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 Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Riverstone Holdings | $438,303,190 | 42 |
| Energy Capital Partners | $176,495,627 | 29 |
| Blackstone | $157,548,357 | 60 |
| Cerberus Capital Management | $156,378,705 | 334 |
| Onex | $142,710,404 | 76 |
| Searchlight Capital | $135,069,042 | 4 |
| Mid Oaks Investments | $126,377,386 | 28 |
| Bridgewater Associates | $115,000,000 | 1 |
| Thoma Bravo | $103,780,594 | 8 |
| Apollo Global Management | $89,922,620 | 149 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value |
Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertellus Specialties, Inc. | Wind Point Partners | United States | federal | 2016 | $18,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Vertellus Specialties, Inc. | Wind Point Partners | United States | federal | 2015 | $18,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| MOTEL 6 | Blackstone | United States | federal | 2017 | $1,257,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| PARTY CITY | Thomas H. Lee Partners | United States | federal | 2017 | $1,410,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| MOTEL 6 | Blackstone | United States | federal | 2018 | $2,268,700 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| COMBINED SYSTEMS, INC. | Carlyle Group | United States | federal | 2017 | $5,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. | Bain Capital | United States | federal | 2017 | $500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. | American Securities | United States | federal | 2018 | $13,500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Pexco Llc | AEA Investors | United States | federal | 2018 | $600,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Profile Products Llc | Mid Oaks Investments | United States | federal | 2017 | $3,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Vertellus Performance Chemicals, LLC | Wind Point Partners | United States | federal | 2017 | $9,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| CRUNCH FITNESS | TPG Capital | United States | federal | 2019 | $1,435,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| COMBINED SYSTEMS, INC. | Carlyle Group | United States | federal | 2018 | $5,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Apollo Global Management LLC | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2018 | $150,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Davis-Standard, LLC | Onex | United States | federal | 2019 | $3,287,343 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. | American Securities | United States | federal | 2019 | $13,500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Pexco LLC | AEA Investors | United States | federal | 2019 | $600,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Profile Products LLC | Mid Oaks Investments | United States | federal | 2019 | $3,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Vertellus Performance Chemicals, LLC | Wind Point Partners | United States | federal | 2019 | $9,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Providencia USA, Inc. | Blackstone | United States | federal | 2010 | $9,100,000 | federal tax-exempt bond | |
| Corporate Express | Sycamore Partners Management | Colorado | state | 2006 | $60,000 | grant | |
| Mercury Payment Systems LLC | Silver Lake | Colorado | state | 2007 | $21,000 | grant | |
| Mercury Payment Systems LLC | Silver Lake | Colorado | state | 2007 | $16,500 | grant | |
| Pfizer Central Research | KKR & Co. | Connecticut | state | 2000 | $5,000,000 | grant | |
| Blue Bird Body Co. | American Securities | Georgia | state | 2003 | $11,000,000 | grant | |
| Simonton Windows | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Georgia | state | 2006 | $250,000 | grant | |
| Academy Sports + Outdoors | KKR & Co. | Georgia | state | 2007 | $1,580,000 | grant | |
| Trojan Battery Company | KPS Capital Partners, LP | Georgia | state | 2007 | $337,500 | grant | |
| Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. | Bain Capital | Georgia | state | 2010 | $360,000 | grant | |
| PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2004 | $500,000 | grant | |
| PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2006 | $107,000 | grant | |
| Rexam Consumer Plastics Inc. | Montagu Private Equity | Illinois | state | 2008 | $38,837 | grant | |
| PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2005 | $250,000 | grant | |
| United Stationers Inc. and its Subsidiaries | Sycamore Partners Management | Illinois | state | 2006 | $538,177 | grant | |
| United Stationers Inc. and its Subsidiaries | Sycamore Partners Management | Illinois | state | 2006 | $600,000 | grant | |
| Smoothstone IP Communications Corporation | Apollo Global Management | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Remington Arms Company, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Kentucky | state | 2010 | $200,000 | grant | |
| INC Research, Inc. | Carlyle Group | North Carolina | state | 2007 | $19,793,000 | grant | |
| Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc. | General Atlantic | North Carolina | state | 2010 | $5,517,000 | grant | |
| Great Wolf Lodge of the Poconos, LLC | Apollo Global Management | Pennsylvania | state | $212,000 | grant | ||
| Acuity Specialty Products, Inc. | New Mountain Capital | Pennsylvania | state | $400,000 | grant | ||
| West Telemarketing Corporation II | Apollo Global Management | Pennsylvania | state | $325,000 | grant | ||
| Gardner Denver, Inc. | KKR & Co. | Pennsylvania | state | $265,000 | grant | ||
| Fleetwood Motor Homes of Pennsylvania, Inc. | American Industrial Partners | Pennsylvania | state | $250,000 | grant | ||
| Armstrong Wood Products, Inc. dba Armstrong Cabinet Products | American Industrial Partners | Pennsylvania | state | $250,000 | grant | ||
| Sinter Metals, Inc. | Melrose Industries | Pennsylvania | state | $250,000 | grant | ||
| Homerwood Hardwood Flooring Co | American Industrial Partners | Pennsylvania | state | $250,000 | grant | ||
| Styron, LLC | Bain Capital | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | grant | ||
| Maxim Crane Works a/k/a Anthony Crane Rental LP | Apollo Global Management | Pennsylvania | state | $100,000 | grant | ||
| Five Below, Inc. | Advent International | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | grant | ||
| Jostens, Inc. | Platinum Equity | Pennsylvania | state | $25,000 | grant | ||
| Rackspace | Apollo Global Management | Texas | state | 2007 | $22,000,000 | grant | |
| Authentix | Carlyle Group | Texas | state | 2007 | $1,000,000 | grant | |
| Petco Animal Supplies | CVC Capital Partners | Texas | state | 2010 | $3,100,000 | grant | |
| MW Manufacturers Inc. | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Virginia | state | 2006 | $100,000 | grant | |
| Gates Corporation | Blackstone | Virginia | state | 2007 | $300,000 | grant | |
| ArrMaz Custom Chemicals, Inc. | Golden Gate Capital | Florida | state | 2005 | $220,000 | grant | |
| Hancor, Inc. | American Securities | Florida | state | 1997 | $728,330 | grant | |
| ADT Security Services, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Florida | state | 2000 | $2,000,000 | grant | |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation | Hellman & Friedman | Florida | state | 1999 | $2,000,000 | grant | |
| Curt Manufacturing, Incorporated | Audax Group | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $625,000 | grant | |
| EaglePicher Technologies, LLC | Apollo Global Management | Kansas | state | 2007 | $60,000 | grant | |
| Collins Bus Corporation | American Industrial Partners | Kansas | state | 2008 | $65,000 | grant | |
| The Mutual Fund Store, LLC | Warburg Pincus | Kansas | state | 2008 | $50,000 | grant | |
| Zeolyst International | Carlyle Group | Kansas | state | 2009 | $5,000 | grant | |
| NBTY, INC. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2007 | $250,000 | grant | |
| Carestream Health Inc. | Onex | New York | state | 2009 | $2,000,000 | grant | |
| Remington Arms Company, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | New York | state | 2009 | $1,500,000 | grant | |
| GKN Aerospace Monitor, Inc. | Melrose Industries | New York | state | 2011 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Global Bay Mobile Technologies, Inc. | Francisco Partners | New York | local | 2003 | $22,591 | grant | |
| Safeway Holdings, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | New York | local | 2002 | $55,460 | grant | |
| IPC Information Systems,Inc | Silver Lake | New York | state | 2002 | $150,000 | grant | |
| Safeway Holdings, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | New York | local | 2002 | $22,184 | grant | |
| Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., | TPG Capital | New York | state | 2002 | $150,000 | grant | |
| Payless Shoesource, Inc. | Golden Gate Capital | New York | state | 2002 | $168,509 | grant | |
| Payless Shoesource, Inc. | Golden Gate Capital | New York | state | 2002 | $131,351 | grant | |
| Payless ShoeSource,Inc | Golden Gate Capital | New York | state | 2002 | $33,176 | grant | |
| IPC Information Systems,Inc | Silver Lake | New York | local | 2002 | $252,000 | grant | |
| CITCO Fund Services | General Atlantic | New York | local | 2003 | $192,500 | grant | |
| IPC Information Systems,Inc | Silver Lake | New York | local | 2004 | $255,500 | grant | |
| CITCO Fund Services | General Atlantic | New York | local | 2005 | $273,000 | grant | |
| Interactive Data Corp. | Silver Lake | New York | local | 2009 | $795,000 | grant | |
| Jo-Ann Stores Supply Chain Management, Inc. ~ New | Leonard Green & Partners | Alabama | state | 2008 | $150,000 | grant | |
| GKN Westland Aerospace Inc. ~ Exp | Melrose Industries | Alabama | state | 2008 | $150,000 | grant | |
| GKN Westland Aerospace, Inc. | Melrose Industries | Alabama | state | 2011 | $67,764 | grant | |
| Trugreen | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Virginia | local | 1994 | $40,000 | grant | |
| TCM Investments, Inc. dba Gardner Denver, Inc. | KKR & Co. | Pennsylvania | state | $200,000 | grant | ||
| Five Below Inc. | Advent International | Pennsylvania | state | $150,000 | grant | ||
| PRA International | KKR & Co. | Pennsylvania | state | $50,000 | grant | ||
| Affinia Group, Inc. | Cypress Group | Pennsylvania | state | $375,000 | grant | ||
| Golden Living (GGNSC) | Fillmore Capital Partners | Texas | state | 2011 | $2,100,000 | grant | |
| Backcountry.com | TSG Consumer Partners | Virginia | state | 2012 | $300,000 | grant | |
| Enviva LP | Riverstone Holdings | Virginia | state | 2012 | $300,000 | grant | |
| Affinia | Cypress Group | Oklahoma | local | 2012 | $400,000 | grant | |
| ADT Security Services, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Florida | state | 2010 | $1,235,830 | grant | |
| Ascend Performance Materials, LLC | SK Capital Partners | Florida | state | 2010 | $400,000 | grant | |
| Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC | Carlyle Group | Florida | state | 2011 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Garda USA Inc. | BC Partners | Florida | state | 2011 | $100,000 | grant | |
| Nielsen Media Research | KKR & Co. | Florida | state | 2002 | $250,000 | grant | |
| Palm Coast Data, LLC | New Mountain Capital | Florida | state | 2008 | $3,000,000 | grant | |
| Vertellus Specialties Inc | Wind Point Partners | New Jersey | state | 2011 | $125,190 | grant |
