The rankings of the most active private credit firms are now available. You can click on firm names to take a deeper dive into a firm’s public PitchBook profile and explore their top-line stats. (As only public PitchBook profiles are available, we recommend clients log in to their account after identifying the firms they wish to review in order to view firms’ full activity.)
These rankings are designed to capture activity across the private credit direct lending market, covering both PE-backed and non-PE-backed transactions. The tables include a broad range of private debt financings, including acquisition financings, buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings, and general corporate debt transactions, while excluding broadly syndicated loans and other financing types that fall outside the scope of private credit. Activity is segmented by borrower EBITDA size, allowing users to compare firms’ participation across different market segments.
The rankings are based on league table credit awarded to qualifying lenders for eligible transactions submitted to PitchBook by the applicable deadline, as well as eligible deals tracked by PitchBook news and research. Transactions are limited to qualifying private credit investments made to companies headquartered in the United States and Europe and exclude broadly syndicated loans, real estate financings, debt provided to public companies, and other out-of-scope transaction types.
The rankings are based on league table credit awarded to qualifying lenders participating in eligible transactions. Multiple debt facilities completed for the same company on the same closing date are combined and counted as a single transaction for league table purposes. Credit is allocated based on qualifying debt commitments and lender roles reported for each transaction.
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