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Top 25 Private equity consultants based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 160 private equity consultants headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,011 professional contacts across them, including 2,086 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity consultants 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 consultants based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 160 private equity consultants 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 consultants: 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
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
3
LivingstoneIndirect 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
4
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
5
Portage Point PartnersIndirect 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
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
Houlihan CapitalIndirect 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
13
Virtas PartnersIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5050

“Virtas is the premier Office of the CFO advisory firm serving the Middle Market, bringing solutions to its clients across the business lifecycle.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-50050

“Messina Group is a Trusted Advisor to Private Equity Firms, their Portfolio companies, and Investment Banks to Accelerate Value Creation at the intersection of Business…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15
WP Global PartnersStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5033

“WP Global Partners provides global institutional clients with portfolio exposure to private equity, venture capital, and private debt investments through strategically tailored…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
Waylin PartnersStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20029

“Waylin is a full-service Office of the CFO advisory firm built exclusively for private equity portfolio companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
The Proaction GroupStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5029

“The ProAction Group is the “Go-To” Operational Resource focused on Private Equity/Portfolio companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18
Cook M&a Advisory ServicesIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5027

“Cook M&A is recognized as one of the leading buy side M&A advisory firms in the industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5022

“Helios Healthcare Advisors is an independent corporate advisory firm that provides strategic and financial advice on mergers & acquisitions, recapitalizations, and private…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Periscope EquityStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5020

“Periscope Equity is a Chicago-based private equity firm that partners with founder-owned, business services companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5019

“Physician Growth Partners (PGP) is an investment banking firm exclusively focused on representing healthcare organizations in recapitalizations, mergers & acquisitions, and sales…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22
The Chicago CorporationIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5015

“After 15 successful years, The Chicago Corporation (TCC) will be winding down operations at year end 2024.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23
Prospect PartnersStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5014

“Prospect Partners is a leading, Chicago-based private equity firm that partners with passionate entrepreneurs in high potential companies to build exceptional platforms for…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Author CapitalIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1014

“Author Capital Partners, a Chicago-based principal investment firm, invests in essential services platforms operating across and at the intersections of business, financial, and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25
Davis Capital, LLCIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5012

“Davis Capital is a transaction driven firm and focuses on creating, initiating, negotiating, structuring, and closing mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, management buyouts…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
New YorkLargest hub · 497 HQs
Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 160 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 consultants, 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 consultants”. 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 consultants, 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, 2,086 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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Frequently asked

How many private equity consultants are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 160 private equity consultants 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 consultants?

New York leads with 497 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (160) and Dallas (114).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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.