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Top 25 Private equity portfolio companies based in Charlotte, United States

Name: Private equity portfolio companies based in Charlotte, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 71 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 71 private equity portfolio companies headquartered in Charlotte, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 518 professional contacts across them, including 325 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (913 companies); Charlotte has 71.

This list covers private equity portfolio companies headquartered in Charlotte, 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, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

71Companies

518Contacts tracked

325Verified emails

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The 25 largest private equity portfolio companies based in Charlotte, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 71 private equity portfolio companies based in Charlotte, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to private equity portfolio companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ridgemont Equity Partners	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ridgemont Equity Partners is a Charlotte-based middle market private equity firm that has provided buyout and growth capital to industry-leading companies in the business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2	Falfurrias Management Partners	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	59 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Falfurrias Management Partners is a Charlotte-based private equity investment firm that acquires or invests in lower, middle-market businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3	Pamlico Capital	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pamlico Capital seeks equity and buyout investments in growing businesses that serve the communications, healthcare, services and software industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4	Summit Park	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Summit Park is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based private investment firm focused on investing in the lower middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	Capitala Group	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Capitala Group is a leading private markets investment firm that has been investing private credit and private equity capital to lower middle-market businesses throughout North…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	Frontier Growth	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Frontier Growth supports the growth of software companies in the lower middle market by deploying both investment capital and operational expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7	Kian Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Proud to be recognized on Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list for six consecutive years, Kian seeks to forge partnerships to ignite growth and build enduring value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	Garden City Equity	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1,001-5,000	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Garden City Equity is a people-first holding company that acquires and grows family- and founder-owned businesses for the long term.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9	Carousel Capital	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Carousel Capital is a private investment firm that focuses on investing in companies located in the Southeastern United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10	Broadtree Partners, LLC	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Broadtree Partners is an operationally-focused lower middle-market private equity firm that seeks to acquire $1-10MM EBITDA companies where we can install our leadership teams…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	Banbury Private Capital	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Banbury Private Capital ("BPC") is a private equity firm focused on serving as a growth partner to middle market founder- and privately-owned businesses seeking first-time…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12	Creativeco	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CreativeCo Capital invests equity capital in early growth stage software and highly tech-enabled services companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Roan Equity	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	Selwyn Equity Partners	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Selwyn Equity Partners is a progressive private equity firm with a unique and disciplined approach to helping companies achieve their business and human potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Blystone & Donaldson	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “An innovative private equity firm based in Charlotte, NC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	The Zabel Companies	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Zabel Companies ("Zabel") is a private investment firm dedicated to partnering with management teams to build small private companies over the long term.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17	Colville Group	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For the past 20 years, we have partnered with management teams to build businesses that are fierce competitors in their markets, great places to work and contributive to their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	Copeley Capital Management, INC	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Copeley Capital is a private investment firm based in Charlotte, NC, that manages a dedicated pool of capital and focuses on acquisitions of privately-owned, high-quality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19	Closingwell	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “30+ PE firms and 150+ portfolio companies use ClosingWell's premium software tools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	Colmont Group	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Colmont Group is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based private investment group that invests in small businesses in the Southeast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21	Axum Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Axum Capital Partners is a Charlotte-based private equity firm investing across the food and beverage vertical.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	Iron Partners LLC	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Iron Partners is a boutique private equity and advisory firm that specializing in helping business owners increase company value while achieving their personal goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23	Eastern Federal Corporation	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Eastern Federal Corporation and its affiliates Consolidated Realty Company, M&S Shopping Centers, and General Shopping Centers (together, “EFC”) have invested in real estate and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24	12 South Capital Partners	Partial evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a private investment partnership supporting Acquisition Entrepreneurs & Business Owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Cardinal Companies	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cardinal Companies was founded with the mission of providing an alternative to private equity for privately held businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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: private equity portfolio 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 private equity portfolio companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of private equity portfolio companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name private equity portfolio 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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Private equity portfolio companies based in Charlotte, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

62.7%Verified-email coverage

7.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

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Companies by employee count

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51-200

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Charlotte, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Charlotte, over 71 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 portfolio 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 Charlotte, United States whose own description of what they do matches “private equity portfolio 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 private equity portfolio 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 private equity portfolio companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Charlotte 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, 325 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 14, 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.

Private equity portfolio companies by metro in the United States

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 private equity portfolio 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 private equity portfolio companies are there based in Charlotte, United States?

RevenueBase identified 71 private equity portfolio companies headquartered in Charlotte, 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?

Ridgemont Equity Partners, headquartered in Charlotte, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most private equity portfolio companies?

New York leads the United States with 913 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (289) and San Francisco (230). Charlotte has 71.

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 325 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 71 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 14, 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.