Year by Year Private Equity Firm Formation
October 30th, 2008See below a chart showing the number of private equity firms formed each year since 1980 (at least according to our records). Not all private equity firms readily disclose when their group was established, so the numbers below are not representative of all firms. However, the sample is large enough to show trends, most notably the stark drop in firms formed in 2008.
Given reduced company valuations in today’s market, it’ll be interesting to see what new players emerge looking to take advantage in 2009.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
This pretty much affirms what is generally assumed, but I haven’t seen it so clearly displayed. Of the firms in the graph, were venture capital firms or smaller PE firms included or just the bigger buyout-focused private equity firms?
I agree, it will be interesting to see what the data for 2009 will be. I hear a lot of talk about private equity firms benefiting in some ways from the financial crisis by buying up distressed assets being sold by the government and investment funds at low prices, fixing them up and selling them for a profit. So maybe 2009 will show a lot of new firms, we’ll see I guess.
Theo O’Brien
http://PrivateEquityBlogger.com
June 20th, 2011 at 11:00 am
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