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Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page

Major Industry: 
private equity (including portfolio companies)
Subsidy Total: 
$2,392,822,263
Number of Awards: 
3,057
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 CompaniesTotal Subsidy $Number of Awards
Riverstone Holdings$438,303,19042
Energy Capital Partners$176,495,62729
Blackstone$157,548,35760
Cerberus Capital Management$156,378,705334
Onex$142,710,40476
Searchlight Capital$135,069,0424
Mid Oaks Investments$126,377,38628
Bridgewater Associates$115,000,0001
Thoma Bravo$103,780,5948
Apollo Global Management$89,922,620149


Individual Subsidy Records:

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Company Parent Location Subsidy Source Year Subsidy Value Loan/Bailout Value Type of Subsidysort icon
PETSMART, INC. BC Partners New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
PETSMART, INC. BC Partners New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
PORTS AMERICA, INC. Oaktree Capital Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
QS RETAIL, INC. Oaktree Capital Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
SAFEWAY DISTRIBUTORS, LLC Cerberus Capital Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
SAFEWAY FREEZER STORAGE COMPANY Cerberus Capital Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
SAFEWAY FREEZER STORAGE COMPANY Cerberus Capital Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. AEA Investors New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC. Sycamore Partners Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
THE NEIMAN-MARCUS GROUP, INC. Ares Management New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WEST MARINE PRODUCTS, INC. Monomoy Capital Partners New Jersey state undisclosed tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Sithe Energies Blackstone New York local 2003 $15,294,929 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Niagara Generation (C.H. Resources, Inc.) American Securities New York local 2003 $2,074,110 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Natures Bounty KKR & Co. New York local 2003 $304,993 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2003 $259,218 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Coated Paper, LLC American Securities New York local 2003 $173,750 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Natures Bounty KKR & Co. New York local 2003 $116,131 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Ward's Natural Science Est New Mountain Capital New York local 2003 $88,385 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2003 $62,047 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Serta Advent International New York local 2003 $50,652 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Bergdorf Goodman Ares Management New York local 2003 $45,295 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2003 $31,728 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Unifrax Corporation Clearlake Capital New York local 2003 $27,362 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2003 $16,672 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2003 $14,754 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2003 $12,432 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Athens Generating Company, L.P. Riverstone Holdings New York local 2004 $17,368,211 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Sithe Energies Blackstone New York local 2004 $17,155,873 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Niagara Generation (C.H. Resources, Inc.) American Securities New York local 2004 $1,934,269 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Seneca Power Partners Project Sithe Energies, Inc. Blackstone New York local 2004 $865,917 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Amscan, Inc. Thomas H. Lee Partners New York local 2004 $398,180 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2004 $273,929 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Serta Advent International New York local 2004 $85,701 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Ward's Natural Science Est New Mountain Capital New York local 2004 $83,796 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Coated Paper, LLC American Securities New York local 2004 $82,394 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2004 $58,826 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Bergdorf Goodman Ares Management New York local 2004 $48,489 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
United Biochemicals New Mountain Capital New York local 2004 $35,629 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2004 $29,467 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2004 $15,074 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2004 $13,022 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2004 $12,907 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Unifrax Corporation Clearlake Capital New York local 2004 $5,477 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Athens Generating Company, L.P. Riverstone Holdings New York local 2005 $21,128,474 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Sithe Energies Blackstone New York local 2005 $17,558,774 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Niagara Generation (C.H. Resources, Inc.) American Securities New York local 2005 $1,988,240 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Syr Gen (CH Resources) American Securities New York local 2005 $963,824 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Seneca Power Partners Project Sithe Energies, Inc. Blackstone New York local 2005 $950,456 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #1 (1994) Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2005 $441,545 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
NBTY - Carwright LoopNatures Bounty Carlyle Group New York local 2005 $125,108 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Save-A-Lot Distribution Center Onex New York local 2005 $116,835 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Serta Advent International New York local 2005 $89,217 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Ward's Natural Science Est New Mountain Capital New York local 2005 $71,825 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Beaver Falls Generation American Securities New York local 2005 $70,565 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Coated Paper, LLC American Securities New York local 2005 $62,462 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2005 $50,423 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Bergdorf Goodman, Inc. Ares Management New York local 2005 $48,127 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CVC Capital Partners New York local 2005 $41,626 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
United Biochemicals New Mountain Capital New York local 2005 $29,223 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2005 $27,757 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2005 $24,556 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #2 (2005) Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2005 $13,386 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. (Project # 989) Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2005 $13,240 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. (Project # 610) Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2005 $11,261 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Unifrax Corporation Clearlake Capital New York local 2005 $1,601 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Athens Generating Company, L.P. Riverstone Holdings New York local 2006 $24,401,704 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Sithe Energies Blackstone New York local 2006 $17,607,508 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Niagara Generation (C.H. Resources, Inc.) American Securities New York local 2006 $1,927,000 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Syr Gen (CH Resources) American Securities New York local 2006 $871,144 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Seneca Power Partners Project Sithe Energies, Inc. Blackstone New York local 2006 $857,763 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #1 (1994) Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2006 $222,385 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
NBTY - Carwright LoopNatures Bounty Carlyle Group New York local 2006 $207,797 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Save-A-Lot Distribution Center Onex New York local 2006 $153,300 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CVC Capital Partners New York local 2006 $152,172 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
BlueLinx Corp. (Georgia Pacific) Cerberus Capital Management New York local 2006 $146,312 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Coated Paper, LLC American Securities New York local 2006 $66,171 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Ward's Natural Science Est New Mountain Capital New York local 2006 $60,711 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
RCS Inc. Bain Capital New York local 2006 $58,645 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Bergdorf Goodman, Inc. Ares Management New York local 2006 $57,477 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Serta Advent International New York local 2006 $53,212 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
NBTY (Natures Bounty) Carlyle Group New York local 2006 $47,293 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2006 $42,620 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
ADT Security Systems Apollo Global Management New York local 2006 $19,925 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2006 $12,192 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2006 $11,478 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #2 (2005) Leonard Green & Partners New York local 2006 $4,700 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Osmose, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management New York local 2006 $1,836 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Unifrax Corporation Clearlake Capital New York local 2006 $1,783 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Athens Generating Co LLP Riverstone Holdings New York local 2007 $24,561,720 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Sithe Energies Blackstone New York local 2007 $15,633,628 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Niagara Generation (C. H. Resources) American Securities New York local 2007 $1,914,685 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Seneca Power Partners/ Sithe Energies, Inc. Blackstone New York local 2007 $1,059,058 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
WPS Syr Gen (CH Resources) American Securities New York local 2007 $879,249 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
Carestream Health Inc. Onex New York local 2007 $697,366 tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement
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