Gruntal & Co. was a boutique investment banking and brokerage firm based in New York City.

Additionally, the firm had a well-regarded investment banking, equity research as well as sales and trading operations.

In 2002, Ryan Beck, a New Jersey–based investment banking firm, announced the acquisition of the bulk of the operations Gruntal.

The firm, which had already been struggling to compete with the bulge bracket investment banks suffered the temporary loss of its headquarters after the September 11 attacks.

Gruntal had already been eliminating certain businesses, including its corporate bond trading department in July 2001.