Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
private equity (including portfolio companies)
Subsidy Total:
$2,422,780,044
Number of Awards:
2,925
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 2010.
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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Riverstone Holdings | $438,303,190 | 42 |
Cerberus Capital Management | $251,659,005 | 326 |
Energy Capital Partners | $176,495,627 | 29 |
Blackstone | $156,304,232 | 58 |
Onex | $143,185,404 | 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 | $87,534,761 | 139 |
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Company | Parent | Location |
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Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
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PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2008 | $270,876 | tax credit/rebate | |
NORTH PACIFIC PAPER CORP | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2009 | $764,425 | tax credit/rebate | |
PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2009 | $246,347 | tax credit/rebate | |
Fairmount Minerals, Ltd. | American Securities | Wisconsin | state | 2007 | $10,000,000 | industrial revenue bond | |
Armstrong Wood Products | American Industrial Partners | West Virginia | state | 2008 | $13,495 | training reimbursement | |
Coldwater Creek | Sycamore Partners Management | West Virginia | state | 2008 | $13,530 | training reimbursement | |
SimEx, Inc. | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | West Virginia | state | 2008 | $19,133 | training reimbursement | |
Simonton Building Products Inc. | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | West Virginia | state | 2008 | $60,534 | training reimbursement | |
West Point Products | Golden Gate Capital | West Virginia | state | 2008 | $26,250 | training reimbursement | |
Simonton Building Products Inc. | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | West Virginia | state | 2009 | $60,534 | training reimbursement | |
Armstrong Wood Products | American Industrial Partners | West Virginia | state | 2009 | $21,595 | training reimbursement | |
Armstrong Wood Products | American Industrial Partners | West Virginia | state | 2010 | $14,475 | training reimbursement | |
Coldwater Creek | Sycamore Partners Management | West Virginia | state | 2010 | $60,035 | training reimbursement | |
Simonton Building Products Inc. | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | West Virginia | state | 2010 | $60,534 | training reimbursement | |
Swanson Plating Company, Inc. | AEA Investors | West Virginia | state | 2010 | $20,000 | training reimbursement | |
RUMFORD PAPER COMPANY | Apollo Global Management | Maine | state | 2009 | $1,990,023 | property tax abatement | |
STAPLES OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST | Sycamore Partners Management | Maine | state | 2009 | $58,043 | property tax abatement | |
BUMBLE BEE FOODS LLC | Lion Capital | Maine | state | 2009 | $26,424 | property tax abatement | |
NORTHCENTER FOODSERVICE LLC | Blackstone | Maine | state | 2009 | $18,761 | property tax abatement | |
PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES STORES I | CVC Capital Partners | Maine | state | 2009 | $14,967 | property tax abatement | |
JO-ANN STORES INC | Leonard Green & Partners | Maine | state | 2009 | $11,048 | property tax abatement | |
MOTEL 6 OPERATING LP | Blackstone | Maine | state | 2009 | $5,921 | property tax abatement | |
PHARMERICA EAST, INC. | KKR & Co. | Maine | state | 2009 | $5,640 | property tax abatement | |
PORTS AMERICA MAINE INC | Oaktree Capital Management | Maine | state | 2009 | $3,481 | property tax abatement | |
CEC ENTERTAINMENT INC | Apollo Global Management | Maine | state | 2009 | $2,668 | property tax abatement | |
TRUGREEN LP | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Maine | state | 2009 | $1,482 | property tax abatement | |
Five Below, Inc. | Advent International | Delaware | state | 2010 | $250,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
Five Below, Inc. | Advent International | Delaware | state | 2010 | $125,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
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 Inc. | Audax Group | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $400,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Curt Manufacturing, Incorporated | Audax Group | Wisconsin | state | 2011 | $625,000 | grant | |
Coaxis | TA Associates | Oregon | state | 2005 | $30,525 | training reimbursement | |
Integra Telecom | Searchlight Capital | Oregon | state | 2004 | $69,042 | training reimbursement | |
Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc | Golden Gate Capital | Kansas | state | 2007 | $8,131 | training reimbursement | |
Corporate Express-IntelMail Division | Sycamore Partners Management | Kansas | state | 2008 | $10,000 | training reimbursement | |
Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC | Mid Oaks Investments | Kansas | state | 2008 | $16,800 | training reimbursement | |
Simmons Bedding Company | Advent International | Kansas | state | 2008 | $35,471 | training reimbursement | |
Gates Corporation | Blackstone | Kansas | state | 2009 | $6,100 | training reimbursement | |
Jostens, Inc | Platinum Equity | Kansas | state | 2009 | $9,000 | training reimbursement | |
Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc | Golden Gate Capital | Kansas | state | 2009 | $69,295 | training reimbursement | |
Gates Corporation | Blackstone | Kansas | state | 2010 | $9,450 | training reimbursement | |
Atlas Aerospace, LLC | Carlyle Group | Kansas | state | 2011 | $86,775 | training reimbursement | |
Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc | Golden Gate Capital | Kansas | state | 2011 | $20,000 | training reimbursement | |
EaglePicher Technologies, LLC | Apollo Global Management | Kansas | state | 2007 | $28,000 | training reimbursement | |
The Mutual Fund Store, LLC | Warburg Pincus | Kansas | state | 2008 | $50,400 | training reimbursement | |
Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC | Mid Oaks Investments | Kansas | state | 2009 | $8,000 | training reimbursement | |
Gates Corporation | Blackstone | Kansas | state | 2010 | $17,000 | training reimbursement | |
Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. | Blackstone | Kansas | state | 2011 | $67,500 | training reimbursement | |
Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC | Mid Oaks Investments | Kansas | state | 2011 | $10,000 | training reimbursement | |
Remington Arms Co., Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $75,878 | tax credit/rebate | |
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | Platinum Equity | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $80,486 | tax credit/rebate | |
JOESPH T. RYERSON & SON INC | Platinum Equity | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $83,938 | tax credit/rebate | |
ROLL COATER, INC | Carlyle Group | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $211,091 | tax credit/rebate | |
Remington Arms Company, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $12,676 | tax credit/rebate | |
REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY LLC | Cerberus Capital Management | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $119,367 | 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 | |
ROLL COATER INC | Carlyle Group | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $351,226 | tax credit/rebate | |
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 | |
Avon Products | Cerberus Capital Management | Delaware | state | 2000 | $3,100 | training reimbursement | |
Avon Products | Cerberus Capital Management | Delaware | state | 2003 | $24,000 | training reimbursement | |
Avon Products | Cerberus Capital Management | Delaware | state | 2004 | $1,393 | training reimbursement | |
Avon Products | Cerberus Capital Management | Delaware | state | 2004 | $7,850 | training reimbursement | |
Noramco, Inc. | SK Capital Partners | Delaware | state | 2005 | $6,375 | training reimbursement | |
Noramco, Inc. | SK Capital Partners | Delaware | state | 2006 | $5,580 | training reimbursement | |
Noramco, Inc. | SK Capital Partners | Delaware | state | 2007 | $11,740 | training reimbursement | |
Rackspace | Apollo Global Management | Virginia | state | 2009 | $31,361 | training reimbursement | |
Gates Corporation | Blackstone | Virginia | state | 2009 | $63,492 | training reimbursement | |
Duro Bag Manufacturing Co. | Wind Point Partners | Virginia | state | 2009 | $19,738 | training reimbursement | |
BUMBLE BEE FOODS LLC | Lion Capital | Maine | state | 2011 | $21,451 | property tax abatement | |
CEC ENTERTAINMENT INC | Apollo Global Management | Maine | state | 2011 | $3,471 | property tax abatement | |
GULF OIL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ArcLight Capital Partners | Maine | state | 2011 | $4,093 | property tax abatement | |
JO-ANN STORES INC | Leonard Green & Partners | Maine | state | 2011 | $7,584 | property tax abatement | |
MOTEL 6 OPERATING LP | Blackstone | Maine | state | 2011 | $5,522 | property tax abatement | |
NORTHCENTER FOODSERVICE LLC | Blackstone | Maine | state | 2011 | $12,206 | property tax abatement | |
PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES STORES INC | CVC Capital Partners | Maine | state | 2011 | $19,327 | property tax abatement | |
PETSMART INC | BC Partners | Maine | state | 2011 | $10,714 | property tax abatement | |
PORTS AMERICA MAINE INC | Oaktree Capital Management | Maine | state | 2011 | $3,832 | property tax abatement | |
RUMFORD PAPER COMPANY | Apollo Global Management | Maine | state | 2011 | $2,784,313 | property tax abatement | |
STAPLES OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST INC | Sycamore Partners Management | Maine | state | 2011 | $56,776 | property tax abatement | |
WEST MARINE PRODUCTS | Monomoy Capital Partners | Maine | state | 2011 | $1,532 | property tax abatement | |
GKN AEROSPACE NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Melrose Industries | Missouri | state | 2011 | $1,158,370 | tax credit/rebate | |
Emerald Performance Materials | American Securities | Washington | state | 2011 | $12,780 | training reimbursement | |
Port Townsend Paper | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2009 | $37,994 | training reimbursement | |
Port Townsend Paper | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2010 | $88,398 | training reimbursement | |
Capsugel (Warner-Lambert) | KKR & Co. | South Carolina | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Capsugel - Greenwood, Div of Pfizer, Inc. | KKR & Co. | South Carolina | state | 2009 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Confluence Watersports | Ares Management | South Carolina | state | 2010 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Pfizer, Capsugel Division | KKR & Co. | South Carolina | state | 2007 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Spartech | Arsenal Capital Partners | Mississippi | state | 2009 | $3,740 | training reimbursement | |
Spartech Industries | Arsenal Capital Partners | Mississippi | state | 2010 | $4,883 | training reimbursement | |
American Medical Response | KKR & Co. | Mississippi | state | 2012 | $2,211 | training reimbursement | |
Carry-On Trailer | Bain Capital | Nevada | state | 2006 | $42,892 | tax credit/rebate | |
Chromalloy Nevada | Carlyle Group | Nevada | state | 2011 | $22,000 | training reimbursement | |
NBTY, INC. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2007 | $250,000 | grant |
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