2026 Top 50 PE Firms in the Middle Market Winners

The TOP 50 PE Firms in the Middle Market™ is the oldest and most respected program designed specifically to acknowledge and promote small and mid-sized leading private equity firms in the middle market.

Access Holdings

Baltimore ,
MD
Business Services, Consumer Services
Access Holdings is a middle-market private equity firm headquartered in Baltimore that leverages proprietary digital tools to scale and innovate its platform businesses. Founded in 2013, Access was a non-fund…
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AEA Elevate

San Francisco ,
CA
Technology
AEA Elevate partners with professional services companies to accelerate growth with artificial intelligence and technology enablement. Offering control as well as non-control equity capital, AEA Elevate takes a solutions-oriented approach…
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Altamont Capital Partners

Palo Alto ,
CA
Business Services, Consumer Services, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Restaurants & Franchising, Tech-Enabled Services
Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont) is a private equity firm with more than $4 billion under management, focused primarily on making long-term, control investments in middle-market businesses. Altamont is often drawn…
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Argand Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Industrial, Manufacturing
Argand Partners, LP (“Argand”) is a New York-based middle-market private equity firm with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Miami. Founded in 2015 by prior senior investment team…
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Argosy Private Equity

Wayne ,
PA
Business Services, Manufacturing
Founded in 1990, Argosy Private Equity is a lower middle market private equity firm dedicated to growing and professionalizing U.S. manufacturing and business services companies, often family owned. Argosy has…
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AUA Private Equity Partners

West Palm Beach ,
FL
Business Services, Consumer Services
AUA Private Equity Partners is a West Palm Beach, FL based, operationally-focused, lower middle-market investment firm providing strategic capital to companies in the consumer products and services sectors with a…
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Banner Capital

Lehi ,
UT
Business Services, Consumer Services, Healthcare
Banner Capital is a lower middle market private equity firm founded in 2020 with $686M in assets under management. With offices in Utah and Arizona, we focus on founder-led and…
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Blackford Capital

Grand Rapids ,
MI
Blackford Capital is a lower middle-market private equity firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The firm focuses on majority-control investments in family- and founder-owned industrial businesses,…
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Blue Point Capital Partners

Charlotte ,
NC
Business Services, Consumer Services, Industrial
Blue Point Capital Partners is a private equity firm managing over $1.8 billion in committed capital. With nationwide resources, their team fosters strong relationships with local and regional entrepreneurs and…
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Blue Sea Capital

West Palm Beach ,
FL
Aerospace, Defense, Healthcare, Industrial
Blue Sea Capital is a private equity firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida, that invests in growth-oriented lower middle market companies. The firm has over $1.4 billion in committed…
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Bow River Capital

Denver ,
CO
Business Services, Healthcare, Industrial
Bow River Capital is a private alternative asset company based in Denver, Colorado, focused on investing in the lower middle market in three asset classes including private credit, private equity…
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Boyne Capital

Miami ,
FL
Agriculture, Business Services, Consumer Services, Energy, Healthcare, Industrial, Technology
Boyne Capital is a Florida-based private equity firm focused on investments in lower middle market companies. Boyne aims to be a solution provider for founders, owners, and operators by helping…
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Capitala Group

Charlotte ,
NC
Business Services, Healthcare, Industrial
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 America for over twenty-five years.…
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CapitalSpring

Franchise Services, Restaurants & Franchising
CapitalSpring is a leading private equity and debt investment firm focused on foodservice, multi-location business models and related industries. For over 20 years, we have supported proven management teams with…
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Capstreet

Houston ,
TX
Industrial Services, Software, Tech-Enabled Companies
Capstreet is a lower middle-market private equity firm that invests in software, tech-enabled services, and industrial business services companies. Leveraging its proprietary Capvalue® value creation framework and a dedicated operating…
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Clarendon Capital

Tysons ,
VA
Distribution, Logistics, Transportation
Clarendon was founded with a focus on making investments in the transportation, logistics and distribution sector. The Firm selects investment opportunities that leverage its experience and relationships which can produce…
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Clarion Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Technology
Clarion Capital Partners is a New York-based investment manager operating two primary business segments: Private Equity (launched in 1999) and Credit (launched in 2018). Clarion Private Equity makes majority and…
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Clearview Capital

Stamford ,
CT
Business Services, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Industrial, Manufacturing
Clearview Capital is a private investment firm specializing in the acquisition and recapitalization of lower middle market companies in North America. Since inception, the Clearview Capital team has completed 164…
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Diversis Capital

Los Angeles ,
CA
Technology
Diversis Capital is a Los Angeles based private equity firm focused on partnering with lower middle market software and technology enabled businesses. Founded in 2013 by Kevin Ma and Ron…
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Edison Partners

Nashville ,
TN
Financial Services, Tech-Enabled Services, Technology
Edison Partners is a leading growth equity firm, which provides the key financial and intellectual capital and operating support that CEOs and their executive teams need to grow and scale…
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The TOP 50 PE Firms in the Middle Market™ is the oldest and most respected program designed specifically to acknowledge and promote small and mid-sized leading private equity firms in the middle market.

Frontenac

Chicago ,
IL
Business Services, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Industrial
Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm. The firm focuses on investing in lower middle market buyout transactions in the consumer, industrial, and services industries. Frontenac works in partnership with…
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GenNx360 Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Industrial
GenNx360 Capital Partners, founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City, is a private equity buyout firm managing $2.4 billion in assets. The Firm specializes in control investments in…
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Salt Creek Capital

Woodside ,
CA
Business Services, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Industrial
Salt Creek Capital, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializes in partnering with seasoned operating executives to transform promising lower middle market companies into industry leaders. Salt Creek Capital…
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TRP Capital Partners

Birmingham ,
MI
TRP Capital Partners is one of the few private equity firms solely focused on making investments in compelling businesses in multiple commercial and consumer segments of the transportation industry. Utilizing…
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The TOP 50 PE Firms in the Middle Market™ is the oldest and most respected program designed specifically to acknowledge and promote small and mid-sized leading private equity firms in the middle market.

AUA Private Equity Partners

West Palm Beach ,
FL
Business Services, Consumer Services
AUA Private Equity Partners is a West Palm Beach, FL based, operationally-focused, lower middle-market investment firm providing strategic capital to companies in the consumer products and services sectors with a…
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Blackford Capital

Grand Rapids ,
MI
Blackford Capital is a lower middle-market private equity firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The firm focuses on majority-control investments in family- and founder-owned industrial businesses,…
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Clearview Capital

Stamford ,
CT
Business Services, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Industrial, Manufacturing
Clearview Capital is a private investment firm specializing in the acquisition and recapitalization of lower middle market companies in North America. Since inception, the Clearview Capital team has completed 164…
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Edison Partners

Nashville ,
TN
Financial Services, Tech-Enabled Services, Technology
Edison Partners is a leading growth equity firm, which provides the key financial and intellectual capital and operating support that CEOs and their executive teams need to grow and scale…
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Frontenac

Chicago ,
IL
Business Services, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Industrial
Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm. The firm focuses on investing in lower middle market buyout transactions in the consumer, industrial, and services industries. Frontenac works in partnership with…
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GenNx360 Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Industrial
GenNx360 Capital Partners, founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City, is a private equity buyout firm managing $2.4 billion in assets. The Firm specializes in control investments in…
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Heartwood Partners

Norwalk ,
CT
Agriculture, Business Services, Consumer Products, Industrial, Industrial Services, Manufacturing
Heartwood Partners intertwines deep strategic and financial expertise to be a true partner to founders and owners seeking to enhance their businesses’ performance. They focus on working with family and…
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Mainsail Partners

Austin ,
TX
Software, Technology
Mainsail Partners is a growth equity firm that invests in bootstrapped B2B software companies to help them grow into market leaders. Our team is purpose-built to include experienced investors and…
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Pfingsten Partners

Chicago ,
IL
Business Services, Industrial, Manufacturing
Pfingsten is an operationally-oriented private equity firm focused on building better businesses. They have invested in entrepreneur and family-owned manufacturing, distribution and business services companies for over 35 years. Headquartered…
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Platte River Equity

Denver ,
CO
Industrial
Founded in 2006 and based in Denver, CO, Platte River Equity is a private equity firm focused on investments in established lower middle market operating companies within targeted industrial sectors…
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Salt Creek Capital

Woodside ,
CA
Business Services, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Industrial
Salt Creek Capital, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializes in partnering with seasoned operating executives to transform promising lower middle market companies into industry leaders. Salt Creek Capital…
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Soundcore Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Distribution, Industrial Services, Manufacturing
Founded in 2015, Soundcore is a private equity firm based in New York City. The firm is a thesis driven consolidator, specializing in value buy and build investments (having acquired…
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Summit Park

Charlotte ,
NC
Business Services, Consumer Services, Industria
Summit Park is a Charlotte, North Carolina based private equity firm focused on making control investments in founder-led, lower middle market businesses. The firm was founded in 2006 and has…
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Tower Arch Capital Partners

Salt Lake ,
UT
Business Services, Industrial, Technology
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, Tower Arch Capital is a growth-oriented middle market private equity firm. Tower Arch seeks to partner with high-quality family- and entrepreneur- owned companies to…
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Trive Capital

Dallas ,
TX
Aerospace, Auto-Aftermarket
Trive Capital is a Dallas, Texas based private equity firm with more than $7 billion of regulatory assets under management and invest in both equity and debt in order to…
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TRP Capital Partners

Birmingham ,
MI
TRP Capital Partners is one of the few private equity firms solely focused on making investments in compelling businesses in multiple commercial and consumer segments of the transportation industry. Utilizing…
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Vesey Street Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Healthcare
Vesey Street Capital Partners (VSCP) is a private equity firm specializing in investments within the healthcare services sector, with a focus on lower middle-market businesses that deliver innovative, cost-effective, and…
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White Wolf Capital

Miami ,
FL
Aerospace, Business Services, Defense, Industrial, Technology
White Wolf Capital Group is a private investment firm that began operations in 2011, focusing on management buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth investments in leading middle-market companies. They are an operationally…
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