Independent Sponsor Intelligence
A national record of lower middle market ownership transitions, the verified independent sponsors that have bought companies like them, and the capital observed financing those deals. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such, with the source and the date, on every row.
Who is buying in your sector, and who paid for it
Every confirmed transaction DFX has read, grouped by the sector of the company that was bought. 1,169 deals, 235 of them in the last twelve months, against a universe of 97,265 privately held employers in the same sectors. Open a sector for the buyers, the capital named on their deals and the tape.
- Deals read
- 193 · 65 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 83 · 23 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 36
- Companies in the universe
- 8,889
- Latest deal
- Sep 15, 2026
- Deals read
- 321 · 54 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 163 · 36 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 54
- Companies in the universe
- 27,035
- Latest deal
- Sep 9, 2026
- Deals read
- 162 · 51 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 63 · 11 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 19
- Companies in the universe
- 23,823
- Latest deal
- Sep 3, 2026
- Deals read
- 88 · 17 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 45 · 9 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 8
- Companies in the universe
- 10,479
- Latest deal
- Jun 1, 2026
- Deals read
- 121 · 15 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 42 · 15 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 13
- Companies in the universe
- 6,930
- Latest deal
- Jul 10, 2026
- Deals read
- 107 · 15 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 75 · 5 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 6
- Companies in the universe
- 4,687
- Latest deal
- Aug 27, 2026
- Deals read
- 111 · 11 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 55 · 10 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 13
- Companies in the universe
- 9,373
- Latest deal
- Sep 3, 2026
- Deals read
- 64 · 7 in 12 months
- Buyers named
- 25 · 5 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 9
- Companies in the universe
- 6,049
- Latest deal
- Jun 25, 2026
- Deals read
- 2
- Buyers named
- 2 · 2 verified sponsors
- Capital providers on those deals
- 0
- Companies in the universe
- 0
- Latest deal
- n/a
A deal is here when DFX has read an announcement naming the company that was bought and mapped it to the employer record. The capital count is the providers actually named in those announcements, which is fewer than the deals: most releases name the buyer and not the lenders.
Tell us your two sectors. Every Monday: every deal announced in them, the buyer, the company and the capital named on it, and the ownership changes DFX read out of the filings.
Capital provider? The lender edition leads with the sponsors that closed in your sectors and who financed each one.