PE or Not?

Private equity firms have bought thousands of dental offices, vet clinics and eye care practices, and plenty of the brands people buy, and most keep the old name. PE or Not? tells you who's behind a specific business or brand.

Ask about one practice and you get its label (PE-backed; PE-backed, now lender-controlled; corporate-owned; health system; clinician-owned group practice; or no known PE ties), the owner group, its private equity backers and since when, how the match was made, and dated sources. Ask about an area and you get the practices there filtered by ownership, for example dentists in a city with no known PE ties. Ask about a group and you get its owners, backers, brands and locations.

Ask about a consumer brand, like Orvis or Penn, and you get who owns it (PE-backed, owned by another company, or family-, founder- or employee-owned), its backers and since when, with sources. Ask which brands a company or PE firm owns, or for brands in a category with no known PE ties.

Coverage: every dental and eye care practice in the US national provider registry checked against the groups that own them, plus national veterinary, dermatology and GI chains (about 85,000 locations of 500+ groups), and 250+ consumer brands in outdoor gear, clothing, pets, beauty and home.

Labels describe ownership, not quality of care or products. Businesses that certify their ownership show as Verified Not PE, a paid listing that never changes a label. No sign-in; the server only sees the business or brand you ask about. Published by TechCrowds, LLC.