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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLY | CVC Capital Partners | Illinois | local | 2012 | $75,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Enviva | Riverstone Holdings | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Mercury Payment Systems LLC | Silver Lake | Colorado | state | 2012 | $38,016 | training reimbursement | |
| EnergySolutions, Inc. & Subsidiaries | Energy Capital Partners | Maryland | state | 2012 | $3,913 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Aleris Rolled Products, Inc. | Oaktree Capital Management | Ohio | state | 2012 | undisclosed | enterprise zone | |
| Anthro Corporation | Melrose Industries | Oregon | state | 2012 | $20,981 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Safeway, Inc. Portland Division | Cerberus Capital Management | Oregon | state | 2012 | $11,128 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Jones New York | Sycamore Partners Management | Oregon | state | 2012 | $1,775 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ALBERTSONS PROP TAX | Cerberus Capital Management | Illinois | local | 2012 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
| BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (FREDERICK MFG INC) | American Securities | Missouri | state | 2012 | $81,012 | tax credit/rebate | |
| GKN | Melrose Industries | South Carolina | state | 2012 | $11,506 | training reimbursement | |
| Belk | Sycamore Partners Management | South Carolina | state | 2012 | $29,198 | training reimbursement | |
| Belk, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | South Carolina | state | 2012 | $100,000 | grant | |
| Athens Generating Co LLP | Riverstone Holdings | New York | local | 2012 | $25,823,134 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| WPS Beaver Falls Generation | American Securities | New York | local | 2012 | $2,308,791 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| WPS Syracuse Generation | American Securities | New York | local | 2012 | $931,465 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| ReEnergy Black River LLC | Riverstone Holdings | New York | local | 2012 | $669,600 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, LLC | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2012 | $450,174 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2012 | $434,644 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2012 | $149,387 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Carestream Health Inc. | Onex | New York | local | 2012 | $105,524 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Save-a-Lot | Onex | New York | local | 2012 | $89,622 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Bergdorf Goodman, Inc. | Ares Management | New York | local | 2012 | $66,678 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2012 | $64,740 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| National Bedding Company LLC | Advent International | New York | local | 2012 | $57,339 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| NBTY/Cartwright Loop | Carlyle Group | New York | local | 2012 | $43,357 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Anchor Glass Container | CVC Capital Partners | New York | local | 2012 | $39,761 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| NBTY Inc. / New Measures, LLC | Carlyle Group | New York | local | 2012 | $39,617 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Sithe | Blackstone | New York | local | 2012 | $34,736 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Ward's Natural Science Inc. VWR Education LLC | New Mountain Capital | New York | local | 2012 | $30,665 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Osmose Holding, Inc. | Oaktree Capital Management | New York | local | 2012 | $8,493 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Unifrax Corporation | Clearlake Capital | New York | local | 2012 | $7,555 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2012 | $2,898 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Save-A-Lot-Holley | Onex | New York | local | 2012 | $2,250 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Osmose Holding, Inc. | Oaktree Capital Management | New York | local | 2012 | $1,169 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| FLUSHING TOWN CENTER LP | Onex | New York | state | 2012 | $698,152 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2012 | $3,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SAFEWAY INC | Cerberus Capital Management | Washington | state | 2012 | $36,226 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SAFEWAY INC | Cerberus Capital Management | Washington | state | 2012 | $31,387 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ATTACHMATE CORPORATION | Golden Gate Capital | Washington | state | 2012 | $118,560 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ENERGYSOLUTIONS FEDERAL EPC INC | Energy Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2012 | $188,411 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VERTAFORE INC | TPG Capital | Washington | state | 2012 | $17,290 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ENERGYSOLUTIONS FEDERAL EPC INC | Energy Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2012 | $27,198 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VERTAFORE INC | TPG Capital | Washington | state | 2012 | $11,715 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NORTH PACIFIC PAPER CORP | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2012 | $930,525 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NORTHWEST HARDWOODS INC | Littlejohn & Co. | Washington | state | 2012 | $206,846 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2012 | $298,080 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ENVIVA LP | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2012 | $57,099 | federal grant | |
| ENVIVA LP | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2012 | $15,931 | federal grant | |
| ENVIVA LP | Riverstone Holdings | United States | federal | 2012 | $5,236 | federal grant | |
| ECOATM, INC. | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2012 | $500,000 | federal grant | |
| ECOATM, INC. | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2012 | $16,000 | federal grant | |
| ELECTRIC FIELD SOLUTIONS | New Mountain Capital | United States | federal | 2012 | $150,000 | federal grant | |
| Diversey | Bain Capital | United States | federal | 2012 | $809,456 | federal grant | |
| Multi-Color Corporation | Platinum Equity | United States | federal | 2012 | $6,780 | federal grant | |
| Davis-Standard, Llc | Onex | United States | federal | 2012 | $1,598,207 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Frontier Spinning Mills | American Securities | United States | federal | 2012 | $22,500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Frontier Spinning Mills | American Securities | United States | federal | 2012 | $36,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. | American Securities | United States | federal | 2012 | $9,500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Pexco Llc | AEA Investors | United States | federal | 2012 | $500,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Profile Products Llc | Mid Oaks Investments | United States | federal | 2012 | $1,750,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Trojan Battery Co. | KPS Capital Partners, LP | United States | federal | 2012 | $9,000,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Roark Capital | United States | federal | 2012 | $1,118,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Roark Capital | United States | federal | 2012 | $1,056,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Motel 6 - Three Rivers | Blackstone | United States | federal | 2012 | $1,065,000 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
| Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. | Littlejohn & Co. | Wisconsin | state | 2012 | $400,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CoSentry | TA Associates | Kansas | state | 2012 | $114,567 | grant | |
| Tire Rack | Leonard Green & Partners | Connecticut | state | 2012 | $19,530 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Academy Sports + Outdoors | KKR & Co. | Georgia | state | 2012 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc | KKR & Co. | Iowa | state | 2012 | $673,479 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Prince Minerals, Inc. | American Securities | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $1,862 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Freedom Group, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $3,347 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Remington Arms Company, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $19,353 | tax credit/rebate | |
| GKN AEROSPACE CHEM-TRONICS INC | Melrose Industries | Washington | state | 2012 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| PEXCO LLC | AEA Investors | Washington | state | 2012 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| SAFEWAY INC | Cerberus Capital Management | Washington | state | 2012 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
| Gates Corporation | Blackstone | Illinois | state | 2012 | $205,123 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Redbox Automated Retail, LLC | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2012 | $1,126,397 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Fox River Foods Inc. | Blackstone | Illinois | state | 2012 | $31,250 | grant | |
| Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Illinois | state | 2012 | $64,250 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Clover Technologies Group | Golden Gate Capital | Illinois | state | 2012 | $827,225 | infrastructure assistance | |
| Backcountry.com, Inc. | TSG Consumer Partners | Virginia | state | 2012 | $150,000 | training reimbursement | |
| Metl-Span LLC | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Virginia | state | 2012 | $31,030 | training reimbursement | |
| Metl-Span LLC | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | Virginia | state | 2012 | $7,700 | training reimbursement | |
| GKN | Melrose Industries | North Carolina | local | 2012 | $25,000 | grant | |
| Carestream Health, Inc. | Onex | New York | state | 2012 | $1,171,467 | enterprise zone | |
| Carestream Health, Inc. | Onex | New York | state | 2012 | $1,171,467 | enterprise zone | |
| Dealer Tire, LLC | Lindsay Goldberg | New York | state | 2012 | $10,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Empire Generating Co, LLC | Energy Capital Partners | New York | state | 2012 | $455,093 | enterprise zone | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2012 | $9,951 | enterprise zone | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2012 | $13,946 | enterprise zone | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2012 | $121,037 | enterprise zone | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2012 | $121,037 | enterprise zone | |
| Jetro Management & Development Corp. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2012 | $282,265 | enterprise zone | |
| National Bedding Company, LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2012 | $50,000 | enterprise zone | |
| National Bedding Company. LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2012 | $20,000 | enterprise zone | |
| National Bedding Company. LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2012 | $20,000 | enterprise zone | |
| NBTY, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2012 | $185,616 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2012 | $655,687 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2012 | $655,687 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2012 | $655,687 | enterprise zone |
