Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Pe companies based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 151 pe companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,936 professional contacts across them, including 1,235 with verified work emails. Munich is the largest hub.
This list covers pe companies 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 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.
The 25 largest pe companies based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 224 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mutares - The equity entrepreneurs Mutares SE & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the past 36 years, HQ Capital has been actively investing in global private equity on behalf of institutions and family offices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DTCP is an investment management firm focused on growth equity, digital infrastructure and defence technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About Armira Armira is a European investment holding specialising in partnerships with entrepreneur-led and family-owned hidden champions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) ist eine unabhängige deutsche, international aktive Beteiligungsgesellschaft, die in mittelständische Wachstumsunternehmen in Deutschland, Österreich…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2015, GREENPEAK Partners uses a thesis-led develop-buy-build model to establish future market leaders in the DACH+ region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over 50 years of history and assets under management of € 4.0 billion, NORD Holding is one of the leading private equity asset management companies in Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LEVERAGING ENTREPRENEURIAL AMBITION As an entrepreneurial-minded multi-stage private equity and venture capital firm LEA Partners funds and supports ambitious B2B Tech founders…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Paragon is an independent private equity firm that stands for sustainable investments in mid-sized companies since its foundation in 2004.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “What we do We invest into European middle-market companies with great management and sustainable long-term growth prospects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hannover Finanz Creating value with responsibility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Private equity for private investors - with over 25 years' experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sustained value creation as the primary objective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Munich Private Equity AG (MPE) is one of Europe's leading private equity specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Orlando is a leading Private Equity firm with offices in Munich, Germany and in Stockholm, Sweden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AGIC Capital is a European-Asian private equity partnership focused on investment opportunities in the European mid-market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “capiton AG is an owner-managed private equity investor with a current fund volume of €1.3 billion under management and a strong track record of over 20 years of investing in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fidelium ist eine junge, stark wachsende, international ausgerichtete Private Equity Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 20 years, the SwanCap Team has specialized in the private equity asset class with a leading track record of investment returns through multiple economic cycles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) is one of Europe’s leading specialists for private equity fund investments in the lower mid-market segment, overseeing €2.9bn in assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DUBAG Investment Advisory is a Munich based GP Team specialized in the buyout of companies in turnaround and special situations in the mid-market segment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir haben über 50 Jahre Erfahrung in operativer Unternehmensentwicklung, Corporate Finance und Private Equity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Willkommen bei der Blue Cap AG, Ihrer kapitalmarktnotierten Beteiligungsgesellschaft mit Sitz in München.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “QCP Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) is a private equity firm with headquarters in Munich, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Castella Nova investiert in etablierte mittelstandsnahe Unternehmen mit Nachfolgebedarf und Wachstumspotenzial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: pe 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 pe companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of pe companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name pe 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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Pe companies based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 151 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 pe 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 Germany whose own description of what they do matches “pe 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 pe 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 pe companies, 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, 1,235 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
- 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.
Pe companies by metro
- Pe companies in Munich26
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 pe 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 pe companies are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 151 pe companies 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?
Mutares SE & Co. Kgaa, headquartered in Munich, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most pe companies?
Munich leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by Munchen (24) and Berlin (13).
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 1,235 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 151 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.