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Industrial services companies keep critical systems running across infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, and the built environment. The firms below stand out for building durable platforms through carve outs, founder transitions, and operational improvement.
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How We Selected the Top Industrial Services PE Firms
Rankings are based on:
- Depth of industrial services specialization (not broad industrials only)
- Repeat platform building outcomes (buy and build, carve outs, founder transitions)
- Operating resources and hands on value creation
- Track record across cycles (durable exits and reinvestable playbooks)
- Ability to execute complex transactions and scale add on M&A
- Verified data sourced from Dakota Private Markets’ global GP intelligence ecosystem
Top 10 PE Firms in Industrial Services
1. Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CD&R)
Focus Areas: Industrials, business services, operational transformation, carve outs
Why They’re Notable: CD&R is famous for buying large divisions from big corporations and helping them run successfully as independent companies. They have a large team that helps fix and improve operations.
2. KPS Capital Partners
Focus Areas: Control investments in industrial and manufacturing, carve outs, restructurings, turnarounds
Why They’re Notable: KPS is great at fixing broken companies. They buy businesses that are losing money or have difficult problems and make them profitable again through strict management.
3. American Industrial Partners (AIP)
Focus Areas: Industrial manufacturing, distribution, and services; carve outs, turnarounds, public to private
Why They’re Notable: AIP acts more like engineers than bankers. They send technical experts into the companies they buy to improve the actual machinery, workflow, and physical operations.
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4. GenNx360 Capital Partners
Focus Areas: Middle market industrials and B2B services, buy and build, operational improvement
Why They’re Notable: This firm helps medium-sized companies run like big corporations. They focus heavily on updating technology and improving sales teams to make the business more efficient.
5. AEA Investors
Focus Areas: Specialized distribution, industrial automation, and facility services
Why They’re Notable: Founded by famous industrial families like the Rockefellers, AEA is one of the oldest firms in the field. They use their deep connections to help family-owned service businesses grow while keeping their original culture.
6. HCI Equity Partners
Focus Areas: Industrial services, value added distribution, manufacturing; founder owned businesses
Why They’re Notable: Led by former industry CEOs rather than just financial investors, HCI is expert at buying several small companies and combining them into one large, efficient player.
7. Allied Industrial Partners
Focus Areas: Industrial services, environmental and waste, power and utilities, value added distribution
Why They’re Notable: Allied buys essential businesses, like waste management or utilities, that make money even when the economy is bad. They grow these companies quickly by buying up smaller competitors.
8. CORE Industrial Partners
Focus Areas: Industrial technology, manufacturing, industrial services; majority control and add ons
Why They’re Notable: CORE moves fast to buy smaller industrial companies and upgrade them with modern software and better technology to help them grow.
9. Nautic Partners
Focus Areas: Industrials and services, sector specialization, add on acquisition sourcing
Why They’re Notable: Instead of investing in everything, Nautic sticks to specific industries they know inside and out. They use that deep knowledge to help businesses improve their profit margins.
10. Lindsay Goldberg
Focus Areas: Industrials, services, infrastructure related businesses; complex carve outs and founder transitions
Why They’re Notable: Known for being patient and careful, Lindsay Goldberg is often chosen by families who want a partner that will protect their company’s culture and employees for the long term.
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Industrial Services PE Trends to Watch in 2025
1. Reshoring and supply chain reconfiguration drive sustained demand for maintenance, field services, and specialty contractors
2. Carve outs remain a major source of platform creation in industrial services
3. Labor, safety, and workforce development become core differentiators in value creation
4. Digitization expands in field operations, asset reliability, and compliance workflows
5. Environmental services and infrastructure modernization attract more buy and build activity
How We Know This
Dakota Private Markets tracks: GP strategies, fund histories, portfolio construction, deal activity, sector tagging and heatmaps, check sizes, co-invest networks, and ongoing private company updates.
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