Private Equity Firms in North Carolina
20 private equity firms are on this list. Of those that report private fund gross assets from a main office in North Carolina, Ridgemont Partners Management is the largest: $10.2 billion through Ridgemont Partners Management, LLC (filed ).
Pamlico Capital follows with $5.3 billion. The 20 firms counted report $32.4 billion together; the ten largest hold 96% of it, and half report less than $332 million.
Updated . Rechecked quarterly; next check . Figures read , as filed to .
- $10BN to $25BN32%1 firm
- $5BN to $10BN16%1 firm
- $1BN to $5BN45%6 firms
- $500MM to $1BN2%1 firm
- Under $500MM5%11 firms
Latest Form ADV of each, filed Feb 2026 to Sep 2026. Read ; sources at the end of the page.
- Private equity firms listedList of October 2026; 20 are private equity firms
- 20
- Combined fund assets20 counted; as filed to Sep 2026
- $32.4BN
- Median firmHalf of the 20 report less
- $332MM
- Held by the ten largestOf the $32.4BN combined
- 96%
Ridgemont Partners Management, Pamlico Capital and QHP Capital lead the North Carolina private equity firms by fund assets
The ten largest by private fund gross assets on their latest Form ADV. Together they report $31.2BN, 96% of the $32.4BN the 20 counted report.
- 1
Ridgemont Partners Management
Private equity firm, Charlotte
- 2
Pamlico Capital
Private equity firm, Charlotte
- 3
QHP Capital
Private equity firm, Raleigh
- 4
Falfurrias Management Partners
Private equity firm, Charlotte
- 5
Carousel Capital Management Company
Private equity firm, Charlotte
- 6
Halifax Investment Management
Private equity firm, Raleigh
- 7
FC Capital Management
Growth equity firm, Charlotte
- 8
Kian Capital Partners
Private equity firm, Charlotte
- 9
SPP Management Services
Private equity firm, Charlotte
- 10
Garden City Management
Private equity firm, Charlotte
Gross assets of the private funds each adviser reported in its latest Form ADV. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure; the ranking rule and sources are at the end of the page. Read .
One firm holds a third of the fund assets
How the 20 firms counted spread by size: most are small, the dollars sit at the top.
One dot per firm counted. Read .
Fund assets each reported in its latest filing; shares are of the $32.4BN combined, one row per firm. Read .
32%
of the fund assets reported sits with one firm, Ridgemont Partners Management. The five largest hold 80%; 12 of 20 report under $1 billion.
- Private equity firms20
Kind of each, from its own website and filings, checked October 2026.
- Charlotte13
- Raleigh4
- Chapel Hill1
- Mount Holly1
- Winston-Salem1
Main office on each firm's Form ADV.
Leaders beyond the ranking
Figures the main ranking does not compare: most private funds.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ridgemont Partners Management | 32Mar 2026 |
| 2 | SPP Management Services | 29Mar 2026 |
| 3 | QHP Capital | 15Sep 2026 |
| 4 | Carousel Capital Management Company | 10May 2026 |
| 5 | The Zabel Companies | 10Mar 2026 |
| 6 | Halifax Investment Management | 8Mar 2026 |
| 7 | FC Capital Management | 7Mar 2026 |
| 8 | Kian Capital Partners | 7Mar 2026 |
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All 20 private equity firms
A to Z, with each firm's private fund gross assets, private funds, listed stocks and fund offerings, each with a pin to its filing; firms with no figure show the interests they state on their own sites.
Showing all 20 firms
The first 30 are shown here; find, a kind or a size shows every match.
No row matches. Clear the find field or choose All.
Fund assets are the gross assets of the private funds in the adviser's latest Form ADV (solid bar; grey when the firm is not in the totals). Listed stocks are the US listed securities a firm reports each quarter; fund offerings count the private offering notices of funds named for the firm in two years. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure. The square beside a name opens every figure with its filing and notes.
One firm holds a third of the money
Four findings from the filings of the 20 firms counted.
- 32%
of the $32.4 billion the 20 firms counted report is one firm's: Ridgemont Partners Management. Without it, the other 19 report $22.1 billion.
Fund assets, latest Form ADV of each; sums of filed figures
- $332MM
is the median: half of the 20 report less, and 12 report under $1 billion.
Fund assets, latest Form ADV of each
- 158
private funds are advised by the firms counted; Ridgemont Partners Management advises the most, 32.
Private funds on each Form ADV (Schedule D); sums of filed figures
- 14
of the 20 have their main office in Charlotte; the next place is Raleigh, with 4.
Main office on each Form ADV
Questions
How many private equity firms are there in North Carolina?
This list holds 20 private equity firms in North Carolina; 20 of them report private fund gross assets on Form ADV, $32.4 billion together.
What are the largest private equity firms in North Carolina?
By the private fund gross assets they report: Ridgemont Partners Management $10.2 billion, Pamlico Capital $5.3 billion, QHP Capital $4.7 billion, Falfurrias Management Partners $3.7 billion, Carousel Capital Management Company $1.9 billion.
How much do private equity firms in North Carolina typically manage?
Of the 20 that report, the median reports $332 million in private fund gross assets; 12 report under $1 billion.
How do you start a relationship with private equity firms in North Carolina?
Each firm on this page links to its own website, and each figure carries a pin that opens the public filing it comes from. For fund managers and companies raising capital, Praxis Rock runs capital formation programs; see Raise Capital.
Sources and method
- Who is listed
- 20 private equity firms, 20 are private equity firms, as researched for this list; no row leaves the list.
- Ranking rule
- The top 10, every total, share and median, the charts and the answers to the questions use one set: the 20 advisers that report private fund gross assets in their latest SEC Form ADV, with a main office in North Carolina, that the filing itself ties to the row (the CRD the list cites, or the row's own website in Item 1.I), one figure per adviser. A name match with no such tie is shown in the row's detail only, never ranked or counted.
- Our arithmetic
- The $32.4BN, the median, shares, charts and boards are sums and medians of filed numbers over that one set; 0 firms with a figure outside it stay listed with the figure and the reason.
- Pins
- Each figure's pin opens the filing it comes from: the adviser's Form ADV as filed, or the SEC filing index of its 13F report or of the latest private offering notice (Form D). The pin's label names the source and its date.
- What we searched
- On we searched every firm by its website against the websites advisers list on Form ADV, by the CRD the list cites, by name for Form ADV, and by every CIK found for 13F reports, and searched private offering notices for funds named for it. Of the 20, 20 report on a current Form ADV, 1 file 13F reports (0 for a 2026 quarter with a value), 0 have funds named for them in private offering notices, and 0 more show a possible match by name only in their detail, not counted.
- Words
- Kinds and interests are each firm's own, from its website. No person names are shown.
| Figure | Source | Period, read |
|---|---|---|
| Assets, private funds, client types, main office, employees | SEC Form ADV adviser data, October 2026 report, and each adviser's Form ADV as filed, 20 advisers | Filings to 2026-10-01; read 2026-10-31 |
| Listed stocks | SEC EDGAR Form 13F, 1 filers | Latest quarter; read 2026-10-31 |
| Private offering notices of funds named for a firm | SEC EDGAR full text search, Form D and D/A | 2024-10-31 to 2026-10-31 |
| Kind, interests and website | Each firm's own website, as researched for this list | Checked 2026-10-31 |
| Logos | Each firm's own website; a monogram where none checks | Read 2026-10-31 |
Cite as: Praxis Rock Advisors, "Private Equity Firms in North Carolina," updated October 31, 2026, praxisrock.com/resources/investors/pe-firms-north-carolina