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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Stationers Inc. and its Subsidiaries | Sycamore Partners Management | Illinois | state | 2006 | $600,000 | grant | |
| Avantor Performance Materials, Inc. | New Mountain Capital | Pennsylvania | state | $600,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Garda USA Inc. | BC Partners | Florida | state | 2011 | $600,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. | KKR & Co. | Ohio | state | 2012 | $589,487 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc | Apollo Global Management | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $586,657 | property tax abatement | |
| Cornerstone Chemical Company | Littlejohn & Co. | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $585,236 | property tax abatement | |
| Chromalloy Castings Tampa Corporation | Carlyle Group | Florida | state | 2009 | $585,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Roka Bioscience, Inc | TPG Capital | New Jersey | state | 2009 | $583,000 | grant | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2011 | $582,715 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2011 | $582,715 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2011 | $582,715 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2011 | $582,715 | enterprise zone | |
| PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2007 | $579,142 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NORTH PACIFIC PAPER CORP | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2014 | $578,650 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2010 | $572,705 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2010 | $572,705 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2010 | $572,705 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2010 | $572,705 | enterprise zone | |
| Bob's Discount Furniture LLC | Bain Capital | Connecticut | state | 2017 | $571,539 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cornerstone Chemical Company | Littlejohn & Co. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $571,048 | property tax abatement | |
| SHAWS SUPERMARKETS INC AND SUBSIDIA | Cerberus Capital Management | Maine | state | 2013 | $568,176 | property tax abatement | |
| SAMSON INVESTMENT CO #2 | KKR & Co. | Oklahoma | state | 2013 | $564,598 | grant | |
| Cornerstone Chemical Company | Littlejohn & Co. | Louisiana | local | 2014 | $563,652 | property tax abatement | |
| Angus Chemical Company | Golden Gate Capital | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $559,900 | property tax abatement | |
| GKN Armstrong Wheels, Inc. | Melrose Industries | Iowa | state | 2011 | $558,287 | training reimbursement | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #2 (2005) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2016 | $557,472 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Web.com Group, Inc. | General Atlantic | Florida | state | 2008 | $556,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Angus Chemical Company | Golden Gate Capital | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $553,892 | property tax abatement | |
| NORTH PACIFIC PAPER COMPANY, LLC | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2016 | $551,435 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Res-Care, Inc. | KKR & Co. | Kentucky | state | 2017 | $550,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Angus Chemical Company | Golden Gate Capital | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $548,524 | property tax abatement | |
| FLUSHING TOWN CENTER LP | Onex | New York | state | 2007 | $547,783 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2014 | $547,550 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. | American Securities | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $546,745 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Rodney Hunt Company | Apollo Global Management | Massachusetts | state | 2012 | $545,600 | tax credit/rebate | |
| GKN Driveline North America, Inc. | Melrose Industries | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $542,945 | tax credit/rebate | |
| United Stationers Inc. and its Subsidiaries | Sycamore Partners Management | Illinois | state | 2006 | $538,177 | grant | |
| Angus Chemical Company | Golden Gate Capital | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $536,597 | property tax abatement | |
| Angus Chemical Company | Golden Gate Capital | Louisiana | state | 2008 | $535,636 | property tax abatement | |
| SAMSON INVESTMENT COMPANY & SU | KKR & Co. | Colorado | state | $534,311 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| SAMSON RESOURCES CO #2 | KKR & Co. | Oklahoma | state | 2011 | $533,851 | grant | |
| NORTH PACIFIC PAPER CORPORATION | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2015 | $530,555 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NORTH PACIFIC PAPER COMPANY, LLC | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2015 | $530,555 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $524,097 | tax credit/rebate | |
| NORTH PACIFIC PAPER COMPANY, LLC | One Rock Capital Partners | Washington | state | 2017 | $521,120 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Syniverse Networks, Inc. | Carlyle Group | Florida | state | 2003 | $519,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| GKN | Melrose Industries | North Carolina | local | 2017 | $518,254 | grant | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2010 | $517,500 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Staples, The Office Superstore East, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | New York | state | 2014 | $515,764 | enterprise zone | |
| BIG TEX TRAILER MANUFACTURING, INC. | Bain Capital | Oklahoma | state | 2011 | $513,032 | tax credit/rebate | |
| IND DEV INTL-BARNES & NOBLE | Elliott Management | Tennessee | local | 2007 | $512,926 | property tax abatement | |
| Safeway Inc | Cerberus Capital Management | Arizona | state | 2008 | $511,388 | training reimbursement | |
| Bob's Discount Furniture LLC | Bain Capital | Connecticut | state | 2016 | $510,660 | tax credit/rebate | |
| RUMFORD PAPER COMPANY | Apollo Global Management | Maine | state | 2014 | $509,719 | property tax abatement | |
| GARDNER DENVER PETROLEUM PUMPS, LLC | KKR & Co. | Oklahoma | state | 2012 | $507,342 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Flushing Town Center, L.P. | Onex | New York | state | 2007 | $507,168 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Carestream Health Inc. | Onex | New York | local | 2011 | $507,003 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Clipper Windpower, Inc. | Platinum Equity | Iowa | state | 2005 | $500,000 | grant/loan hybrid program | |
| PETsMART, Inc. | BC Partners | Illinois | state | 2004 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Smoothstone IP Communications Corporation | Apollo Global Management | Kentucky | state | 2008 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Fleetwood Motor Homes of Pennsylvania, Inc. | American Industrial Partners | Pennsylvania | state | $500,000 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| GKN Aerospace Monitor, Inc. | Melrose Industries | New York | state | 2011 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Aleris Rolled Products Manufacturing, Inc. | Oaktree Capital Management | Kentucky | state | 2012 | $500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC | Carlyle Group | Florida | state | 2011 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Enviva | Riverstone Holdings | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $500,000 | grant | |
| ECOATM, INC. | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2012 | $500,000 | federal grant | |
| Academy Sports + Outdoors | KKR & Co. | Georgia | state | 2012 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Safeway Inc. | Cerberus Capital Management | Maryland | local | 2016 | $500,000 | grant | |
| Res-Care, Inc. (thru Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government) | KKR & Co. | Kentucky | state | 2018 | $500,000 | grant | |
| KCP TECH | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2002 | $499,831 | federal grant | |
| KCP TECH | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2005 | $499,808 | federal grant | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, Inc. #2 (2005) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2015 | $499,675 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Cornerstone Chemical Company | Littlejohn & Co. | Louisiana | state | 2015 | $498,099 | property tax abatement | |
| AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | KKR & Co. | California | state | 2017 | $497,448 | training reimbursement | |
| BROTMAN MEDICAL CENTER, INC. | Leonard Green & Partners | California | state | 2014 | $497,344 | training reimbursement | |
| EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Apollo Global Management | United States | federal | 2013 | $495,852 | federal grant | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2009 | $493,349 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2009 | $493,349 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2009 | $493,349 | enterprise zone | |
| Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | Carlyle Group | New York | state | 2009 | $493,349 | enterprise zone | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2013 | $493,212 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Cornerstone Chemical Company | Littlejohn & Co. | Louisiana | state | 2012 | $490,299 | property tax abatement | |
| Hancor Inc. | American Securities | New York | state | 2007 | $485,595 | enterprise zone | |
| Staples, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | Indiana | state | 2007 | $482,775 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Palm Coast Data | New Mountain Capital | Florida | state | 2011 | $482,685 | training reimbursement | |
| Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises, LLC #3 (2010) | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2010 | $482,414 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| Life Time Fitness | Leonard Green & Partners | New York | local | 2016 | $480,437 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Styron LLC | Bain Capital | Michigan | state | 2010 | $480,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| American Tire Distributors, Inc. | TPG Capital | North Carolina | state | 2011 | $478,248 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Bob's Discount Furniture LLC | Bain Capital | Connecticut | state | 2016 | $474,486 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2016 | $470,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION | Lindsay Goldberg | Washington | state | 2017 | $469,138 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VeriFone, Inc. | Francisco Partners | Florida | state | 1998 | $468,600 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CLIPPER WINDPOWER, INC. | Platinum Equity | United States | federal | 2011 | $468,450 | federal grant | |
| REMINGTON OUTDOOR COMPANY INC (dba. REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY LLC) | Cerberus Capital Management | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $465,250 | grant | |
| MedSolutions, Inc. | TA Associates | Florida | state | 2006 | $465,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Five Below, Inc. | Advent International | Pennsylvania | state | 2017 | $462,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| SHAWS SUPERMARKETS INC AND SUBSIDIA | Cerberus Capital Management | Maine | state | 2014 | $459,205 | property tax abatement | |
| Organogenesis, Inc | Avista Capital Partners | Massachusetts | state | 2011 | $457,899 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Angus Chemical Company | Golden Gate Capital | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $457,444 | property tax abatement | |
| Bergdorf Goodman, Inc. | Ares Management | New York | local | 1998 | $455,954 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement |
