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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
Founded in 2013, Access Holdings is a next-generation alternative asset management firm with offices in New York, NY, and Baltimore, MD. Focused on providing investors with access to the lower-middle…
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Acharya Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Manufacturing, Technology
Aldrich Capital Partners (ACP) is a growth equity firm focused on investing in rapidly scaling, founder-led, and bootstrapped companies across the software, healthcare IT, and tech-enabled services sectors in North…
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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
Founded in 2010, Altamont Capital Partners (“Altamont”) is a private equity firm focused on transforming and scaling lower-middle market companies through significant business-building and value-creation resources. Altamont makes long-term, control…
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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 invests…
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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 a nationwide presence, our team of 30 employees builds strong relationships with local…
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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 valued up to $500 million. The firm has…
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Bow River Capital

Denver ,
CO
Business Services, Healthcare, Industrial
Bow River Private Equity acquires majority stakes in founder-owned services businesses across three core verticals: industrial services, business services, and healthcare services. The firm is currently investing out of Fund…
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Boyne Capital

Miami ,
FL
Agriculture, Business Services, Consumer Services, Energy, Healthcare, Industrial, Technology
Founded in 2006, Boyne Capital is a Miami-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies (revenues between $10 and $100mm and generally $3 to $15 million in…
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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. Clarendon selects investment opportunities that leverage its experience and relationships which can produce meaningful…
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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 that for the past 26 years has specialized in the acquisition and recapitalization of lower middle market companies in North America in the…
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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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The TOP 50 PE Firms for Executives in the Middle Market™ award program recognizes leading private equity firms who create strategies that best enable their executives to succeed.

Acharya Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Manufacturing, Technology
Aldrich Capital Partners (ACP) is a growth equity firm focused on investing in rapidly scaling, founder-led, and bootstrapped companies across the software, healthcare IT, and tech-enabled services sectors in North…
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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 is a private equity firm focused on control investments in U.S. middle-market industrial and business services companies. With over $2.5 billion in AUM and more than 110…
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Salt Creek Capital

Woodside ,
CA
Business Services, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Industrial
Salt Creek Capital is a San Francisco Bay Area-based private equity firm that partners with accomplished operating executives to build lower middle market companies into industry leaders. We acquire profitable…
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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 for Founders in the Middle Market™ award program acknowledges private equity firms that focus on partnering with family and founders-owned businesses.

Acharya Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Manufacturing, Technology
Aldrich Capital Partners (ACP) is a growth equity firm focused on investing in rapidly scaling, founder-led, and bootstrapped companies across the software, healthcare IT, and tech-enabled services sectors in North…
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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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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 that for the past 26 years has specialized in the acquisition and recapitalization of lower middle market companies in North America in the…
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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 is a private equity firm focused on control investments in U.S. middle-market industrial and business services companies. With over $2.5 billion in AUM and more than 110…
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Heartwood Partners

Norwalk ,
CT
Agriculture, Business Services, Consumer Products, Industrial, Industrial Services, Manufacturing
Heartwood Partners is managing committed private equity funds using a unique approach.  Heartwood attracts and supports high-quality family, management and founder companies with EBITDA between $5 and $30 million by…
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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. We 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 is a San Francisco Bay Area-based private equity firm that partners with accomplished operating executives to build lower middle market companies into industry leaders. We acquire profitable…
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Soundcore Capital Partners

New York ,
NY
Business Services, Distribution, Industrial Services, Manufacturing
Soundcore Capital Partners (“SCP”) is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on acquiring recession resistant companies directly from founders and methodically creating market leading buy-and-build platforms. Founded in March…
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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 investing in lower middle market companies. The firm was founded in 2006 and has completed 26 platform…
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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 $8 billion of regulatory assets under management. Trive focuses on investing equity and debt in what it…
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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 LLC is a private investment firm that began operations in late 2011 and is focused on management buyouts, recapitalizations and investments in leading middle market companies. We…
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