Private Equity Firm Healthcare

Kinderhook Industries

New York, New York, United States

Kinderhook Industries, LLC is a private investment firm managing over $5 billion of committed capital. Founded in 2003, it partners with operating executives and makes in excess of 400 investments and follow-on acquisitions, with a focus on middle-market businesses in healthcare services, environmental/business services, and automotive/light manufacturing.

Focus Areas
Healthcare services, Environmental/business services, Automotive/light manufacturing

Tracked deals

143

143 tracked deals across 2017-2026.

Recent pace

12

12 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

108 addon · 18 buyout · 12 recapitalization

Kinderhook Industries Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 10 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 10 years for Kinderhook Industries. 1 2017 2 2018 16 2019 14 2020 31 2021 24 2022 22 2023 15 2024 10 2025 ~11 est. 8 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

Showing the 12 most recent of 143 tracked deals for Kinderhook Industries.

  • Buyer
    Kinderhook Industries, LLC (Kinderhook)
    Target
    Pete & Pete Container Service, Boyas Recycling & Excavating
    Seller
    Ristagno family (founding family; Pete Ristagno Jr.)
    Type
    Addon

    Kinderhook Industries acquired Pete & Pete Container Service and Boyas Recycling & Excavating, forming a vertically integrated construction and demolition (C&D) waste collection, recycling, and disposal platform in Northeast Ohio. The combined platform operates collection (roll-off/front-load), a material recovery facility (MRF), and internalized landfill disposal to capture value across the full chain, with the Ristagno family and leadership team staying in place.

  • Buyer
    Kinderhook Industries, LLC
    Target
    American Aero, Inc.

    Kinderhook Industries announced an investment in American Aero, a Brooklet, Georgia-based producer of precision-manufactured aerospace components. The deal adds growth capital to expand American Aero’s capacity and capabilities, including through a new 47,000-square-foot facility and additional equipment and process investments.

  • Buyer
    Jack Doheny Companies, Kinderhook Industries, CVC Marathon
    Target
    Vacuum Truck Rentals (VTR)
    Seller
    Payton Lockey, B.T. Steadman
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    CVC Marathon provided a $175 million secured acquisition financing package (with additional bank debt and sponsor equity) to fund Kinderhook Industries’ portfolio company, Jack Doheny Companies, in its purchase of Vacuum Truck Rentals (VTR). The combination was renamed Rentix Solutions (Rentix) and creates a national platform operating a fleet of more than 3,200 specialized infrastructure equipment pieces for mission-critical utilities and industrial services.

  • Buyer
    Eagle Leasing, Kinderhook Industries
    Target
    Schneider Trailer & Container Rental
    Seller
    Sallie Ann Conner (President of Schneider Trailer & Container Rental)
    Industry
    Transportation
    Type
    Addon

    Eagle Leasing, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, acquired Schneider Trailer & Container Rental to strengthen its Mid-Atlantic footprint. The deal expands Eagle Leasing’s coverage along the Philadelphia-to-Baltimore corridor and increases fleet capacity for portable storage and office container solutions.

  • Buyer
    GreatWater 360 Auto Care, Kinderhook Industries
    Target
    Leighton's Garage
    Industry
    Transportation
    Type
    Addon

    GreatWater 360 Auto Care acquired Leighton's Garage, a shop in the Twin Cities metro area, marking GreatWater’s entry into Minnesota. The acquisition expands GreatWater’s network to 150 locations nationwide and supports its strategy of partnering with independent operators and integrating them into a centralized support platform backed by Kinderhook Industries.

  • Buyer
    Kinderhook Industries, LLC
    Target
    Enhabit, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    Kinderhook Industries will acquire Enhabit, a national home health and hospice provider, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion at an offer price of $13.80 per share. The deal takes Enhabit private and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions (including stockholder approval).

  • Buyer
    Eagle Leasing, Kinderhook
    Target
    West Brothers Trailers, Containers4Less
    Industry
    Transportation
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Addon

    Kinderhook-backed Eagle Leasing acquired West Brothers Trailers and Containers4Less to expand its footprint in the Carolinas as part of the Rent-A-Container network. The acquisition adds new equipment and operations in the region.

  • Buyer
    Kinderhook Industries, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Apollo S3
    Target
    Live Oak Environmental, CARDS Recycling
    Seller
    Certain Kinderhook limited partners

    Kinderhook Industries closed a $1 billion single-asset continuation vehicle transaction, forming Ecowaste Solutions by combining Live Oak Environmental and CARDS Recycling and securing more than $400 million of new equity from participating funds including Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Apollo S3. The new Dallas‑headquartered platform will operate collection and post‑collection waste services across nine Mid‑South states, serving over 400,000 customers and pursuing organic growth and additional acquisitions.

  • Buyer
    JDC, Kinderhook Industries
    Target
    Atlas Truck Sales, Inc., Atlas Bucket Rentals, Co.
    Seller
    Founding family / owners of Atlas
    Type
    Addon

    JDC, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, acquired Atlas Truck Sales, Inc. and Atlas Bucket Rentals, Co., a family-owned provider of bucket truck and digger derrick sales and rentals based in Channelview, Texas. The add-on expands JDC's presence in the Houston/Texas market, increases regional fleet density and service capability, and was financed by a banking syndicate led by Comerica Bank.

  • Buyer
    Compactor Rentals of America (CRA), Impact Environmental Group (IEG), Kinderhook Industries, LLC
    Target
    Waste Equipment Rentals & Sales (WERS), WERS Service Division
    Seller
    Waste Equipment Rentals & Sales (WERS), Compactor Rentals of America (CRA)
    Type
    Addon

    Compactor Rentals of America (CRA), a Kinderhook Industries portfolio company, acquired Waste Equipment Rentals & Sales (WERS) to expand its national rental and sales platform and add regional density in Texas. Following that transaction, Impact Environmental Group (IEG) acquired WERS' Service Division to preserve service continuity and enhance IEG’s nationwide service capabilities for compactors and balers.

  • Buyer
    Compactor Rentals of America, LLC (CRA), Kinderhook Industries, LLC
    Target
    Maguire Equipment Inc.
    Type
    Addon

    Compactor Rentals of America, LLC (CRA), a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, has acquired Maguire Equipment Inc., a Readville, Massachusetts-based provider of waste-handling equipment, rentals, and services. Financial terms were not disclosed; CRA concurrently sold Maguire’s compactor and baler service division to a specialized service provider and gains a strategic foothold in the Greater Boston market to support its national waste solutions platform.

  • Buyer
    Kinderhook Industries, LLC
    Target
    Advanced Digital Cable Inc.
    Seller
    Payne family
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Buyout

    Kinderhook Industries has acquired Advanced Digital Cable Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of low-voltage copper wire and cable solutions founded by the Payne family in 1997. Kinderhook will position ADC as a platform for growth, recruiting industry executive Kurt Breischaft as CEO and providing financing support from Eldridge, Twin Brook Capital Partners, and MUFG.

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