List of private equity firms

Below is a list of notable private equity firms.

Largest private equity firms by PE capital raised
Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years.

In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained top spot back from KKR.

List of investment banking private equity groups
^ Defunct banking institution

Americas

 * 🇧🇷 3G Capital
 * 🇺🇸 ABS Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Adams Street Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Advent International
 * 🇺🇸 AEA Investors
 * 🇺🇸 American Securities
 * 🇺🇸 Angelo, Gordon & Co.
 * 🇺🇸 Apollo Global Management
 * 🇺🇸 Ares Management
 * 🇺🇸 Arcline Investment Management
 * 🇺🇸 Arlington Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Auldbrass Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Avenue Capital Group
 * 🇺🇸 Avista Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Bain Capital
 * 🇺🇸 BDT & MSD Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Berkshire Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Blackstone Group
 * 🇺🇸 Blue Owl Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Blum Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Brentwood Associates
 * 🇺🇸 Brockway Moran & Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
 * 🇺🇸 Brynwood Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Brysam Global Partners
 * 🇺🇸 CapitalG
 * 🇺🇸 Carlyle Group
 * 🇺🇸 Castle Harlan
 * 🇺🇸 CCMP Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Centerbridge Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Cerberus Capital Management
 * 🇺🇸 Charlesbank Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Charterhouse Group
 * 🇺🇸 Chicago Growth Partners
 * 🇺🇸 CI Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 CIVC Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Clarity Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
 * 🇺🇸 Clearlake Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Colony Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Court Square Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Crescent Capital Group
 * 🇺🇸 CrossHarbor Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Crossroads Group
 * 🇺🇸 Cypress Group
 * 🇺🇸 Defoe Fournier & Cie.
 * 🇺🇸 Diamond Castle Holdings
 * 🇺🇸 DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
 * 🇺🇸 EIG Global Energy Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Elevation Partners
 * 🇺🇸 EnCap Investments
 * 🇺🇸 Energy Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Fenway Partners
 * 🇺🇸 First Reserve Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Forstmann Little & Company
 * 🇺🇸 Fortress Investment Group
 * 🇺🇸 Founders Circle Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Fox Paine & Company
 * 🇺🇸 Francisco Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Freeman Spogli & Co.
 * 🇺🇸 Fremont Group
 * 🇺🇸 Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
 * 🇺🇸 Frontenac Company
 * 🇺🇸 General Atlantic
 * 🇺🇸 Genstar Capital
 * 🇺🇸 GI Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Golden Gate Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Gores Group
 * 🇧🇷 GP Investimentos
 * 🇺🇸 GTCR
 * 🇺🇸 H.I.G. Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Hamilton Lane
 * 🇺🇸 Harbert Management Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 HarbourVest Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Harvest Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Heartland Industrial Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Hellman & Friedman
 * 🇺🇸 Highbridge Capital Management
 * 🇺🇸 Highland Capital Management
 * 🇺🇸 HM Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 HPS Investment Partners
 * 🇺🇸 InterMedia Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Irving Place Capital
 * 🇺🇸 J.H. Whitney & Company
 * 🇺🇸 J.W. Childs Associates
 * 🇺🇸 JC Flowers
 * 🇺🇸 JLL Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Jordan Company
 * 🇺🇸 Kelso & Company
 * 🇺🇸 Khosla Ventures
 * 🇺🇸 Kinderhook Industries
 * 🇺🇸 Kleiner Perkins
 * 🇺🇸 Kohlberg & Company
 * 🇺🇸 KPS Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 KRG Capital
 * 🇺🇸 L Catterton
 * 🇺🇸 Lake Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Landmark Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Lee Equity Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Leeds Equity Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Leonard Green & Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Lexington Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Lightyear Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Lincolnshire Management
 * 🇺🇸 Lindsay Goldberg Bessemer
 * 🇺🇸 Littlejohn & Co.
 * 🇺🇸 Lone Star Funds
 * 🇺🇸 Lovell Minnick Partners
 * 🇺🇸 LRG Capital Funds
 * 🇺🇸 Lux Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Dearborn Partners
 * 🇺🇸 MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
 * 🇺🇸 Metalmark Capital
 * 🇺🇸 MidOcean Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley Private Equity
 * 🇺🇸 Morgenthaler
 * 🇺🇸 NRDC Equity Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Oak Hill Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Oak Investment Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Olympus Partners
 * 🇺🇸 One Equity Partners
 * 🇨🇦 Onex Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 PAAMCO
 * 🇺🇸 Pamlico Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Platinum Equity
 * 🇧🇷 Prolifico Group
 * 🇺🇸 Providence Equity Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Quadrangle Group
 * 🇺🇸 Redpoint Ventures
 * 🇺🇸 Rhône Group
 * 🇺🇸 Riordan, Lewis & Haden
 * 🇺🇸 Ripplewood Holdings
 * 🇺🇸 Riverside Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Riverstone Holdings
 * 🇺🇸 Roark Capital Group
 * 🇺🇸 RPX Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Sentinel Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Silver Lake Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Stonepeak
 * 🇺🇸 Summit Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Sun Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Sycamore Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Symphony Technology Group
 * 🇺🇸 TA Associates
 * 🇺🇸 Tavistock Group
 * 🇺🇸 TCV
 * 🇺🇸 Thayer Hidden Creek
 * 🇺🇸 Thoma Bravo
 * 🇺🇸 Thoma Cressey Bravo
 * 🇺🇸 Thomas H. Lee Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Tiger Global Management
 * 🇺🇸 TowerBrook Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 TPG Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Trilantic Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Trivest
 * 🇺🇸 TSG Consumer Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Värde Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Veritas Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Veronis Suhler Stevenson
 * 🇺🇸 Vestar Capital Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Vista Equity Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Vivo Capital
 * 🇺🇸 Vulcan Capital Management
 * 🇺🇸 Warburg Pincus
 * 🇺🇸 Warwick Energy Group
 * 🇺🇸 Wellspring Capital Management
 * 🇺🇸 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
 * 🇺🇸 Wesray Capital Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Weston Presidio
 * 🇺🇸 Willis Stein & Partners
 * 🇺🇸 Wind Point Partners
 * 🇺🇸 WL Ross & Co.
 * 🇺🇸 Yucaipa Cos.
 * 🇺🇸 Zelnick Media Capital

Asia

 * 🇨🇳 Addor Capital
 * 🇭🇰 Affinity Equity Partners
 * 🇦🇺 Archer Capital
 * 🇸🇬 Axiom Asia
 * 🇭🇰 Baring Private Equity Asia
 * 🇦🇺 BGH Capital
 * 🇭🇰 Boyu Capital
 * 🇸🇬 CBC Group
 * 🇨🇳 Centurium Capital
 * 🇨🇳 China Media Capital
 * 🇨🇳 China Merchants Capital
 * 🇨🇳 China Reform Fund Management
 * 🇨🇳 CITIC Capital
 * 🇨🇳 Cowin Capital
 * 🇨🇳 DCP Capital
 * 🇸🇬 Dymon Asia Private Equity
 * 🇲🇾 Ekuinas
 * 🇭🇰 FountainVest Partners
 * 🇭🇰 H&Q Asia Pacific
 * 🇸🇬 Hillhouse Capital Group
 * 🇨🇳 Hony Capital
 * 🇯🇵 JAFCO
 * 🇰🇭 Leopard Capital LP
 * Mekong Capital
 * 🇰🇷 MBK Partners
 * 🇸🇬 Northstar Group
 * 🇨🇳 Oriza Holdings
 * 🇦🇺 Pacific Equity Partners
 * 🇭🇰 PAG
 * 🇭🇰 Primavera Capital Group
 * 🇸🇬 Quadria Capital
 * 🇦🇺 Quadrant Private Equity
 * 🇸🇬 RRJ Capital
 * 🇸🇬 Seavi Advent
 * Tybourne Capital Management
 * Welkin Capital Management
 * 🇨🇳 Yunfeng Capital
 * 🇨🇳 Zhongzhi Capital

EMEA

 * 3i
 * Actis
 * 🇳🇱 AlpInvest Partners
 * 🇸🇪 Altor Equity Partners
 * Apax Partners
 * 🇧🇭 Arcapita
 * 🇫🇷 Ardian
 * 🇳🇴 Argentum Fondsinvesteringer
 * 🇩🇰 Axcel
 * 🇩🇪 Aurelius Group
 * 🇷🇺 Baring Vostok Capital Partners
 * BC Partners
 * 🇱🇺 BIP Investment Partners
 * Bridgepoint Capital
 * 🇫🇷 Butler Capital Partners
 * 🇫🇮 CapMan
 * 🇨🇭 Capital Dynamics
 * 🇨🇭 Capvis
 * Charterhouse Capital Partners
 * Cinven
 * Close Brothers Group
 * Coller Capital
 * 🇱🇺 Conquest Asset Management
 * 🇩🇰 C.W. Obel
 * 🇱🇺 CVC Capital Partners
 * Doughty Hanson & Co
 * 🇰🇾 DST Global
 * Dubai International Capital
 * Duke Street Capital
 * 🇿🇦 EMVest Asset Management
 * 🇸🇪 EQT AB
 * 🇫🇷 Eurazeo
 * 🇳🇴 Ferd
 * 🇫🇷 Fondinvest Capital
 * 🇧🇭 GFH Capital
 * 🇧🇪 GIMV
 * Graphite Capital
 * 🇨🇭 GK Investment
 * HgCapital
 * 🇷🇺 ICT Group
 * 🇫🇷 Idinvest Partners
 * 🇷🇺 IFD Kapital Group
 * IK Investment Partners
 * 🇮🇱 Infinity Group
 * Investindustrial
 * Intermediate Capital Group
 * 🇧🇭 Investcorp
 * 🇸🇦 Jadwa Investment
 * Kennet Partners
 * 🇳🇴 Kistefos
 * 🇱🇮 LGT Capital Partners
 * Livingbridge
 * 🇩🇰 M. Goldschmidt Holding
 * 🇬🇷 Marfin Investment Group
 * MerchantBridge
 * Meyer Bergman
 * 🇭🇺 Mid Europa Partners
 * 🇩🇪 Mutares
 * 🇸🇪 Nordic Capital
 * 🇳🇴 Norfund
 * OpCapita
 * 🇫🇷 PAI Partners
 * Pantheon Ventures
 * 🇨🇭 Partners Group
 * Permira
 * Phoenix Equity Partners
 * 🇸🇪 Ratos
 * 🇿🇦 Riovic Capital Group
 * Silverfleet Capital Partners
 * SL Capital Partners
 * 🇧🇪 Sofina
 * SVG Capital
 * Terra Firma Capital Partners
 * Unbound Group
 * Vitruvian Partners

Related lists

 * Private-equity firm articles (Wikipedia category)
 * Venture capital firm articles (Wikipedia category)
 * Private-equity fund of funds
 * List of venture capital firms
 * List of real estate investment firms
 * Sovereign wealth fund

Other lists

 * List of hedge funds
 * List of investment banks
 * List of asset management firms
 * Boutique investment bank