Partners is a premier provider of independent investment-banking advisory services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Harris Williams	Partial evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	662 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Harris Williams is a global investment bank specializing in M&A, private capital solutions, and primary fund placement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Greenhill & CO	Indirect evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	625 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Greenhill & Co, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Hilco Global	Indirect evidence	Northbrook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	528 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hilco Global is a privately held diversified financial services company and the world’s preeminent authority on maximizing the value of assets for both healthy and distressed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	BDT & MSD Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	504 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BDT & MSD Partners is a merchant bank serving founders, family business owners, and long-term strategic investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Benchmark International	Indirect evidence	Tampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	503 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Benchmark International is a global M&A firm that provides business owners with creative, value-maximizing solutions for growing and exiting their businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Sc&h	Indirect evidence	Hunt Valley, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	500 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SC & H is an employee-owned, global consulting and financial services firm driving business, technology, and teams forward.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	KBW	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	474 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KBW (Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc, operating in the U.S, and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, also trading as Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Europe, operating in Europe) is a Stifel…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	GCA	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	454 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GCA Advisors, LLC is the US business of GCA, a global investment bank that provides strategic M&A, capital markets and private funds advisory services to growth companies and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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: mid-market investment banks. 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 mid-market investment banks.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of mid-market investment banks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name mid-market investment banks. 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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Mid-market investment banks based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

41.1%Verified-email coverage

24.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

17.8%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

2,082

11-50

1,019

51-200

169

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 3,352 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 mid-market investment banks, 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 “mid-market investment banks”. 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 mid-market investment banks), 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 mid-market investment banks, 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, 33,370 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 17, 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.

Mid-market investment banks by metro

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 mid-market investment banks, 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 mid-market investment banks are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 3,352 mid-market investment banks 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?

Jefferies, headquartered in New York City, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most mid-market investment banks?

New York leads with 596 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (136) and Los Angeles (112).

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 33,370 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,352 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 17, 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.