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 |
---|---|---|
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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Sonic Drive In | Roark Capital | Texas | local | 2002 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Save-A-Lot Supermarket | Onex | Massachusetts | state | 2002 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Nielsen Media Research | KKR & Co. | Florida | state | 2002 | $250,000 | grant | |
Duro Bag Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Wind Point Partners | New Jersey | state | 2002 | $355,446 | grant | |
Sparton Medical Systems, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Ohio | state | 2002 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
EAGLE PICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2002 | $136,642 | federal grant | |
EAGLE PICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2002 | $136,642 | federal grant | |
GKN AEROSPACE SERVICES CONNEC | Melrose Industries | United States | federal | 2002 | $34,340 | federal grant | |
GKN WESTLAND AEROSPACE INC | Melrose Industries | United States | federal | 2002 | $34,340 | federal grant | |
KCP TECH | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2002 | $499,831 | federal grant | |
CALPINE CORP | Energy Capital Partners | United States | federal | 2002 | $425,000 | federal grant | |
CALPINE SISKIYOU GEOTHERMAL PA | Energy Capital Partners | United States | federal | 2002 | $150,000 | federal grant | |
Anchor Glass Container Corporation | CVC Capital Partners | New York | state | 2002 | $80,000 | enterprise zone | |
Hancor, Inc. | American Securities LLC | New York | state | 2002 | $35,000 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2002 | $56,500 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2002 | $76,500 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2002 | $76,500 | enterprise zone | |
National Bedding Company, LLC | Advent International | New York | state | 2002 | $38,802 | enterprise zone | |
Pfaudler Inc. | Deutsche Beteiligungs AG | New York | state | 2002 | $24,600 | enterprise zone | |
Remington Arms Company, LLC | Cerberus Capital Management | New York | state | 2002 | $31,700 | enterprise zone | |
Save A Lot | Onex | New York | state | 2002 | $34,600 | enterprise zone | |
Staples the Office Superstore East, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2002 | $31,000 | enterprise zone | |
Staples, The Office Superstore East, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2002 | $946,000 | enterprise zone | |
Staples, The Office Superstore East, Inc. FKA Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2002 | $58,500 | enterprise zone | |
Staples, Tthe Office Superstore, East FKA Staples, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2002 | $738,000 | enterprise zone | |
Unifrax I, LLC fka Unifrax Corporation | American Securities LLC | New York | state | 2002 | $115,725 | enterprise zone | |
TRINET | General Atlantic | California | state | 2003 | $62,720 | training reimbursement | |
INGRAM MICRO INC. | Platinum Equity | California | state | 2003 | $148,764 | training reimbursement | |
CALPINE CORPORATION | Energy Capital Partners | California | state | 2003 | $215,204 | training reimbursement | |
JOANN STORES, INC. | Leonard Green & Partners | California | state | 2003 | $320,090 | training reimbursement | |
Blue Bird Body Co. | American Securities LLC | Georgia | state | 2003 | $11,000,000 | grant | |
Advanced Receivables Strategy, Inc. | Silver Lake | Kentucky | state | 2003 | $2,951,150 | tax credit/rebate | |
Remington Arms Company, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Kentucky | state | 2003 | $400,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
ADCO PRODUCTS INC | American Securities LLC | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
IMCO RECYCLING OF MICHIGAN LLC | Oaktree Capital Management | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
ADCO PRODUCTS INC | American Securities LLC | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC | Apollo Global Management | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
PIONEER METAL FINISHING CORPORATION | Aterian Investment Partners | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE TOOL LLC | KPS Capital Partners, LP | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
IMCO RECYCLING OF MICHIGAN LLC | Oaktree Capital Management | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
INTERAMERICAN ZINC INC | Oaktree Capital Management | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
GREENFIELD DIE & MANUFACTURING CORP | MiddleGround Capital | Michigan | local | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
GKN AEROSPACE NORTH AMERICA INC | Melrose Industries | Missouri | state | 2003 | $196,612 | tax credit/rebate | |
ADT Security Services, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Nebraska | state | 2003 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
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 LLC | 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 LLC | 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 | |
Associated Materials Inc. (Alside) | Hellman & Friedman | Texas | state | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
BMC Software Texas LP #1 | Bain Capital | Texas | state | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
BMC Software Texas LP #2 | Bain Capital | Texas | state | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
BMC Software Texas LP #3 | Bain Capital | Texas | state | 2003 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
Global Bay Mobile Technologies, Inc. | Francisco Partners | New York | local | 2003 | $22,591 | grant | |
CITCO Fund Services | General Atlantic | New York | local | 2003 | $192,500 | grant | |
Bobs Discount Furniture | Bain Capital | Massachusetts | state | 2003 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
New England Confectionary Company | Ares Management | Massachusetts | state | 2003 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Oceania Cruises, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | Florida | state | 2003 | $240,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Syniverse Networks, Inc. | Carlyle Group | Florida | state | 2003 | $519,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC | Elliott Management | New Jersey | state | 2003 | $1,342,800 | grant | |
C & M FINE PACK INC. | Mid Oaks Investments | Indiana | local | 2003 | $23,264,610 | property tax abatement | |
Columbus Steel Castings Company et al. | Protostar Partners | Ohio | state | 2003 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
CALPINE CORP | Energy Capital Partners | United States | federal | 2003 | $15,000 | federal grant | |
THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP LLC | Ares Management | Texas | state | 2003 | undisclosed | enterprise zone | |
Anchor Glass Container Corp. | CVC Capital Partners | New York | state | 2003 | $83,000 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2003 | $95,125 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2003 | $144,100 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2003 | $144,100 | enterprise zone | |
Jetro Management & Development Corp. | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | state | 2003 | $182,969 | enterprise zone | |
Pfaudler Inc. | Deutsche Beteiligungs AG | New York | state | 2003 | $222,735 | enterprise zone | |
Save A Lot | Onex | New York | state | 2003 | $8,258 | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2003 | $46,500 | enterprise zone | |
Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2003 | $46,500 | enterprise zone | |
Staples, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2003 | $46,500 | enterprise zone | |
Staples, The Office Superstore East, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2003 | $1,365,545 | enterprise zone | |
Unifrax Corporation | Clearlake Capital | New York | state | 2003 | $156,850 | enterprise zone | |
CARDSERVICE INTERNATIONAL, INC. | KKR & Co. | California | state | 2004 | $62,320 | training reimbursement | |
CELESTICA, INC. (SAN JOSE FACILITY) | Onex | California | state | 2004 | $85,944 | training reimbursement | |
SIMMONS COMPANY | Advent International | California | state | 2004 | $102,670 | training reimbursement | |
TriNet Networking and Training Inc | General Atlantic | California | state | 2004 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2004 | $500,000 | grant | |
PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2004 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company (fka Hartco Flooring Company) | American Industrial Partners | Kentucky | state | 2004 | $1,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
CTA Acoustics, Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Kentucky | state | 2004 | $33,339,720 | tax credit/rebate | |
ADCO PRODUCTS INC | American Securities LLC | Michigan | local | 2004 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
EAGLE-PICHER AUTOMOTIVE-HILLSDALE TOOL DIVISION | Apollo Global Management | Michigan | local | 2004 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
INTERAMERICAN ZINC INC | Oaktree Capital Management | Michigan | local | 2004 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
IMCO RECYCLING OF MICHIGAN LLC | Oaktree Capital Management | Michigan | local | 2004 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
EAGLE PICHER AUTOMOTIVE HILLSDALE TOOL | Apollo Global Management | Michigan | local | 2004 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
ADCO PRODUCTS INC | American Securities LLC | Michigan | local | 2004 | undisclosed | property tax abatement | |
NORDYNE INC C/O NORTEK INC | Melrose Industries | Missouri | state | 2004 | $5,446,756 | tax credit/rebate | |
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 |
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