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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| # | 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 | 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. | |||||
| 3 | LivingstoneIndirect 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. | |||||
| 4 | 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. | |||||
| 5 | Portage Point PartnersIndirect 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. | |||||
| 6 | 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. | |||||
| 7 | 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. | |||||
| 8 | 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. | |||||
| 9 | 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. | |||||
| 10 | 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. | |||||
| 11 | 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. | |||||
| 12 | Houlihan CapitalIndirect 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. | |||||
| 13 | Virtas PartnersIndirect evidence | 50 | |||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 50 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | WP Global PartnersStrong evidence | 33 | |||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Waylin PartnersStrong evidence | 29 | |||
“Waylin is a full-service Office of the CFO advisory firm built exclusively for private equity portfolio companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | The Proaction GroupStrong evidence | 29 | |||
“The ProAction Group is the “Go-To” Operational Resource focused on Private Equity/Portfolio companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 27 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Helios Healthcare AdvisorsPartial evidence | 22 | |||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Periscope EquityStrong evidence | 20 | |||
“Periscope Equity is a Chicago-based private equity firm that partners with founder-owned, business services companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Physician Growth Partners PGPIndirect evidence | 19 | |||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 15 | ||||
“After 15 successful years, The Chicago Corporation (TCC) will be winding down operations at year end 2024.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Prospect PartnersStrong evidence | 14 | |||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 14 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 12 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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Private equity consultants 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 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.
- Corrections
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Private equity consultants by metro in the United States
- Private equity consultants in New York497
- Private equity consultants in Chicago160
- Private equity consultants in Dallas114
- Private equity consultants in Los Angeles114
- Private equity consultants in Houston101
- Private equity consultants in Atlanta96
- Private equity consultants in Boston95
- Private equity consultants in San Francisco93
- Private equity consultants in Miami80
- Private equity consultants in Austin71
- Private equity consultants in Denver65
- Private equity consultants in Charlotte48
- Private equity consultants in San Diego46
- Private equity consultants in Washington39
- Private equity consultants in Newport Beach32
- Private equity consultants in New York City30
- Private equity consultants in Philadelphia30
- Private equity consultants in Nashville29
- Private equity consultants in Tampa29
- Private equity consultants in Minneapolis28
- Private equity consultants in Phoenix28
- Private equity consultants in Scottsdale26
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?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,086 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 160 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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