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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.

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The 25 largest private equity advisors based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 263 private equity advisors based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names private equity advisors: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
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Lincoln InternationalStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,0001,489

“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, 2026
2
STOUTPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,0001,345

“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, 2026
3
MesirowIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000783

“Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
BDT & MSD PartnersIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500504

“BDT & MSD Partners is a merchant bank serving founders, family business owners, and long-term strategic investors.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
Adams Street PartnersPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500367

“Adams Street Partners is a global investment firm managing a comprehensive suite of private markets investment solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6
PPM America, INCIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500292

“PPM America, Inc.(PPM) is a client-focused investment manager.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
LivingstonePartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200207

“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, 2026
8
Dpo&co.Strong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200187

“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, 2026
9
Portage Point PartnersPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500173

“Portage Point is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10
Blackmore Partners INCIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-50149

“Blackmore Partners works with backable executives to build and monetize their background into an acquisition-based deal thesis.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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CDI Global M&aIndirect evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200118

“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, 2026
12
KovitzPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500110

“Kovitz connects high net worth individuals, institutions and financial professionals to customized asset management and advisory strategies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
Rothschild Wealth PartnersIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200110

“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, 2026
14Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20099

“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, 2026
15
Flexpoint FordStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20079

“Flexpoint Ford is a specialist private equity firm focused on financial services and adjacent verticals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
Wind Point PartnersStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5078

“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, 2026
17
RCP AdvisorsStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20078

“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, 2026
18
Arete WealthIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5069

“Arete Wealth is a diversified financial services firm with more than $6.8B in assets under management.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5063

“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, 2026
20Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5059

“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, 2026
21
First AnalysisIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5059

“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, 2026
22
Houlihan CapitalPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5053

“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, 2026
23
FrontenacStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5051

“Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,00051

“Cortland Capital Market Services LLC (“Cortland”) was acquired by Alter Domus in 2018.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5050

“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, 2026

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Private equity advisors based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
New YorkLargest hub · 988 HQs
Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
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11-50
88
51-200
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201-500
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501-1,000
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1,001-5,000
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5,001-10,000
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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.
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Private equity advisors by metro in the United States

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?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 5, 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 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.