Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
private equity (including portfolio companies)
Subsidy Total:
$3,407,427,107
Number of Awards:
3,319
Time Period:
Earliest year of data: 1988. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this industry are for the period since 2011.
Notes:
The dollar total above adjusts for the fact that there is an overlap between the amounts in one or more Megadeal entries and those of one or more of the other entries. The total includes only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
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Apollo Global Management | $621,104,537 | 166 |
Riverstone Holdings | $470,847,933 | 71 |
Energy Capital Partners | $248,706,974 | 46 |
Blackstone | $159,681,961 | 63 |
Cerberus Capital Management | $145,651,931 | 100 |
Bridgewater Associates | $145,000,000 | 2 |
Onex | $142,728,768 | 75 |
Searchlight Capital | $135,000,000 | 3 |
Mid Oaks Investments | $130,260,586 | 29 |
EQT AB | $121,287,896 | 46 |
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Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
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STAPLES CONTRACT AND COMMERCIAL, INC. | Sycamore Partners Management | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | Ohio | state | 2000 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | $38,881 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Staples Contract and Commercial Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2013 | $2,180 | tax credit/rebate | |
Staples Contract and Commercial | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2013 | $2,845 | tax credit/rebate | |
Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $24,740 | training reimbursement | |
STAPLES CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL, INC. | Sycamore Partners Management | California | state | 2013 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
STAPLES CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL, INC. | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2016 | $1,211 | tax credit/rebate | |
STAPLES CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL, INC. | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2017 | $6,652 | tax credit/rebate | |
STAPLES CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL INC | Sycamore Partners Management | California | state | 2015 | $12,973 | training reimbursement | |
Staples Contract & Commercial - #10318, #10873 | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | $6,840 | tax credit/rebate | ||
Staples Business Delivery | Sycamore Partners Management | Florida | state | 2006 | $1,020,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | California | local | 2012 | undisclosed | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | California | local | 2012 | undisclosed | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2004 | $16,320 | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2004 | $16,680 | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2003 | $46,500 | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2003 | $46,500 | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2018 | $5,641 | tax credit/rebate | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2018 | $3,233 | tax credit/rebate | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2018 | $2,799 | tax credit/rebate | |
Stant USA Corp. | H.I.G. Capital | Indiana | state | 2011 | $300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Stant USA Corp. | H.I.G. Capital | Indiana | state | 2011 | $150,000 | training reimbursement | |
Stant USA Corp. | H.I.G. Capital | Indiana | state | 2015 | $200,000 | training reimbursement | |
Stant USA Corp. | H.I.G. Capital | Indiana | state | 2014 | $750,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
STANT USA CORP | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $67,665 | tax credit/rebate | |
STANT USA CORP | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $870,949 | tax credit/rebate | |
STANT USA CORP | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | $307,695 | tax credit/rebate | ||
STANT USA | H.I.G. Capital | Michigan | local | 2011 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
STANT | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $109,834 | tax credit/rebate | |
STANT | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | 2017 | $191,197 | training reimbursement | |
STANT | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | 2019 | $186,474 | tax credit/rebate | |
Standard Fruit & Vegetable | KKR & Co. | Texas | local | 1998 | $5,240 | property tax abatement | |
St. Joseph Energy Partners LLC | Ares Management | Indiana | local | 2015 | $60,000,000 |
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Springs Window Fashions LLC | Golden Gate Capital | Pennsylvania | state | $100,000 | training reimbursement | ||
Springs Window Fashions LLC | Golden Gate Capital | Pennsylvania | state | $60,000 | training reimbursement | ||
Springs Window Fashions | Golden Gate Capital | Michigan | state | 2014 | $4,000 | training reimbursement | |
Springfield Foodservice Corporation | Blackstone | Massachusetts | state | 2006 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sparton Medical Systems, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Ohio | state | 2002 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
SPARTON MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC | Cerberus Capital Management | Ohio | state | 2013 | $36,007 | grant | |
SPARTON MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC | Cerberus Capital Management | Ohio | state | 2013 | $36,007 | training reimbursement | |
SPARTON MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC | Cerberus Capital Management | Ohio | state | 2014 | $66,328 | grant | |
Sparton Medical Systems | Cerberus Capital Management | Colorado | state | 2013 | $93,992 | training reimbursement | |
SPARTON IRVINE LLC | Cerberus Capital Management | California | state | 2018 | $4,777 | training reimbursement | |
SPARTON CORPORATION | Cerberus Capital Management | Michigan | local | 2007 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2013 | $7,000 | grant | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2015 | $4,000 | grant | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2018 | $6,000 | grant | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2016 | $4,000 | grant | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2017 | $3,000 | grant | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2016 | $2,000 | grant | |
Sparton | Cerberus Capital Management | South Dakota | state | 2019 | $6,000 | grant | |
Spartech Polycom, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | Indiana | state | 2013 | $235,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Spartech Polycom, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | Indiana | state | 2013 | $75,000 | training reimbursement | |
Spartech Polycom, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | Ohio | state | 2006 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
SPARTECH PLASTICS LLC | Arsenal Capital Partners | Ohio | state | 2008 | $30,000 | grant | |
Spartech Plastics Company | Arsenal Capital Partners | Oregon | state | 2010 | $16,882 | tax credit/rebate | |
Spartech Industries | Arsenal Capital Partners | Mississippi | state | 2010 | $4,883 | training reimbursement | |
Spartech | Arsenal Capital Partners | Mississippi | state | 2009 | $3,740 | training reimbursement | |
Southwest Ambulance of Tucson | KKR & Co. | Arizona | state | 2013 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2012 | $64,250 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2014 | $56,185 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2013 | $54,194 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2015 | $64,250 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2016 | $64,250 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Graphic Systems, LLC | Onex | Kentucky | state | 2013 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
Southern Graphic Systems, LLC | Onex | New York | state | 2015 | $200,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Graphic Systems, Inc. | Onex | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $24,995 | training reimbursement | |
Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc. | Audax Group | Florida | state | 2008 | $90,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
SONIC RESTAURANTS | Roark Capital | United States | federal | 2009 | $1,130,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Sonic Drive In | Roark Capital | Texas | local | 2002 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sonic Drive In | Roark Capital | United States | federal | 2008 | $1,655,500 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
SONIC DRIVE IN | Roark Capital | United States | federal | 2007 | $1,397,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Sonic | Roark Capital | Texas | local | 2000 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
SONIC | Roark Capital | Nebraska | local | 2018 | $152,397 | tax increment financing | |
Solarwinds | Silver Lake | Utah | state | 2013 | $32,864,576 | tax credit/rebate | |
Smoothstone IP Communications Corporation | Apollo Global Management | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $500,000 | grant | |
Smoothstone IP Communications Corporation | Apollo Global Management | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $250,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Smoothstone IP Communications | Apollo Global Management | Kentucky | state | 2009 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
Smoothstone IP Communications | Apollo Global Management | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
SLICEHOST, LLC | Apollo Global Management | Missouri | state | 2006 | $55,333 | tax credit/rebate | |
SLICEHOST, LLC | Apollo Global Management | Missouri | state | 2007 | $75,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sithe Mystic Development | Blackstone | Massachusetts | state | 1999 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sithe Energies Fore River Energy Plant/Sithe Edgar LLC | Blackstone | Massachusetts | state | 1999 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sithe Energies | Blackstone | New York | local | 2003 | $15,294,929 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe Energies | Blackstone | New York | local | 2004 | $17,155,873 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe Energies | Blackstone | New York | local | 2005 | $17,558,774 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe Energies | Blackstone | New York | local | 2006 | $17,607,508 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe Energies | Blackstone | New York | local | 2007 | $15,633,628 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe Energies | Blackstone | New York | Local | 2018 | $1,965,036 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2009 | $15,042,689 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2010 | $15,646,169 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2008 | $15,137,477 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2011 | $14,981,165 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2012 | $34,736 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2013 | $116,178 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2015 | $210,782 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2017 | $1,110,106 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sinter Metals, Inc. | Melrose Industries | Pennsylvania | state | $250,000 | grant | ||
Simonton Windows | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Georgia | state | 2006 | $250,000 | grant | |
SIMONTON WINDOWS | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Oklahoma | state | 2008 | $34,084 | training reimbursement |
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