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Private equity deal activity:  PE firms are scaling smarter with add-ons | July 2025

This edition explores how sponsors are shifting from sweeping integrations to more tactical, finance-focused approaches to enhance efficiency and accelerate ROI across their portfolios.

As add-ons dominate PE deal volume, firms shift to tactical integration

The golden age of megadeals is on pause. In today’s private equity landscape, where interest rates remain stubbornly high, and credit is tight, add-ons have become the deal of choice. They now account for nearly 75% of U.S. buyouts, according to Pitchbook, signaling a decisive shift toward incremental growth and a new playbook for integration.

But as the volume of add-ons rises, so does the complexity of managing them. Increasingly, private equity sponsors are shifting from sweeping, transformational integrations to more tactical, targeted strategies, particularly in finance and accounting, where the return on integration investment is clearest and quickest.......Subscribe to read the full article

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