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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Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source |
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Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
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Covanta Babylon, Inc. | EQT AB | New York | local | 2015 | $3,527 | tax credit/rebate | |
FLUSHING TOWN CENTER LP | Onex | New York | state | 2015 | $12,677 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ward's Natural Science Inc. VWR Education LLC | New Mountain Capital | New York | local | 2015 | $18,159 | tax credit/rebate | |
NBTY/Cartwright Loop/Exp. | Carlyle Group | New York | local | 2015 | $20,930 | tax credit/rebate | |
Jetro Cash & Carry | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $21,242 | tax credit/rebate | |
WPS Beaver Falls Generation | American Securities LLC | New York | local | 2015 | $32,311 | tax credit/rebate | |
National Bedding Company LLC | Advent International | New York | local | 2015 | $37,824 | tax credit/rebate | |
Ingram Micro, Inc. | Platinum Equity | New York | local | 2015 | $41,519 | tax credit/rebate | |
Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $55,495 | tax credit/rebate | |
Bergdorf Goodman, Inc. | Ares Management | New York | local | 2015 | $94,630 | tax credit/rebate | |
Dealer Tire LLC/N&G Realty Co. | Lindsay Goldberg | New York | local | 2015 | $100,005 | tax credit/rebate | |
Anchor Glass Container | CVC Capital Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $108,237 | tax credit/rebate | |
Carestream Health Inc. | Onex | New York | local | 2015 | $129,512 | tax credit/rebate | |
Save-a-Lot | Onex | New York | local | 2015 | $132,661 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2015 | $210,782 | tax credit/rebate | |
ReEnergy Black River LLC | Riverstone Holdings | New York | local | 2015 | $281,028 | tax credit/rebate | |
Unifrax 1, LLC | Clearlake Capital | New York | local | 2015 | $313,195 | tax credit/rebate | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #2 (2005) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $499,675 | tax credit/rebate | |
Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $524,097 | tax credit/rebate | |
Jetro Cash and Carry Enterprises, LLC #4 (2012) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $619,004 | tax credit/rebate | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, LLC #3 (2010) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $746,415 | tax credit/rebate | |
Covanta Niagara, L.P. | EQT AB | New York | local | 2015 | $2,288,095 | tax credit/rebate | |
Yahoo! Inc. | Apollo Global Management | New York | local | 2015 | $3,994,430 | tax credit/rebate | |
Yahoo! BF II | Apollo Global Management | New York | local | 2015 | $6,614,186 | tax credit/rebate | |
Covanta Hempstead Company | EQT AB | New York | local | 2015 | $15,807,577 | tax credit/rebate | |
Athens Generating Co LLP | Riverstone Holdings | New York | local | 2015 | $23,563,788 | tax credit/rebate | |
Tower Automotive Operations | KPS Capital Partners, LP | Illinois | state | 2015 | $75,661 | tax credit/rebate | |
Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2015 | $64,250 | tax credit/rebate | |
Tower Automotive Operations | KPS Capital Partners, LP | Illinois | state | 2015 | $6,997 | tax credit/rebate | |
Carleton Technologies, Inc. | Advent International | Maryland | state | 2015 | $11,686 | tax credit/rebate | |
Carestream Health, Inc. | Onex | New York | state | 2015 | $1,339,708 | enterprise zone | |
Carestream Health, Inc. | Onex | New York | state | 2015 | $1,339,708 | enterprise zone | |
Empire Generating Co, LLC | Energy Capital Partners | New York | state | 2015 | $320,818 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2015 | $184,118 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2015 | $239,861 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2015 | $351,794 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2015 | $351,794 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Management & Development Corp. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2015 | $27,344 | enterprise zone | |
National Bedding Company, LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2015 | $64,415 | enterprise zone | |
National Bedding Company, LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2015 | $64,415 | enterprise zone | |
National Bedding Company, LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2015 | $257,746 | enterprise zone | |
NBTY, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2015 | $138,030 | enterprise zone | |
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2015 | $1,494 | enterprise zone | |
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2015 | $1,494 | enterprise zone | |
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2015 | $1,494 | enterprise zone | |
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2015 | $1,494 | enterprise zone | |
Remington Arms Company, LLC | Cerberus Capital Management | New York | state | 2015 | $3,045 | enterprise zone | |
Save A Lot | Onex | New York | state | 2015 | $14,125 | enterprise zone | |
Staples, The Office Superstore East, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2015 | $248,929 | enterprise zone | |
Sterigenics US LLC | Warburg Pincus | New York | state | 2015 | $30,963 | enterprise zone | |
Unifrax I, LLC fka Unifrax Corporation | American Securities LLC | New York | state | 2015 | $35,737 | enterprise zone | |
Barnes & Noble | Elliott Management | Virginia | local | 2015 | $9,270 | tax credit/rebate | |
Barnes & Noble | Elliott Management | Virginia | local | 2015 | $4,569 | tax credit/rebate | |
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS INC | Advent International | Washington | state | 2015 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
CARLETON TECHNOLOGIES INC | Advent International | Washington | state | 2015 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
GKN AEROSPACE CHEM-TRONICS INC | Melrose Industries | Washington | state | 2015 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
SELMET INC | Warburg Pincus | Washington | state | 2015 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Co. | American Industrial Partners | Mississippi | state | 2015 | $200,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
Portillo's Food Service, Inc. | Berkshire Partners | Illinois | state | 2015 | $118,947 | tax credit/rebate | |
COVANTA LANCASTER INC | EQT AB | Oklahoma | state | 2015 | $645,111 | tax credit/rebate | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, LLC #3 (2010) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $11,549 | multiple | |
Jetro Cash and Carry Enterprises, LLC #4 (2012) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $10,798 | multiple | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #2 (2005) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $1,186 | multiple | |
NORTH PACIFIC PAPER COMPANY, LLC | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2015 | $530,555 | tax credit/rebate | |
NORTHWEST HARDWOODS, INC. | Littlejohn & Co. | Washington | state | 2015 | $253,246 | tax credit/rebate | |
PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2015 | $239,918 | tax credit/rebate | |
American Medical Response of CT, Inc. | KKR & Co. | Connecticut | state | 2015 | $25,740 | tax credit/rebate | |
Williams Lea | Advent International | West Virginia | state | 2015 | $15,367 | training reimbursement | |
COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION | EQT AB | New York | State | 2015 | $5,107,030 | tax credit/rebate | |
The Fresh Market, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Florida | State | 2015 | $68,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
STANT | H.I.G. Capital | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $109,834 | tax credit/rebate | |
Shiloh Die Cast Midwest LLC | MiddleGround Capital | Indiana | state | 2014 | $1,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Shiloh Die Cast Midwest LLC | MiddleGround Capital | Indiana | state | 2014 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
CTA Acoustics, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC | KPS Capital Partners, LP | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
CTA Acoustics, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Kentucky | state | 2014 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
REMINGTON OUTDOOR COMPANY INC (dba. REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY LLC) | Cerberus Capital Management | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $465,250 | grant | |
AerSale | Leonard Green & Partners | New Mexico | state | 2014 | $174,226 | training reimbursement | |
Remington Arms | Cerberus Capital Management | Alabama | multiple | 2014 | $68,900,000 |
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Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. | CVC Capital Partners | California | state | 2014 | $2,600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Nordyne, LLC | Melrose Industries | Tennessee | state | 2014 | $38,000 | training reimbursement | |
Shiloh Ind dba Shiloh Die Cast MW | MiddleGround Capital | Tennessee | state | 2014 | $382,500 | training reimbursement | |
ENVIVA LP | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2014 | $63,015 | federal grant | |
ENVIVA LP | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2014 | $52,270 | federal grant | |
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES LLC | Platinum Equity | United States | federal | 2014 | $1,805,066 | federal grant | |
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES LLC | Platinum Equity | United States | federal | 2014 | $1,216,705 | federal grant | |
IMTT-GEISMAR | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2014 | $324,177 | federal grant | |
PPL Montana, LLC | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2014 | $55,612,423 | federal grant | |
ReEnergy Black River LLC | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2014 | $11,110,471 | federal grant | |
Geysers Power Company, LLC | Energy Capital Partners | United States | federal | 2014 | $17,000,112 | federal grant | |
Commonwealth Industries, Inc | Oaktree Capital Management | United States | federal | 2014 | $50,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Davis Standard Llc | Onex | United States | federal | 2014 | $1,154,980 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Frontier Spinning Mills | American Securities LLC | United States | federal | 2014 | $36,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. | American Securities LLC | United States | federal | 2014 | $9,500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Lcy Elastomers Lp | KKR & Co. | United States | federal | 2014 | $90,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Lcy Elastomers Lp | KKR & Co. | United States | federal | 2014 | $180,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Lcy Elastomers Lp | KKR & Co. | United States | federal | 2014 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Lcy Elastomers Lp | KKR & Co. | United States | federal | 2014 | $72,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Lcy Elastomers Lp | KKR & Co. | United States | federal | 2014 | $180,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Lcy Elastomers Lp | KKR & Co. | United States | federal | 2014 | $270,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Material Handling Systems, Inc. | Thomas H. Lee Partners | United States | federal | 2014 | $500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee |
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