Thought Leadership

Private equity holding periods continue to climb

Our biannual holding period study draws on the Private Equity Info M&A research database to monitor changes in trends and exit behavior. The ...

Published: 02/13/2026

Top industries of interest for private equity platform investments in 2025

The Private Equity Info database recorded 3,123 private equity platform acquisitions in 2025 (notably down from 4,235 in 2024).

Published: 02/03/2026

Private Equity Info Custom Research: Accurate, Actionable, Deal-Ready

High-quality data alone doesn’t drive good decisions. The real advantage comes from how that data is interpreted, refined, and applied. Private ...

Published: 01/09/2026

2025 in Review: How uncertainty reshaped Private Equity activity

As we look back on 2025, we highlight several key themes that shaped private equity activity during the year:

Published: 12/19/2025

Top 10 private equity firms ranked by number of add-on investments 

Acquisitions by private equity firms are trending to a higher mix of add-on investments, relative to platform investments.

Published: 12/05/2025

The firms and industries with the most PE-to-PE transactions

Over the past decade, a fascinating trend has emerged within private equity. Certain portfolio companies have been owned by multiple private equity ...

Published: 11/25/2025

Interest rates, platform activity and add-on activity: PEI’s 25-year data driven history demonstrates the correlation

Conventional wisdom suggests that the pace of private equity investments should ultimately drive exits, delayed by the median holding period for ...

Published: 11/18/2025

Measuring the role of PE-to-PE transactions in deal flow

Private equity firms have four primary channels to attract deal flow: bankers with deals, advisors with relationships, privately-held companies, and ...

Published: 11/10/2025

Slowed investments and exits in 2025 show strategic restraint

Private equity dealmaking downshifted in the first half of 2025, with both new platform investments and exits softening.

Published: 10/27/2025