FranVestors lists private equity firms that own or have owned franchisors. To learn more about any private equity firm below, including their approach to owning portfolio companies, click on their name and you will be directed to their webpage.
Many of these private equity firms have an active interest in buying and/or selling franchisors. You are encouraged to visit their websites.
3G Capital
Burger King, Popeyes, Tim Hortons
ACI Capital
Hollywood Tans
Advent International
Bojangles’, First Watch, Party City, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Altaris Capital
Senior Helpers
American Securities
Childtime Learning Center, El Pollo Loco, Montessori Unlimited, Oreck, Potbelly, Tutor Time
Altamont Capital Partners
J.D.Byrider
American Capital
AAMCO Transmission, Cottman Transmissions, Primrose Schools
Angelo Gordon & Co.
Benihana, Crunch Fitness, White Hen Pantry
Apax Partners
Authority Brands, Homewatch Caregivers, Takko
Apollo
Carl’s Jr., CENTURY 21 ,Chuck E. Cheese, Claire’s, Coldwell Banker, ERA, GNC, Hardee’s, Sotheby’s
Ares Capital Corporation
Aero-Colours, Aire Serv, AutoQual, Curves, Drive N Style, Econo Lube, Glass Doctor, GNC, Ground Guys,Huddle House, Maaco, Massage Envy, Meineke, Mr. Appliance, Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter, Papa Murphy’s, Rainbow
Arcapita
Church’s, Caribou Coffee, PODS
Argonne Capital Group
Krystal,Lube Stop, On The Border, Stevi B’s
Argosy Private Equity
Great Clips, Million Air, ReBath, Rita’s
Arlon Group
Cici’s Pizza
Atalya Capital Management
Bennigan’s
Axum Capital Partners
Wild Wing Café
Balmoral Funds
Mooyah
Bain Capital Private Equity
Baskin-Robbins, Bonefish Grill, Domino’s (Japan), Dunkin’ Donuts, Gymboree (China), Outback Steakhouse, Retail Zoo
BIP Capital
Tropical Smoothie Café
Boxwood Partners
SweetFrog
Brentwood Associates
Blaze Pizza
Bridgepoint Capital
Burger King, Fat Face
Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc.
Gold’s Gym
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. LLC
Au Bon Pain, California Pizza Kitchen, Corner Bakery Café, El Torito, Logan’s Roadhouse, Ruth’s Chris
Capital Growth Advisors
Stevi B’s Pizza, The Burger Joint
Castle Harlan, Inc.
Burger King, Marie Callender, Perkins
Catterton Partners
Baja Fresh, Build-A-Bear, Caribou Coffee, Cheddar’s, Edible Arrangements, First Watch, Noodles & Company, Pure Barre
Centerbridge Partners
Culligan, Gordon Biersch, Old Chicago P.F. Chang’s, Rock Bottom
Centre Partners Management
Buca di Beppo, Captain D’s, Johnny Rockets, Muzak, Pizzeria Uno
Centre Lane Partners
Coverall, Saladworks
Center Oak Partners
Cheddar’s, Wetzel’s Pretzels
Champlain Capital Partners
CARSTAR
Charlesbank Capital Partners
Captain D’s, Del Taco, Papa Murphy’s, The Princeton Review, Shoppers Drug Mart, Tire Pros, Vision Source
CIC Partners
Red Mango
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
AmeriSpec, Culligan, Furniture Medic, Hertz, Merry Maids, ServiceMaster Clean, Terminix, TruGreen,
Cohesive Capital Partners
Aire Serv, Glass Doctor, The Grounds Guys, Mr. Appliance, Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter, Party City, Rainbow
Eagle Merchant Partners
Caribou Coffee, Chicken Salad Chick, Church’s, Krystal, Pods
Edison Ventures
Liberty Tax
Emigrant Capital
Robeks
Enhanced Equity Funds
Elements Massage, Fitness Together
Evolve Capital
Comfort Keepers
Fairmont Capital
Baker’s Square, Expressions Furniture, Village Inn
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Fionn MacCool’s
Falfurrias Capital Partners
Bojangles
Falcon Investment Advisors
Dent Wizard, The Princeton Review
Falconhead Capital
Rita’s
Freeman Spogli
Batteries Plus, El Pollo Loco, First Watch, Piggly Wiggly, Popeyes
Freidman, Fleischer & Lowe
Church’s Chicken
FundCorp Inc.
Gatti’s Pizza, Gigi’s Cupcakes
Gala Capital Partners
Mooyah
Gart Capital Partners
golfTEC
Gemini Investors
Buffalo Wild Wings, Cool Cuts 4 Kids, Disaster Kleenup (DKI), Garbanzo, PrimerGarage, Wingstop
Golden Gate Capital
California Pizza Kitchen, Macaroni Grill, On the Border, Payless, Red Lobster
Goldman Sachs
Burger King, Del Taco, Hyatt Hotels
Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison
Baker’s Square, Houlihan’s, Village Inn
Graham Partners
Line-X
Great Hill Partners
Passport Health
The Halifax Group
Animal Supply Co., Interim Healthcare, Meineke, Pirtek
Hancock Park Associates
Gordon Biersch
Harvest Partners
AutoQual, Aero- Colours, Drive N Style, Dwyer Group, Econo Lube, Maaco, Meineke
H.I.G. Capital
Dent Wizard, Ideal Image,Hooters, Vision Source
High Bluff Capital Partners
Quiznos
Highland Capital
Pinkberry
Holding Capital Group
Nevada Bob’s
Incline Equity Partners
Jan-Pro, Maid Right, Intelligent Office
Investors Management Corporation
Golden Corral, Fleetfeet, IKOR, Right at Home
Irving Place Capital
Pet Supplies Plus, The Vitamin Shoppe
Jefferies Capital Partners
Au Bon Pain, California Pizza Kitchen, Chevys, Pollo Tropical, Taco Cabana
J.H. Whitney
Brick House Tavern & Tap, Joe’s Crab Shack, Romano’s Macaroni Grill
JPB Capital Partners
Baja Fresh, Kenny Rogers Roasters, La Madeleine, The Green Turtle, ZIPS Dry Cleaners
KarpReilly
Habit Burger, Hooters, Marie Callender’s, Sprinkles
Kelso & Company
Logan’s Roadhouse
Kinderhook Industries
bd’s Mongolian Grill
KSL Capital Partners
Elements, Fit 36, Fitness Together
Larsen Maccoll Partners
Burger & Beer
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
Captain D’s, Del Taco, Topshop
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, Bluebird Care, Cici’s Pizza, FASTSIGNS, Great American Cookies, Hand and Stone, Interim HealthCare, Just Better Care, Lawn Doctor, Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo’s, Mountain Mike’s, Pretzelmaker, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Senior Helpers, The Athlete’s Foot, Wetzel’s Pretzels
Lee Equity Partners
Papa Murphy’s
Lindsay Goldberg LLC
Value Place
LNK Partners
Au Bon Pain
Lone Star Funds
Lone Star Steakhouse, Shoney’s
Madison Dearborn Partners
La Fitness, Ruth’s Chris, Taco Cabana, Pollo Tropical
Mainsail Partners
Togo’s, The Bar Method
Maveron
Pinkberry, Potbelly
Mill Road Capital
Destination Maternity
Millstone Capital Advisors
Lion’s Choice
Mistral Equity Partners
Jamba Juice
Morgan Joseph TriArtisan
TGI Friday’s
MVP Capital Partners
A Pea in the Pod, Destination Maternity, Motherhood Maternity, Saxby’s Coffee, Swiss Farms
Nimes Capital
Togo’s
North Castle Partners
Curves, Jenny Craig
NRD Capital
Frisch’s, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Ruby Tuesday
Oak Hill Capital Partners
Checkers, Rally’s
Oak Investment Partners
Baja Fresh, Caribou Coffee, Cheddar’s, Jamba Juice, Potbelly
One Equity Partners
Travel Leaders
Onex Corporation
CiCi’s Pizza
Palladium Equity Partners
ABRA Auto Body & Glass, Pronto Insurance, Rock N’ Jump, Taco Bueno, Sky Zone
Palm Beach Capital
Cruise Planners
Parallel Investment Partners
The Children’s Place
Penfund
Timothy’s Coffee, Pet Valu
Pharos Capital Group, LLC
Back Yard Burgers
Pine Tree Equity Partners
Fast-Fix, Lady of America
Platinum Equity
Valpak
PNC Riverarch Capital
The Cleaning Authority
Pouschine Cook Capital Management
Fantastic Sams, Griswold Special Care
Praesidian Capital Partners
Planet Fitness
Princeton Ventures
European Wax Centers, Massage Envy
Prospect Capital Corporation
Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon. Coverall, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Schlotzsky’s
PWP Growth Equity Fund
Black Bear Diner, MOD Pizza
Rimrock Partners
Macaroni Grill
Riverside Company
AIA Corporation, Aire Serv, ComForCare, Five Star Painting, Glass Doctor, It’s Just Lunch, Mr. Appliance, Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter, Rainbow International, Retail Zoo, The Ground Guys, Wiz Korea
Roark Capital Group
1-800- Radiator, Aero-Colours, Anytime Fitness, Arby’s, Auntie Anne’s, AutoQual, Batteries Plus, Bosley’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, CARSTAR, Carvel, Carl’s Jr, Corner Bakery Cafe, Cinnabon, Culver’s, Drive N Style, Drybar, Econo Lube, Fastsigns, Hardees, Jimmy John’s, Maaco, Massage Envy, McAlister’s Deli, Meineke, Merlin, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Money Mailer, Orangetheory Fitness, Pet Valu, Primrose Schools, Pro Oil Change, Schlotzky’s, Seattle’s Best, Waxing the City, Wingstop
RockPort Capital Partners
Solar Universe
Rosser Capital
Au Bon Pain, California Pizza Kitchen, Chevy’s, Corner Bakery, Golden Corral, Il Fornaio, Logan’s Roadhouse, Rax, Ruth’s Chris, Steak & Ale
Sentinel Capital Partners
Checkers, Cottman, Fazoli’s, Huddle House, Interim Healthcare, Massage Envy, Newk’s, TGI Friday’s, Tony Roma’s
Serent Capital
C2 Educational Systems
Sorenson Capital
Re-Bath
Starboard Capital Partners
Jan-Pro, Sonic
Starwood Capital
Four Points, Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, Westin
Sterling Partners
School of Rock, Sylvan Learning
Stone Goff Investors
Greene Turtle
Stonehenge Partners, Inc.
Griswold
Summit Partners
Home Care Assistance, Round Table Pizza, Snap Fitness
Sun Capital Partners
Bar Louie, Bruegger’s, Captain D’s, Fazoli’s, Friendly’s, Johnny Rockets, Real Mex Restaurants, Souper Salad
TA Associates
Cath Kidston, Dr Lal PathLabs, Jenny Craig
The Carlyle Group
Baskin Robbins, Dunkin Donuts, Hertz, Mrs. Fields, TCBY
The Gladstone Companies
B-Dry, It’s Just Lunch
Thomas H. Lee Partners
Baskin Robbins, Dunkin Donuts, Party City
TPG
Burger King, Club Pilates, Taco Bueno
Transition Capital Partners
Comfort Keepers
Tregaron Capital
BounceU, Pump It Up
Trilantic Capital Partners
Budget Blinds, Concrete Craft, Tailored Living
Trimaran Capital
El Pollo Loco
Trivest
DirectBuy, Herbal Magic, Lady of America
True North Companies
Passport Health
TSG Consumer Partners
Planet Fitness
TZP Group
Aire Serv, Glass Doctor, Mr. Appliance, Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter, Rainbow International,Snap Fitness, The Ground Guys
Twin Bridge Capital Partners
AeroColours, AutoQual, DrivenStyle, Econo Lube n’ Tune, Maaco, Meineke
Univest Group
Pollo Campero
Vintage Capital Management
Rent-A-Center
Vulcan Capital
AeroColours, AutoQual, DrivenStyle, Econo Lube n’ Tune, Maaco, Meineke
Webster Capital
Comfort Keepers, Jan-Pro, ReBath
Wellspring Capital Management
Checkers
Weston Presidio
Jimmy John’s, Party City, RE/MAX
Wind River Holdings
The Goddard School
Z Capital
Chevys, Mrs. Fields, TCBY