Ownership and acquisition activityAbout this listWhat changed hands, what probably did, and what moved without a known cause, on the public record of privately held employers.Four classes that are never conflated, and on every row: what changed, the buyer if one is known, whether the line is a fact or an inference, the rule and its measured precision when it is inferred, the source, and when it was last verified.
18,153 rows of activity across the first three classes; 3,532 unresolved departures are listed only when asked for. 1,300 rows name a buyer. The full event tape, every source and every event type, is at Event tape.
Public transaction evidence identifies the ownership transaction, and usually the buyer. The source URL is on the row.
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisition
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Industrial Technology - Thermal Management: D-B Heat Transfers
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Glass Concepts Hillside, Illinois Commercial Glazing Contractor (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Lasso, an IQVIA (IQV) business and provider of a leading healthcare marketing and analytics operating system (buyer: IQVIA)
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Claris Vision is backed by Candescent Partners private-equity firm, as well as Eagle Private Capital LLC, First New England Capital, Bay Capital, Pine Street Capital Partners and Plexus Capital. (buyer: Candescent Partners)
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: In 2015, CGP and its investors sold the Company to the PE firm JW Childs.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Northeast engineering firm specialized in commercial and industrial HVAC systems
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisitionForfend Industries Inc. (FiberTex & Supply add-on)Hampton River Holdings and Telson Capital, LLCconfidence 50%DFX research
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: SCP IV invested subordinated debt and common equity to support Forfend Industries' ("Forfend" or the "Company"), a portfolio company of Hampton River Holdings and Telson Capital, LLC, acquisition of FiberTex & Supply
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Titanus Cement Wall Co Novi, Michigan Construction Services Provider (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Diversified Industrials - Engineered Components: Hurricane Attachments
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: logistics management and total transportation solutions for heavy haul, drayage, over dimensional, flat bed
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: largest organic soybean meal, soybean oil, and other commodity processor east of the Mississippi
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: UBIF USA LLC ('UBIFUSA' or the 'Company') was formed by DFT Partners to execute a consolidation strategy within the UBIF franchise network. (buyer: DFT Partners)
- not announcedConfirmed: Majority investment
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Majority investment
- Buyer
- Six Pillars Partners
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: realized Tax Advisors Group: Tax Advisors Group provides property tax consulting services, including real estate and business personal property, for businesses in every industry.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Smede-Son Steel & Supply Detroit, Michigan Structural Steel Distributor (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Diversified Industrials - Engineered Components: ATG Group
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Aiglon acquires and grows lower middle-market companies ... the firm's current portfolio includes Nester Hosiery, Consolidated Lumber Company, US Medical Innovations, and Carter-Waters.
- not announcedConfirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: the company describes itself as now part of the Weisiger Group; date not published in the sources found (buyer: Weisiger Group)
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: LEHR, a Broadwing Capital Company, Expands National Emergency Vehicle Upfitting Platform with Two Add-On Acquisitions
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Capital Stoneworks Bridgeport, Michigan Stone Fabricator & Distributor (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Majority investment
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Majority investment
- Buyer
- Six Pillars Partners
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: realized Cadient Talent: Cadient Talent provides applicant tracking & assessment products, delivered via a SaaS model, to customers in the retail, healthcare and hospitality sectors.
- not announcedConfirmed: Minority investmentQwinix (merged with Cloudbakers to form 66degrees)East Los CapitalDenver, COconfidence 85%DFX research
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Minority investment
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: In early 2021 we invested alongside our friends at Sunstone Partners, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm, in a merger between Qwinix and Cloudbakers which positioned the combined company to become the Google ecosystem leader in professional services.
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Our best return was with Baskins, a family-owned chain of Western and work wear apparel, footwear and accessories in small towns in Texas. We bought the company from a local family office that had purchased the company from the founding family a couple of years earlier.
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Industrial Technology - Thermal Management: Industrial Radiator Service
- not announcedConfirmed: Recapitalisation
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-19
- Evidence
- Quote: Launched in 2016 in Draper, UT, Chalk Couture is a highly differentiated crafting business providing the ultimate high quality home décor product suite.
- not announcedConfirmed: Majority investment
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Majority investment
- Buyer
- Six Pillars Partners
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: active Signature Back Office Solutions: Signature provides employer of record (EOR) and outsourced back-office services to staffing firms serving the healthcare, pharma, biotech, engineering, and technology end-markets.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Canadian based niche heavy equipment manufacturer for the firewood processing industry
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisitionAltus Fire & Life Safety (north American Fire Holdings, LLC)AE Industrial Partners, LPNew York, NYconfidence 90%DFX research
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: AE Industrial Partners Acquires Cross-Fire & Security Co., a Full-Service Fire and Life Safety Services Company
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: We evaluated and visited over 50 collision centers before finding our platform acquisition in Car Crafters, the largest independently owned collision center in New Mexico.
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Urban Air Adventure Park is the nation's preeminent indoor theme park with more than 200 locations.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Buyer
- NCK Capital (IL)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: light industrial recycling manufacturer that specializes in converting food waste streams into a proprietary livestock feed with over 25 years of industry experience
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Consertus has grown rapidly through the acquisition and integration of 10 leading consulting firms:
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Buyer
- Narrow Gauge Capital
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: SEI is the largest independent installer of insulation in metro Atlanta area. Sold 2021.
- not announcedConfirmed: Recapitalisation
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Largest independent high value, low cost fitness club chain in Texas
- not announcedConfirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Catalyst IQ Combines Existing Advance Automotive Companies Adpearance, Fox Dealer, Search Optics, and ZeroSum (buyer: Advance Automotive)
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Northeast based fuel distribution & HVAC services business
- not announcedConfirmed: Add-on acquisitionERS Holding Management, LLC (formerly TALLASSEE REHAB P.C.)Elite Rehab SolutionsTallassee, ALconfidence 90%DFX research
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Add-on acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: Tallassee – ELITE REHAB SOLUTIONS
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: specialty corrugated sheet plant
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisitionUEW Intermediate Holding, LLC (formerly FOUR CORNERS HEALTHCARE INC)United Energy Workers HealthcareRiverton, WYconfidence 90%DFX research
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: Four Corners Healthcare | Energy Workers Medical Services
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Glasco Corporation Detroit, Michigan Glazing Contractor & Wholesaler (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Majority investment
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Majority investment
- Buyer
- Six Pillars Partners
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Good Giant and Two by Four, two private equity-backed advertising agencies under a new leadership structure owned by Merit Capital Partners and Six Pillars Partners, proudly announce the appointment of Dave Kissel as Chief Executive Officer of the group.
- not announcedConfirmed: Recapitalisation
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Provides specialty and long-term care pharmacy services...transplant care, CF, HIV
- not announcedConfirmed: Minority investment
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Minority investment
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: In 2016, the Company redeemed Consumer Growth Partners' equity interest.
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisitionNGP Opco Morris LLC (formerly MORRIS HEATING & COOLING, INC.)Nextgen Growth Partners, LLCBurlington, KYconfidence 90%DFX research
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: NextGen Growth Partners Portfolio Companies
- not announcedConfirmed: Majority investment
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Majority investment
- Buyer
- Six Pillars Partners
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: realized WoodNetworks: WoodNetworks provides expert IT services, such as help desk technical support, technology solutions, and IT consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.
- not announcedConfirmed: Recapitalisation
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: We invested in a company called Three Dog Bakery, which was a small, proprietary deal.
- not announcedConfirmed: RecapitalisationSP Opco, LLC DBA Blueridge Fiber Solutions (formerly SUPERIOR FIBERS LLC)Reedsville, WVconfidence 90%DFX research
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Quote: SUPERIOR FIBER LLC - Blueridge Fiber Solutions (buyer: Blueridge Fiber Solutions)
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: In 2018, CGP and its investors sold the Company to the PE firm, Asgard Partners.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Builder's Stone & Masonry Lenexa, Kansas Masonry Installation (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Buyer
- Narrow Gauge Capital
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Pilot is a California-based distributor of non-OEM automotive parts to the aftermarket.
- not announcedConfirmed: Recapitalisation
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Leading provider...completion and recovery enhancement services, foam/nitrogen
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Aiglon acquires and grows lower middle-market companies ... the firm's current portfolio includes Nester Hosiery, Consolidated Lumber Company, US Medical Innovations, and Carter-Waters.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: North East and South East based flooring distribution business
- not announcedConfirmed: Minority investment
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Minority investment
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: In 2015, the Company redeemed Consumer Growth Partners' equity interest.
- not announcedConfirmed: Type not stated
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Type not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Eastern Wholesale Fence Medford, New York Fencing Manufacturer & Distributor (buyer: Leelanau Private Capital)
- not announcedConfirmed: Minority investment
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Minority investment
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: In 2014, the Company exercised its redemption option and purchased Consumer Growth Partners equity interest.
- not announcedConfirmed: Minority investment
Evidence
- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Minority investment
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
- Evidence
- Quote: Our retired partner Bill Reisler redeemed CGP's equity interest in the Company in 2017.
- not announcedConfirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Class
- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Buyer
- Narrow Gauge Capital
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Quote: Class is a Michigan-based appraisal management company. Sold 2021.
Most important first: ranked by the class of change, how recent it is, the evidence and its confidence, with one company's rows on one day folded into one line.
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