United States private equity atlas

A national map of private-equity people and firms

This page reports records in the index. The figures are coverage counts, not estimates of each market’s total private-equity workforce.

Map geometry: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundaries via us-atlas.

How to read the counts

The market cards total 476 profile records. 450 have person-level or official office-directory location evidence. 26 use a labeled firm-office association. The 18 unique firm records create 25 market associations because some firms appear in more than one market.

West

San Francisco Bay Area

Technology-oriented buyout, growth-equity and operating talent across San Francisco, Menlo Park and the broader Bay Area.

114 profiles in index10 firm records

West

Los Angeles

Large-cap, middle-market and operationally focused private equity centered in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

19 profiles in index3 firm records

South

Austin

A growing technology and financial-services investment hub with expanding private-capital offices.

2 profiles in index1 firm records

South

Fort Worth

A major Texas base for diversified alternative investment platforms and private-market operations.

3 profiles in index1 firm records

Midwest

Chicago

A long-established center for middle-market buyouts, sector specialization and management-partnership strategies.

15 profiles in index2 firm records

Midwest

Cleveland

A regional lower-middle-market hub with industrial, services and value-creation expertise.

14 profiles in index1 firm records

Southeast

Charlotte

A Southeast private-capital and financial-services center with regional middle-market coverage.

7 profiles in index1 firm records

Mid-Atlantic

Washington, DC

A global private-equity center shaped by policy, government, defense, technology and regulated industries.

8 profiles in index1 firm records

Northeast

New York

The largest U.S. concentration of diversified alternative managers, buyout firms and private-market advisers.

263 profiles in index3 firm records

Northeast

Boston

A center for growth equity, technology, healthcare and long-tenured private-equity franchises.

31 profiles in index2 firm records