Distribution & Logistics Private Equity Firms
55 mid-market firms that invest in distribution & logistics companies. Each profile covers check size, target EBITDA, strategy, and add-on appetite, sourced from the firms' own published criteria.
- Akoya Capital
Akoya runs a sector-leader model out of Chicago, pairing executive partners with industrial, distribution, specialty chemicals, and packaging deals.
- Align Capital Partners
Align splits its team between Cleveland and Dallas and buys lower-middle-market companies across business services, industrial services, specialty manufacturing, and software.
- Allied Industrial Partners
A Houston firm built around heavy industrial themes: environmental services, waste, critical infrastructure, niche manufacturing.
- Banbury Private Capital
A Charlotte investor in aerospace, defense, and industrial distribution with a wide $15M to $200M equity range.
- BelHealth Investment Partners
A New York healthcare investor spanning services, products, and distribution at the smaller end of the market.
- Blackford Capital
Grand Rapids-based and proudly Midwestern, Blackford buys $3M to $20M EBITDA manufacturing and distribution companies, often from founders in West Michigan's industrial belt..
- Blue Point Capital Partners
Blue Point runs offices in Cleveland, Charlotte, and Seattle plus a Shanghai supply-chain team, which it uses as a genuine operating advantage for industrial companies with Asian sourcing.
- Blue Sea Capital
West Palm Beach firm investing $30M to $250M in healthcare services, healthcare IT, and outsourced services businesses with $5M to $30M of EBITDA.
- Branford Castle Partners
A New York firm hunting below the radar: specialty manufacturing, industrials, and transportation companies up to $15M EBITDA with a $3M to $10M sweet spot.
- Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. (BRS)
BRS has been doing consumer and multi-unit deals in New York since 1995, from restaurant groups to specialty distribution, across a wide $1M to $25M EBITDA range.
- Castle Island Partners
A Newton, Massachusetts firm buying industrial manufacturing, distribution, and logistics companies from $1M to $20M of EBITDA.
- CenterOak Partners
A Dallas firm investing $20M to $100M in industrial growth, specialty distribution, and outsourced industrial services companies with $5M to $35M of EBITDA.
- CID Capital
An Indianapolis firm with $677M raised, writing $10M+ equity checks into industrial products, services, and distribution companies from $3M of EBITDA.
- Clearview Capital
A Stamford firm running a classic buy-and-build model on $5M to $25M EBITDA companies in business services, niche manufacturing, and distribution, with $30M to $125M of equity per platform and smaller checks for add-ons..
- Frontenac Company
A Chicago firm investing through a CEO1ST model: it identifies proven executives first, then buys companies for them to run.
- Gauge Capital
A Dallas-area firm that showed up in four of the five sectors this directory covers, which tells you what a true generalist looks like at this size.
- GenNx360 Capital Partners
A New York firm buying industrial services, manufacturing, transportation, and logistics companies with $5M to $35M of EBITDA.
- Graycliff Partners
A New York firm descended from HSBC's private capital arm, investing $10M to $100M in niche manufacturing, distribution, and industrial services companies with $4M to $50M of EBITDA.
- Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners
A Stamford firm calling its niche modern industrial: engineered manufacturing, factory automation, robotics, and the B2B services around them.
- High Road Capital Partners
A New York firm buying niche manufacturing, distribution, and services companies with $1M to $10M of EBITDA.
- Industrial Opportunity Partners
An Evanston firm deploying $15M to $100M into manufacturing and value-added distribution companies with $5M to $50M of EBITDA.
- Inflight Capital Partners
An Austin-based, veteran-owned independent sponsor backed by large family offices rather than a committed fund, pursuing industrial manufacturing, technology, and distribution businesses with $5M to $25M of EBITDA.
- Invision Capital
A Chicago firm investing $2M to $50M in manufacturing, distribution, and service businesses generally under $30M of EBITDA.
- Iron Range Capital
A Chicago firm buying niche manufacturing and value-added distribution platforms with $3M to $20M of EBITDA, add-ons any size.
- Kian Capital
A Charlotte and Atlanta firm with $1.1B under management, investing $15M to $40M in consumer, services, and distribution businesses with $3M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Kilroy Partners
A Boca Raton firm investing up to $30M per transaction in industrial and niche manufacturing businesses.
- LaSalle Capital
A Chicago firm concentrated on lower-middle-market food and beverage: manufacturing, B2B supply chain, and agriculture-adjacent businesses with $2M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Mangrove Equity Partners
A Tampa firm with an internal operating team that works alongside founders of $3M to $10M EBITDA manufacturing, service, and distribution companies.
- May River Capital
A Chicago firm investing $30M to $90M in industrial growth businesses: flow control, instrumentation, precision equipment, and technical services with $4M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Merit Capital Partners
A Chicago firm with $2.5B+ invested, providing junior capital and equity to manufacturing, distribution, and services companies from $4M of EBITDA, with checks starting at $20M.
- MiddleGround Capital
A Lexington, Kentucky firm with $3.7B AUM buying B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies with $15M to $100M of EBITDA.
- Onward Capital
A Chicago-area firm investing in industrial manufacturing and value-added distribution companies with $4M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Oridian Capital Partners
A Washington DC firm, formerly HCI Equity Partners, buying technician-based services, distribution, and light manufacturing businesses.
- Peninsula Capital Partners
A Detroit firm providing junior capital and equity: subordinated debt of $5M to $50M and equity up to $30M for companies from $3M of EBITDA.
- Pfingsten Partners
A Chicago firm that has run the same operationally-driven playbook on $3M to $12M EBITDA manufacturing, distribution, and services companies for thirty years, now on a $435M sixth fund.
- Pike Street Capital
A Seattle firm buying industrial technology, distribution, and specialty manufacturing companies with $4M to $20M of EBITDA.
- Prospect Partners
A Chicago firm buying niche manufacturing, distribution, and specialty services companies with $3M to $10M of EBITDA.
- Provariant Equity Partners
A Cleveland firm investing in niche manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses with $5M to $15M of EBITDA, with particular time spent in building products and automotive aftermarket.
- River Associates Investments
A Chattanooga firm on its eighth fund ($345M), buying manufacturing, distribution, and industrial services companies with $3M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Rockwood Equity Partners
A Cleveland firm buying industrial businesses with $2M to $7M of EBITDA, with dedicated practices in aerospace and regulated industrials.
- Rotunda Capital Partners
A Bethesda and Chicago firm with $1.6B AUM buying value-added distribution, asset-light logistics, and industrial services platforms up to $50M of EBITDA.
- Saw Mill Capital
A Briarcliff Manor firm investing $15M to $100M per platform in engineered products, specialty distribution, and industrial services companies with $3M to $25M of EBITDA.
- Shore Capital Partners
The most prolific microcap investor in the country, with ~$17B AUM and dedicated healthcare, food and beverage, business services, and industrial funds.
- Southfield Capital
A Greenwich firm investing $20M to $125M in outsourced business services companies with $4M to $20M of EBITDA: commercial services, environmental services, logistics, and professional services.
- SRM Equity Partners
An Atlanta firm investing up to $75M in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and tech-enabled services companies with $3M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Stonehenge Partners
A Columbus firm investing $10M to $50M of flexible capital in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and business services companies.
- Svoboda Capital Partners
A Chicago firm investing $10M to $25M in professional services, industrial and commercial services, and logistics businesses with $3M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Tecum Capital
A Pittsburgh-area firm running SBIC funds that provide mezzanine debt ($5M to $20M) and control equity for manufacturing, distribution, and services businesses with $2M to $10M of EBITDA.
- The Riverside Company
One of the largest small-company investors in the world, with strategies spanning micro-cap (under $10M EBITDA), capital appreciation ($10M to $35M), flexible capital, and software acceleration.
- Tonka Bay Equity Partners
A Minnetonka firm with a $200M fourth fund buying highly engineered manufacturing, distribution, and business services companies with $2M to $8M of EBITDA.
- Tregaron Capital
A Palo Alto firm investing $3M to $10M of equity and mezzanine in California-and-westward services, distribution, and mature software businesses.
- Trivest Partners
A Coral Gables firm and the oldest PE shop in the Southeast, with a strict rule: founder- and family-owned businesses only, no institutional sellers.
- V&A Capital (Vanda Capital)
A New York firm buying manufacturing, distribution, and transportation businesses with $1M to $10M of EBITDA.
- Watermill Group
A Lexington, Massachusetts firm applying strategy-consulting discipline to industrial manufacturing and distribution companies with $3M to $15M of EBITDA.
- White Wolf Capital
A Miami firm with $600M+ AUM investing in lower-middle-market industrials, waterworks distribution, and HVAC and plumbing services.