Top US acquirers
Every acquirer we track headquartered in United States. 60 in total — grouped by the kind of buyer they are.
private equity firm39
A private equity firm buys with someone else's money and a clock already running. Their funds have a shelf life of roughly a decade, so they typically fund part of the deal with debt, want majority or full control of the business, and plan to sell you on again within three to seven years. None of that makes them a bad buyer — it just means the deal, and the years that follow it, look different from selling to someone who never plans to let go.
- Accel-KKRUnited StatesPE5 holdings
- Advent InternationalUnited StatesPE16 holdings
- ApteanUnited StatesPE2 holdings
- Bain Capital Private EquityUnited StatesPENot yet verified
- Broadridge Financial SolutionsUnited StatesPE2 holdings
- Clearlake CapitalUnited StatesPE22 holdings
- Diversis CapitalUnited StatesPE29 holdings
- Emergence SoftwareUnited StatesPENot yet verified
- EnlyteUnited StatesPE2 holdings
- EpicorUnited StatesPE1 holding
- EverCommerceUnited StatesPE1 holding
- Francisco PartnersUnited StatesPE87 holdings
- Genstar CapitalUnited StatesPE47 holdings
- GTCRUnited StatesPE47 holdings
- H.I.G. CapitalUnited StatesPE164 holdings
- K1 Investment ManagementUnited StatesPE43 holdings
- KaseyaUnited StatesPE3 holdings
- Marlin Equity PartnersUnited StatesPE10 holdings
- MRI SoftwareUnited StatesPE2 holdings
- New Mountain CapitalUnited StatesPE1 holding
- Performant CapitalUnited StatesPE8 holdings
- Platinum EquityUnited StatesPE58 holdings
- PSG EquityUnited StatesPE129 holdings
- Roper TechnologiesUnited StatesPE29 holdings
- Rubicon Technology PartnersUnited StatesPE11 holdings
- ScaleworksUnited StatesPE4 holdings
- Serent CapitalUnited StatesPE47 holdings
- Silver LakeUnited StatesPE66 holdings
- SS&C TechnologiesUnited StatesPE4 holdings
- STG – Symphony Technology GroupUnited StatesPE26 holdings
- Summit PartnersUnited StatesPENot yet verified
- TA AssociatesUnited StatesPENot yet verified
- The Riverside CompanyUnited StatesPE8 holdings
- Thoma BravoUnited StatesPE62 holdings
- Vector CapitalUnited StatesPE21 holdings
- Veritas CapitalUnited StatesPE16 holdings
- VertaforeUnited StatesPE2 holdings
- Vista Equity PartnersUnited StatesPE87 holdings
- Warburg PincusUnited StatesPE176 holdings
serial acquirer15
A serial acquirer buys businesses on repeat and holds them for good — resale was never the plan. There's no fund clock forcing an exit and no head office plan to fold your brand into theirs: most run on their own cash and keep your name, your team, and your day-to-day running as-is. For a founder, that's a different bet to a PE firm's timed flip or a strategic's full integration — you're picking a permanent home, not a line in someone else's exit deck.
- Alpine Software Group (ASG)United StatesAggregator18 holdings
- Big Band SoftwareUnited StatesAggregator5 holdings
- CordanceUnited StatesAggregator25 holdings
- Embrace EdTech GroupUnited StatesAggregator3 holdings
- Embrace Finance GroupUnited StatesAggregator2 holdings
- Embrace Industrial GroupUnited StatesAggregator4 holdings
- Evergreen Services GroupUnited StatesAggregator1 holding
- Financial Institutions GroupUnited StatesAggregator2 holdings
- FOG Software GroupUnited StatesAggregatorNo holdings tracked
- FullsteamUnited StatesAggregator45 holdings
- Libra Software GroupUnited StatesAggregator18 holdings
- Recur SoftwareUnited StatesAggregator4 holdings
- Software AnswersUnited StatesAggregator2 holdings
- Solen Software GroupUnited StatesAggregator1 holding
- The Lake CompaniesUnited StatesAggregator1 holding
strategic acquirer4
A strategic acquirer is a company already operating in your world, not a fund looking for a return. It's buying you to bolt you into something bigger: a product it wants, a customer base it needs, or a team it can't hire fast enough. That changes the deal itself — expect deeper integration into their business, a longer view than a typical financial buyer, and a price that reflects what you unlock for them, not just what your P&L says on its own.
financial buyer2
A financial buyer is buying your business for what it pays out, not for a strategic fit or a future flip. Think family offices and investment holding companies: they care about steady cash flow and risk-adjusted return, they expect to hold for the long run, and their diligence digs hardest into your numbers, not your market position. If that's the buyer you want, the deal usually moves faster and asks fewer questions about your team or your roadmap — the price is set by what the business earns, not by a story about where it's going.