538 private equity deals announced in 90 days, 176 of them add-ons

538 private equity transactions were announced between 2026-06-25 and 2026-09-23: 177 platform acquisitions, 176 add-ons, 60 exits and 125 growth, minority or recapitalisation deals. 4 disclosed an enterprise value, $4.3B in total.

Add-ons against platform acquisitions is the simplest read of where sponsors are spending: consolidating what they own versus opening new platforms. Values are disclosed for very few deals and the total is a floor.

Occurred

Sep 23, 2026

Window

Jun 25, 2026 to Sep 23, 2026

First detected

Sep 23, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC

Last confirmed

Sep 23, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC

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• most active sponsor
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• most active sponsor

• event
  ••• Locked
  News and newswireJul 13, 2026
• event
  ••• Locked
  News and newswireAug 10, 2026
• event
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  News and newswireAug 5, 2026
• event
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  News and newswireAug 5, 2026

exits

60

add ons

176

platforms

177

transactions

538

disclosed ev usd

$4.3B

with disclosed value

$4

Detector

PE_DEAL_ACTIVITY_90D v1

Kind

FACT: observed in a filing or announcement; the statement is the source's

Query

select transaction_type, count(*) from pe_pub_transaction where announced_at >= '2026-06-25' group by 1

Coverage

Announced transactions parsed from press wires and sponsor sites; the parser's is-a-PE-deal precision is 0.94 on a blind sample. Undisclosed values are not estimated.