Top Diversified Support Services Private Equity Funds with Recent Private M&A Activity

370

Active Firms

18,339

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$19M

Core Revenue Range

$800K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range

Top States by Activity

Florida 14%

California 11%

Texas 10%

New York 7%

New Jersey 4%

Key Attributes

Focus: Control Investments | Capital Source: Committed Capital | Operating Approach: Scale & Exit

Baymark Partners

6 Closed Deals via Axial

27 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Baymark Partners is a Dallas-based private equity firm investing in growing middle market IT, healthcare, business and distribution services, as well as lite manufacturing providing owners with liquidity and companies with resources to accelerate their growth.The professionals at Baymark Partners possess over 100 years of successful experience in acquiring, investing and operating growth companies. Their experience ranges from early stage, high growth to fully developed market leaders. This experience, combined with its active Advisory Board, gives Baymark the ability to implement strategic…

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Jun 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Theut Company LLC
Aug 2023 Acquired SPANCraft Glass and Mirror
Aug 2023 Acquired Champs Restaurant Supply

LFM Capital

4 Closed Deals via Axial

22 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are a Nashville-based private equity firm, founded by operators and engineers, investing in manufacturing companies in the U.S. and Canada. We work with existing management teams to develop world-class operations and targeted growth, driving long-term value for management, employees, and our investors.

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Nov 2023 Acquired Current Tools
Sep 2023 Acquired SisTech Manufacturing
Aug 2023 Acquired Weller Metalworks
Nov 2022 Acquired Confidential Company

Heritage Holding

3 Closed Deals via Axial

53 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Heritage Holding is a Boston-based lower middle market Private Equity Fund with $220m of committed capital (Institutional Fund). HH has completed 50+ acquisitions since 2016, with a core focus on essential B2B services companies. We aim to partner with businesses that have stable track records and generate $1-10m of EBITDA.

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May 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Mar 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Jan 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Jan 2026 Acquired Confidential Company

Gauge Capital

3 Closed Deals via Axial

29 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Gauge Capital is a private equity firm that makes shared control and majority investments in growth-oriented service business. We tend to focus on the business service, healthcare service, consumer service, and food service sectors. Our platform investments typically have north of $5 million of EBITDA and are based in the US or Canada.

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Feb 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Jan 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Acquired irth Solutions
Aug 2023 Acquired Performance Beauty Group

JLL Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial

32 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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JLL Partners is a leading private equity firm with a 34-year track record of transforming businesses through its operational and financial expertise. JLL Partners is dedicated to partnering with companies that it can fundamentally help build into market leaders through a combination of strategic mergers and acquisitions, market repositioning, and product and service line expansion. The JLL team is comprised of investment professionals and operating partners with extensive experience in portfolio company management, transaction structuring, capital markets, and business development. The firm…

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Oct 2022 Acquired Promptworks
Oct 2022 Acquired Confidential Company
Nov 2021 Acquired Modus Create
Feb 2018 Acquired Dohmen Life Science Services

Source Capital

2 Closed Deals via Axial

31 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Source Capital, LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2002 which makes both equity and debt investments in mature, lower middle-market U.S. companies across a range of industries. Source Capital's investment strategy targets healthy growing companies with greater than $2.0 million in EBITDA seeking a growth-oriented partner.

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Aug 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Southern Dental Alliance
Aug 2023 Acquired Renew Recycling
Jun 2022 Acquired Amplifi

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ShoreView Industries

2 Closed Deals via Axial

29 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 2002, ShoreView is a Minneapolis-based private equity firm that has raised over $1.8 billion of committed capital across fivefunds. ShoreView partners with family or entrepreneurial-owned companies across many sectors, including engineered products, distribution, industrial services, business services, healthcare, and niche consumer products. Shoreview structures a variety of acquisition, recapitalization and build-up transactions, typically in businesses with revenues ranging between $20 million and $300 million.The Partners at ShoreView have completed over 100…

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Oct 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
Dec 2018 Invested in American Eye Associates
Sep 2017 Invested in Winzer Corporation
Sep 2016 Acquired Spring USA

LongWater Opportunities

2 Closed Deals via Axial

23 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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LongWater Opportunities is an operationally focused private equity firm targeting control equity investments in family-owned, American manufacturing companies. Founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs Jordan Bastable and Brooks Burgum, Longwater sought to build a private equity firm focused on aligning interests and investing patient capital to build great American businesses. Using their previous experience as private sector CEO’s, the founders have successfully executed this model, culminating in 11 completed acquisitions and the recent closing of Longwater’s third fund. At Longwater we…

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Oct 2024 Acquired Cypress Rail Solutions
Jul 2024 Acquired Martin Door
Jul 2023 Acquired MIDLAND GARAGE DOOR MFG CO
Sep 2022 Acquired Jetta Corporation

Permanent Equity

2 Closed Deals via Axial

23 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Using 30-year committed funds, Permanent Equity invests in companies that care what happens next. Our current portfolio includes 16 investments in companies like Ace Fence, Brian's Cabinets, Pacific Air Industries, Craig Frames, Blue Square Manufacturing, Chance Rides, AdAdvance, and Selective Search.We are looking to steward companies with durable value propositions and great teams. In each case, we examine why the company will be successful by remaining independent and why market demand is likely to endure over time, creating highly sustainable cash flow.We only consider companies…

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Jun 2024 Invested in Brian's Cabinets
Nov 2023 Invested in Rylee + Cru
Jun 2023 Invested in Chance Rides
Nov 2022 Invested in Ace Fence of Dallas

Argonaut Private Equity

2 Closed Deals via Axial

22 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 2002, Argonaut Private Equity is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based private equity firm with over $1.5 billion of capital deployed by the firm’s principals. The firm is currently investing out of Argonaut Private Equity Fund IV, a $400 million fund that deploys Argonaut’s strategy of making control-oriented buyout investments in companies in the industrial, manufacturing and energy services and products sectors. Argonaut looks to partner with management teams to improve operations, implement best practices and generate shareholder value. Argonaut has an over 15-year…

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May 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
Feb 2020 Acquired Confidential Company
Nov 2019 Acquired MultiTech Industries Inc.
Oct 2018 Acquired Energy Services

Hidden Harbor Capital Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial

17 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Hidden Harbor Capital Partners is a private equity firm which helps create business success stories by building teams focused on execution. We believe that great companies are built on a strong group of people as their foundation, and that businesses succeed when they are intensely focused on executing a small set of well-defined objectives. Hidden Harbor has assets under management of more than $1.9 billion.What we look for:• Lower middle market companies up to $500 million in revenue (or any size for add-on opportunities to existing portfolio companies)• EBITDA up to $50 million…

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Jan 2025 Acquired COAST TO COAST LOGISTICS
Dec 2024 Acquired QUAKER VALLEY FOODS
Nov 2024 Acquired LATHAN ARCHITECTS
Oct 2024 Acquired NORPLEX MICARTA

Transom Capital Group

2 Closed Deals via Axial

17 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Transom Capital Group is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with an operational focus to private equity investing in the middle-market. The Transom Capital team has a track record of investing and guiding the growth of lower-middle-market businesses. Key to this success is our unique hands-on approach to partnership that provides operational involvement and support to each portfolio company without overwhelming the management team. As investors, we view our role as critical, but not sufficient, to generating forward thrust, momentum and, if needed, a change in direction.

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Jun 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Jun 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
Jan 2024 Acquired Gene Juarez Salons & Spas
Jan 2024 Acquired Bose Professional

IMB Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial

14 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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IMB Partners (IMB) is a private investment firm focused on delivering top-quartile market returns to investors and creating positive social impact. IMB buys, builds, capitalizes and partners with management teams to grow value-added B2B companies in the small-to-midsize business market. We seek to generate above-market growth and customer retention rates by owning and building businesses that address the unmet need for large-scale diverse supplier participation among large corporate and government buyers. IMB invests capital on behalf of and alongside 25 high net worth families.We seek to…

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May 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Invested in Elite Brands
Jul 2023 Invested in eTelligent Group
Nov 2022 Invested in Farwest Corrosion Control

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial

14 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (“MSCP”), established in 1985 and based in New York, makes control equity investments in North American middle-market companies. Currently investing capital from Fund VI with $1.4 billion of total commitments. Targeted, sub-sector focused strategy with intensive operational focus driven by on-the-ground portfolio company “Accelerators” in addition to Operating Partners. We differentiate ourselves by applying the global resources, brand, and capabilities of Morgan Stanley to the middle-market.

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Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Dec 2021 Acquired Simplicity
Oct 2012 Invested in Creative Circle
Apr 2012 Acquired Access Cash

NextGen Growth Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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NextGen Growth Partners (“NGP”) is a Chicago-based private investment firm. We recently closed our $165M+ Fund III and are actively seeking great family/founder-owned businesses to partner with for their next phase of growth. We are unique in that we provide flexible succession planning for founders/owners looking to exit the business post-close (whether that be immediately or several years after). We do this by bringing in one of our talented Entrepreneurs in Residence to transition into the business after a transaction.

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Feb 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Invested in Premier Property Services LLC
Aug 2023 Invested in MWH
Aug 2023 Acquired Confidential Company

Basis Vectors, Inc.

2 Closed Deals via Axial

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Basic Vectors bring global capabilities and capital to unlock local and cross border growthWe partner with highly motivated entrepreneurs with amazing SaaS product by taking a majority stake in their companyWe are a team of proven entrepreneurs with exit experience and well differentiated operational, strategic and financial capabilitiesWe focus on $1-10M revenue companies that are attempting to break the ceiling of mediocre growth and high burnOur proprietary model excels at achieving high growth and positive cash flows within unparalleled timelinesAmbarish Gupta, Founder, PartnerAmbarish…

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Aug 2023 Acquired Infinity Lab
Jul 2023 Acquired Cadient
Jul 2022 Acquired CommerceV3
Nov 2021 Acquired Vorro

Kepler Capital Corporation

2 Closed Deals via Axial

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are long-term, patient investors searching for exceptional small- and mid-sized businesses throughout North America. We work with existing management teams to confidently transition the business while pursuing significant further growth. We also work with business owners to build and execute a plan to transition towards retirement, while maintaining the long-term success and legacy of the business.We focus on businesses with EBITDA of $500K - $5MM, with a preference towards the B2B services, light manufacturing, healthcare, and software industries.

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May 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company

Dauntless Capital Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Dauntless Capital Partners is a private equity firm providing buyout and expansion capital to lower middle market companies. We provide patient, long-term capital to stable, growing companies. Our investor base enables us to concentrate on long-term value creation driven by revenue and earnings growth. Dauntless Capital Partners places a premium on collaborating with company leaders and helping them navigate the challenges of a growing business. We seek opportunities to make controlling investments in business services, manufacturing, defense and government, industrial technology,…

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Aug 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Nov 2023 Acquired Aelott Air Conditioning

Pfingsten Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial

48 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Pfingsten is an operationally-driven private equity firm focused on long-term value creation. From our headquarters in Chicago with support from representative offices in India and China, we help businesses in ways few private equity firms can, applying our unique operational and global resources to offer real solutions to our companies, unlocking value and propelling growth. We invest a minimum of 50% equity into the capital structure of each portfolio company, providing the flexibility to create value through operational improvements, professional management practices, global capabilities…

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Aug 2023 Acquired Pacific Lasertec
Dec 2022 Acquired Tempest
Aug 2022 Acquired Fowler
Dec 2021 Acquired Fairbank Equipment

Tower Arch Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

32 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Tower Arch Capital is a lower-middle market private equity fund with $722 million in assets under management and we're investing from a recently raised $450 million committed fund. We focus on partnering with and growing high-quality family and entrepreneur-owned companies to deliver long-term value for our management teams and investors. Tower Arch brings operational, consulting, and financial expertise to small companies to give them the tools they need to achieve their full potential. We create value in a range of industries and work with companies across the United States. Target…

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Aug 2023 Acquired APIC Solutions
Aug 2023 Acquired Syracuse Utilities
Aug 2023 Acquired Lifeport
Aug 2023 Acquired Infolinks

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Firms in the Diversified Support Services Private Equity Funds directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Diversified Support Services Private Equity Funds is $3M-$19M, with a core EBITDA range of $800K-$4M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

Relevant Business Services experience can be an important consideration when evaluating a firm. Familiarity with the sector can provide a stronger understanding of its business models, market dynamics, valuation considerations, and transaction environment. The 370 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Business Services.

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Diversified Support Services Private Equity Funds directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Business Services, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

When comparing Private Equity Funds with experience in Business Services, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 370 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Diversified Support Services Private Equity Funds directory, you can request information here.

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