List of 482 PE Backed Retail Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Walgreens Boots Alliance PE Backed Sycamore Partners 2025-03-06 $23.7B Deerfield, Illinois, United States website	Retail	139,081	25	24	1
Staples PE Backed Sycamore Partners HarbourVest Partners Essling Capital 2017-06-28 $6.9B Framingham, Massachusetts, United States website	Retail	18,247	27	17	10
PartsASAP PE Backed Kinderhook Industries Maranon Capital 2018-05-21 De Soto, Iowa, United States website	Retail	-	10	10	-
Barnes & Noble PE Backed Elliott 2019-06-07 $683M New York, New York, United States website	Retail	3,553	11	9	2
Follett PE Backed JDH Capital Co. 2022-01-01 Westchester, Illinois, United States website	Retail	-	11	9	2
MacQueen Equipment PE Backed Warren Equity Partners 2022-01-18 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States website	Retail	-	6	6	-
GPM Investments PE Backed Harvest Partners Structured Capital 2017-01-30 Richmond, Virginia, United States website	Retail	-	6	6	-
Brand Collective PE Backed LK Group 2021-08-02 Alexandria, Australia website	Retail	-	5	5	-
Hudson's Bay PE Backed Rhône Group 2019-06-10 $843.68M Brampton, Ontario, Canada website	Retail	7,126	8	5	3
Jiffy Lube PE Backed Wynnchurch Capital 2018-03-06 Irving, Texas, United States website	Retail	-	5	5	-
DEX Imaging PE Backed Gamut Capital Management 2024-04-23 Tampa, Florida, United States website	Retail	-	5	5	-
New Look Vision PE Backed FFL Partners CDPQ Ardian 2021-05-26 Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada website	Retail	209	5	5	-
FullBeauty Brands PE Backed Apax 2015-08-18 New York, New York, United States website	Retail	-	4	4	-
Excelligence Learning PE Backed Brentwood Associates 2015-01-07 Monterey, California, United States website	Retail	-	5	4	1
Lenox PE Backed Centre Lane Partners 2020-10-19 Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States website	Retail	-	5	4	1
Christy Sports PE Backed TZP Group 2019-12-02 Lakewood, Colorado, United States website	Retail	-	4	4	-

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