Top Hypermarkets & Super Centers Independent Sponsors with Recent Private M&A Activity

120

Active Firms

2,683

TTM Deal Inquiries

$4M-$21M

Core Revenue Range

$1M-$4M

Core EBITDA Range

Top States by Activity

Florida 16%

California 13%

Texas 9%

New York 9%

Massachusetts 4%

Key Attributes

Focus: Control Investments | Capital Source: Deal-By-Deal Financing | Operating Approach: Scale & Exit

Kuzari Group LLC

2 Closed Deals via Axial

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Kuzari Group is a private investment firm managing a portfolio of equity and debt investments on behalf of its partners and investors. Please contact us if you represent a potential investment opportunity or would like to discuss becoming a capital, strategic or operating partner. We primarily sponsor acquisitions of Companies with enterprise values from $5 million to $50 million and EBITDA of $1 million to $10 million.

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Apr 2016 Acquired Sun Air Express
Oct 2014 Invested in Spruce and Bond
Jan 2014 Provided debt financing to Blackbook Magazine
Sep 2013 Acquired New York Tent Company

Thesis Capital Partners LLC

2 Closed Deals via Axial

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Thesis Capital Partners is a private investment firm that works with family-owned companies in the U.S. lower middle market to build lasting value. We look for strong businesses with room to grow, whether that’s through organic growth or by making acquisitions.We are operators who learned how to invest, teaching us what it takes to run and grow a business. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs— founders, families, and management teams —in a hands-on way to grow these companies for the next generation. Along the way, we provide the capital and support needed to help them reach their…

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Aug 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Dec 2024 Advised Thesis Capital Partners LLC on an investment from Confidential Company
Dec 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2024 Acquired Manufacturing Company

Parkstone Growth Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial

13 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Parkstone Growth Partners is a private investment firm focused on lower middle-market investments across the healthcare, insurance, consumer and retail industries.Our mission is to serve as business-building partners by providing capital and resources to accelerate growth while enhancing long-term value.We are driven by our values in everything that we do: Integrity, Partnership, Mutual Respect, Measurable Impact, and Family.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Palladio herbal & vitamin enriched cosmetics
Aug 2023 Acquired Mineral Fusion
Aug 2023 Acquired Turnbridge
Aug 2023 Acquired MGA Insurance Group

WJ Partners, LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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WJ Partners is a private investment firm dedicated to growing companies and creating long-term value. Since we only invest our own capital and not other people’s money, WJ Partners approaches each opportunity as a long-term collaboration with no mandated timeline to exit our investments. As active investors in our portfolio companies, we seek to strengthen current management by providing critical financial, strategic, and operational expertise, resources delivered with respect and reliability.

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May 2022 Acquired MIROC
Mar 2019 Acquired Power-Utility Products Co.
Mar 2018 Acquired Eggs Up Grill
Aug 2013 Acquired Mobile Communications America

Hayden Creek Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Hayden Creek Capital ("HCC") is a principal investment firm that focuses on investment opportunities in lower-middle market private companies. Our Principals have deep expertise in making growth equity and buyout investments principally in the Consumer Food and Beverage, Business Services and Distribution industries.HCC is not a typical private equity firm—we are not a fund. We take a flexible and creative approach to capital structures, having an extensive network of debt capital and institutional and family office equity capital providers.Our investing philosophy is grounded in…

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Aug 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Jan 2025 Acquired Anthony's Ladies Apparel
Jan 2024 Acquired Bin To Bottle
Oct 2021 Acquired Texas Emergency Care Center

Sundog Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are a team of investors and operators who have collectively acquired more than 30 businesses over the course of our careers. While we are generalist investors, our primary areas of industry focus are construction and contracting, consumer products, manufacturing, and distribution.We seek out situations where our investing, industry, and operating expertise will add value to the companies we acquire, and are comfortable working with leadership transitions.Featured in Axial's 2022 Industrials Top 50

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Apr 2022 Acquired Stryker Electrical Contracting, Inc.
Apr 2022 Acquired Bay Area Electric, Inc.
Apr 2022 Acquired Edge Electric, Inc.

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Rannerdale Capital LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

3 Total Closed Deals

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Rannerdale is both an independent sponsor and the private investment vehicle for its founder’s family. As an independent sponsor, Rannerdale identifies, pursues, executes and manages private equity transactions in the lower and middle market. As an investment vehicle, Rannerdale commits a material amount of its founder’s family capital to each transaction. David F. Browne is approaching 20 years of experience in private equity. He has had a lead role in circa 15 completed buyside transactions, investing $1.5 billion of equity capital. Of that equity capital, approximately $1…

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Jul 2026 Acquired Splish Splash Cleaners, Inc.
Jul 2026 Acquired AutoBodyNow
Jul 2023 Acquired Small Engine Warehouse, Inc.

Westover Group LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Westover Group is a Georgia based private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. Our Founder is a seasoned investor and operator who likes to work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

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Oct 2020 Acquired Poss Select Produce

Cardone Equity Group

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Cardone Equity Group is an investment company founded by Grant Cardone and Brandon Dawson. Together, they help business owners unlock value from a 360-degree perspective such as operations, marketing, finance, and people. Cardone Equity Group is currently seeking small to medium sized acquisition opportunities in a wide array of industries.

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Aug 2022 Acquired Gundlach's Service

New Heights Capital

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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New Heights Capital is a NYC-based private equity investment firm focused exclusively on buyouts and recapitalizations of profitable, lower middle market companies. Our firm is comprised of entrepreneurs, executives, and investors whose careers have been dedicated to working with privately-held businesses across a wide range of industries in the lower middle market. The mission of New Heights Capital is to build value by investing in people dedicated to growing exceptional niche companies. The foundation is a partnership with business owners, management teams, and entrepreneurs. We approach…

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Aug 2023 Invested in Payment Works
Aug 2023 Invested in Priority Bicycles
Aug 2023 Invested in DryBar
Aug 2023 Invested in On the Right Track

Jupiter Holdings

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Jupiter Holdings LLC is a Newport Beach, California-based private investment firm specializing in alternative investments and the pursuit of superior absolute returns. Founded in 1997 by Edmond F. St. Geme, Jupiter is backed by more than $1 billion of discretionary institutional capital and is highly opportunistic in its pursuit of extraordinary risk-adjusted returns in three primary areas: real estate, private equity, and marketable securities.

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Feb 2018 Acquired Juice It Up
Apr 2017 Acquired Mountain Mike's Pizza
Jan 2004 Acquired Burger King

Madison Lake Capital LLC

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Madison Lake Capital focuses on lower middle market companies that have a great history of stable cash flow generation. Based in Wisconsin, we are focused on unlocking value and attain growth organically by working with management teams to implement tailored best in class technology solutions and process systems irrespective of the sector. We prioritize and respect a company’s culture and take extra care in maintaining that through our transformation initiatives. We offer management teams interested in buying out business from the current owners capital and transaction support. Our…

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Jan 2025 Acquired Milwaukee Cylinder
Aug 2024 Acquired Gilman Precision
Aug 2023 Acquired Scotts Industrial Coatings

Concorde Equity Partners LLC

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Concorde Equity Partners is a fundless sponsor that helps entrepreneurs source and acquire small businesses. We search for businesses that meet our Entrepreneur in Residences' criteria, conduct initial diligence and negotiations, and manage the close process including securing financing.

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Dec 2024 Assisted Concorde Equity Partners LLC in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
Nov 2024 Advised Concorde Equity Partners LLC on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2024 Advised Concorde Equity Partners LLC on an investment from Confidential Company

NB Group

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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We invest $10 to 50 million in family or founder owned companies in the US or Canada with $3 to 15 million of EBITDA and attractive growth opportunities. Our preference is for majority ownership (51%+) or a significant minority stake, but we are highly flexible and will collaborate with a business owner to structure a win-win transaction. Unlike a traditional private equity firm that might have dozens of investments, we only focus on a handful of investments at a given time, which allows us to spend more time with our portfolio companies. While we typically plan…

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Aug 2022 Acquired OnePeak Medical
Mar 2020 Acquired Retail Services Rollup
Apr 2018 Invested in CR Fitness

Tempus Partners

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Tempus Partners seeks to buy and operate defensible and profitable small businesses in the consumer retail and manufacturing categories. We are committed to nurturing the long term success of our acquisitions and operating to generate consistent long-term cash flow. We are open to both growth partnerships, in which the existing team maintains some ownership and involvement going forward, or full buyouts. Our deep industry expertise in retail and manufacturing businesses allows us to take an active role and immediately pursue strong, low capital, low risk strategies to grow sales and…

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Jun 2025 Acquired Contender Bicycles
Mar 2024 Acquired Dawson Forte Cashmere

Iremia Capital Management

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Independent sponsor looking to acquire SaaS, service and media businesses that do $2mill-$10mill ebitda. Completing roll-ups in two sectors at the moment.

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Oct 2020 Acquired Gift Card SaaS

Tenet Investment Company

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Tenet Investment Company (“Tenet”) is a global private equity fund manager formed to make investments in middle market companies across the United States and West Africa. We are a generalist investment manager but however have a strong affinity for investments in sectors such as consumer products, manufacturing, food and agribusiness, financial services and technology. We seek control or significant minority investments in companies and look to back existing management teams or build strong management teams at investee companies. Our investment size ranges from $5 million to $30 million…

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Mar 2017 Acquired Traxi Continental Limited

Montera

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Montera is a middle market buy-and-build investment firm with offices in New York, NY and Atlanta, GA. We deploy control-oriented equity capital across services, consumer, and healthcare companies.We Believe that founder-owned companies are the lifeblood of our country. This is why we acquire great businesses and help them achieve their fullest potential.We Partner with owners and management teams who care deeply about their employees. We provide quick & straightforward exits and seek to honor the founders' legacy by protecting the culture for decades to come.We…

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Aug 2022 Acquired Confidential Company

Nath Inc

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Nath Inc is a premier hospitality management company with over 50 years of experience in the industry at its helm. Founded as a family-owned and operated business, we have grown from a small 25-room motel to managing resorts on the Great Lakes. Our team of experienced professionals is dedicated to delivering exceptional service and creating memorable experiences for our guests.We pride ourselves on our long-standing reputation for excellence in the hospitality industry. Our portfolio of properties includes a variety of different brands, giving our guests a wide range of options to choose…

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Learner Ltd

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Learner Ltd is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders. While we prefer opportunities in South Central USA, we do have a global mandate. Our principals are successful entrepreneurs who have founded and sold businesses valued at over $100m.Wole Oluwole-Rotimi is an investment banking professional with a progressive career across equity capital markets, M&A, and leveraged…

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Firms in the Hypermarkets & Super Centers Independent Sponsors 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 Hypermarkets & Super Centers Independent Sponsors is $4M-$21M, with a core EBITDA range of $1M-$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 Retail 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 120 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Retail.

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Hypermarkets & Super Centers Independent Sponsors directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Retail, 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 Independent Sponsors with experience in Retail, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 120 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 Hypermarkets & Super Centers Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.

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