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Top 25 Private equity advisors based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 263 private equity advisors headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 8,878 professional contacts across them, including 4,609 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers private equity advisors 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 private equity advisors based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln InternationalStrong evidence | 1,489 | |||
“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,345 | ||||
“Stout is a global advisory firm specializing in corporate finance, accounting and transaction advisory, valuation, financial disputes, claims, and investigations.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | MesirowIndirect evidence | 783 | |||
“Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 504 | ||||
“BDT & MSD Partners is a merchant bank serving founders, family business owners, and long-term strategic investors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 367 | ||||
“Adams Street Partners is a global investment firm managing a comprehensive suite of private markets investment solutions.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 292 | ||||
“PPM America, Inc.(PPM) is a client-focused investment manager.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | LivingstonePartial evidence | 207 | |||
“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 187 | ||||
“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Portage Point PartnersPartial evidence | 173 | |||
“Portage Point is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 149 | ||||
“Blackmore Partners works with backable executives to build and monetize their background into an acquisition-based deal thesis.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 118 | ||||
“CDI Global, established in 1973, is a leader in middle-market, cross-border transactions with over transactions to our credit.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 110 | ||||
“Kovitz connects high net worth individuals, institutions and financial professionals to customized asset management and advisory strategies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Rothschild Wealth PartnersIndirect evidence | 110 | |||
“Established in 1908, Rothschild Wealth Partners has grown from a regional brokerage firm into an employee-owned, full-spectrum boutique firm with over $6 billion in assets under…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Madison Dearborn Partners, LLCStrong evidence | 99 | |||
“Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP") is a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago that, since its formation in 1992, has raised aggregate capital of…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 79 | ||||
“Flexpoint Ford is a specialist private equity firm focused on financial services and adjacent verticals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Wind Point PartnersStrong evidence | 78 | |||
“Wind Point Partners is a Chicago-based private equity investment firm with approximately $6 billion in assets under management*.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | RCP AdvisorsStrong evidence | 78 | |||
“Founded in 2001, RCP Advisors, a strategy of Ridgepost Capital (NYSE: RPC), is a private equity investment firm that provides access to North American small buyout fund managers…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 69 | ||||
“Arete Wealth is a diversified financial services firm with more than $6.8B in assets under management.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | First Trust Capital Management L.PStrong evidence | 63 | |||
“We offer a curated spectrum of alternative investments across private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, and private credit.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Tyree & D'angelo PartnersStrong evidence | 59 | |||
“Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP") is a private equity investment firm that focuses on control investments in the lower middle market (companies with $1-5M of EBITDA).” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 59 | ||||
“For over 40 years, First Analysis has been at the forefront of supporting emerging growth companies and established leaders across high-growth, technology-driven sectors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Houlihan CapitalPartial evidence | 53 | |||
“Houlihan Capital is a leading, solutions-driven valuation, financial advisory and investment banking firm committed to delivering superior client value and thought leadership in…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 51 | ||||
“Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 51 | ||||
“Cortland Capital Market Services LLC (“Cortland”) was acquired by Alter Domus in 2018.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Vivaldi Capital ManagementPartial evidence | 50 | |||
“Vivaldi Capital Management is a privately owned wealth management firm that advises high net worth individuals and family offices.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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Private equity advisors based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 5, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 263 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 private equity advisors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, 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 “private equity advisors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity advisors, 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 an evidence 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, 4,609 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 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Private equity advisors by metro in the United States
- Private equity advisors in New York988
- Private equity advisors in Chicago263
- Private equity advisors in Miami202
- Private equity advisors in Dallas200
- Private equity advisors in Los Angeles198
- Private equity advisors in Atlanta193
- Private equity advisors in Houston187
- Private equity advisors in Boston164
- Private equity advisors in San Francisco133
- Private equity advisors in Austin119
- Private equity advisors in Charlotte116
- Private equity advisors in Denver115
- Private equity advisors in San Diego105
- Private equity advisors in Newport Beach85
- Private equity advisors in Scottsdale76
- Private equity advisors in Washington74
- Private equity advisors in Tampa69
- Private equity advisors in Seattle62
- Private equity advisors in Minneapolis60
- Private equity advisors in Philadelphia50
- Private equity advisors in Boca Raton47
- Private equity advisors in Birmingham46
- Private equity advisors in New York City44
- Private equity advisors in Phoenix43
- Private equity advisors in Portland43
- Private equity advisors in Cincinnati41
- Private equity advisors in Nashville41
- Private equity advisors in Irvine39
- Private equity advisors in Raleigh39
- Private equity advisors in Fort Lauderdale38
- Private equity advisors in Fort Worth38
- Private equity advisors in Las Vegas38
- Private equity advisors in Overland Park38
- Private equity advisors in Pittsburgh37
- Private equity advisors in Salt Lake City37
- Private equity advisors in Columbus36
- Private equity advisors in Richmond36
- Private equity advisors in Stamford36
- Private equity advisors in Cleveland35
- Private equity advisors in Indianapolis34
- Private equity advisors in Santa Monica34
- Private equity advisors in Bellevue33
- Private equity advisors in San Antonio33
- Private equity advisors in Beverly Hills32
- Private equity advisors in Greenville32
- Private equity advisors in Orlando32
- Private equity advisors in Wilmington31
- Private equity advisors in Greenwich30
- Private equity advisors in Columbia29
- Private equity advisors in Rochester29
- Private equity advisors in Charleston28
- Private equity advisors in Coral Gables26
- Private equity advisors in Greenwood Village25
- Private equity advisors in Omaha25
- Private equity advisors in Plano25
- Private equity advisors in Tulsa25
Frequently asked
How many private equity advisors are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 263 private equity advisors 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?
Lincoln International, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most private equity advisors?
New York leads with 988 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (263) and Miami (202).
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 4,609 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 263 companies.
How current is this list?
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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 SmartSearch, 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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