List of 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 2025 ranking, KKR regained the top spot from Blackstone Inc. who fell to third, behind EQT AB.

List of investment banking private equity groups

^ Defunct banking institution

Notable private equity firms

Americas

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

Asia

• CHN Addor Capital
• Hong Kong Affinity Equity Partners
• AUS Archer Capital
• Singapore Axiom Asia
• AUS BGH Capital
• Hong Kong Boyu Capital
• Singapore CBC Group
• CHN Centurium Capital
• CHN China Chengtong Holdings Group
• CHN China Media Capital
• CHN China Merchants Capital
• CHN China Reform Fund Management
• CHN CITIC Capital
• CHN CoStone Capital
• CHN Cowin Capital
• CHN CPE
• CHN DCP Capital
• Singapore Dymon Asia Private Equity
• Malaysia Ekuinas
• Hong Kong FountainVest Partners
• Singapore Hillhouse Capital Group
• China Hony Capital
• China Hopu Investment Management
• Japan JAFCO
• Japan JIC Capital
• Cambodia Leopard Capital LP
• Vietnam Mekong Capital
• South Korea MBK Partners
• Singapore Northstar Group
• China Oriza Holdings
• Australia Pacific Equity Partners
• Hong Kong PAG
• Hong Kong Primavera Capital Group
• Singapore Quadria Capital
• AUS Quadrant Private Equity
• Singapore RRJ Capital
• Singapore Seavi Advent
• China Tiantu Capital
• HK Tybourne Capital Management
• China Yunfeng Capital
• China Zhongzhi Capital
• Hong Kong ZWC Partners

EMEA

• UK 3i
• UK Actis
• Netherlands AlpInvest Partners
• Sweden Altor Equity Partners
• UK Apax Partners
• Bahrain Arcapita
• France Ardian
• Norway Argentum Fondsinvesteringer
• Denmark Axcel
• Germany Aurelius Group
• RUS Baring Vostok Capital Partners
• UK BC Partners
• Luxembourg BIP Investment Partners
• UK Bridgepoint Capital
• France Butler Capital Partners
• Finland CapMan
• Switzerland Capital Dynamics
• Switzerland Capvis
• UK Charterhouse Capital Partners
• UK Cinven
• UK Close Brothers Group
• UK Coller Capital
• Luxembourg Conquest Asset Management
• Denmark Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
• Denmark C.W. Obel
• Luxembourg CVC Capital Partners
• UK Doughty Hanson & Co
• CYM DST Global
• Dubai Dubai International Capital
• UK Duke Street Capital
• South Africa EMVest Asset Management
• Sweden EQT AB
• France Eurazeo
• Norway Ferd
• France Fondinvest Capital
• Bahrain GFH Capital
• Belgium GIMV
• UK Graphite Capital
• Switzerland GK Investment
• UK HgCapital
• Russia ICT Group
• France Idinvest Partners
• Russia IFD Kapital Group
• UK IK Investment Partners
• Israel Infinity Group
• UK Intermediate Capital Group
• Bahrain Investcorp
• Saudi Arabia Jadwa Investment
• UK Kennet Partners
• Norway Kistefos
• Liechtenstein LGT Capital Partners
• UK Livingbridge
• Denmark M. Goldschmidt Holding
• Greece Marfin Investment Group
• UK MerchantBridge
• UK Meyer Bergman
• Hungary Mid Europa Partners
• Abu Dhabi Mubadala Investment Company
• Germany Mutares
• Sweden Nordic Capital
• Norway Norfund
• UK OpCapita
• France PAI Partners
• UK Pantheon Ventures
• Switzerland Partners Group
• UK Permira
• UK Phoenix Equity Partners
• Sweden Ratos
• UK Silverfleet Capital Partners
• UK SL Capital Partners
• Belgium Sofina
• UK SVG Capital
• UK Terra Firma Capital Partners
• UK Unbound Group
• UK Vitruvian Partners

References

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