Private Equity Info Blog

We ran a similar study but this time looking at the geographic distribution of private equity firms and their portfolio companies for European countries.
The majority of private equity firms are concentrated in the United Kingdom, Germany and France. Not surprisingly, these three countries also host the greatest number of portfolio companies (although France and Germany [...]

80% of U.S. private equity firms are located in just 10 states, with the largest concentration of firms in New York, California and Illinois.
While the private equity firms themselves are fairly geographically concentrated, it’s interesting to note that their portfolio companies are a little more dispersed.
The table below shows the top 20 states for private [...]