M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Eagle

On April 1, 2025, private equity firm EQT acquired business services company Eagle

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 11th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is EQT’s 57th transaction in the United States.
  • This is EQT’s 6th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-04-01
Target Eagle
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) EQT
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Eagle

Eastland, Texas, United States
Eagle is a full-service repair and maintenance facility strategically located across the United States. The Company now operates as a mission-critical, fully-integrated rail services facility network providing inspection, repair and maintenance services to railcars, ensuring the safe, efficient and low-carbon transport of hazardous and non-hazardous materials throughout the country. It serves as a trusted partner to customers across a diverse range of states and sectors, including chemicals, agriculture, energy and industrial manufacturing. Eagle was formed in 2001 and is based in Eastland, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 309 of 309
Sector (Business Services) 11 of 11
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 84 of 84
State (Texas) 6 of 6
Country (United States) 57 of 57
Year (2025) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-18 Dellner

Falun, Sweden

Dellner is a niche provider of safety-critical train connection systems for passenger rail rolling stock. The company offers full train connection systems including couplers, gangways, hatches, dampers, and crash management systems, complemented by aftermarket services and support. Dellner was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Falun, Sweden.

Sell $960M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-09 Karo Healthcare

Stockholm , Sweden

Karo Healthcare is a specialty pharmaceutical company in the Nordics. Karo Healthcare develops and markets products for pharmacies and directly to the healthcare sector. The product portfolio includes over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceuticals as well as medical devices. Karo Healthcare was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sell -