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KKR Acquires Dawsongroup

On January 21, 2025, private equity firm KKR acquired business services company Dawsongroup

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 17th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is KKR’s 30th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-01-21
Target Dawsongroup
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) KKR
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Dawsongroup

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Dawsongroup is an independent asset leasing platform with a robust market position, providing a diverse range of business-critical solutions for longstanding blue-chip customers. Its Smarter Asset Strategy helps businesses improve efficiency and flexibility by offering high-quality equipment without the cost of ownership. This approach enables companies to access the latest technology, scale operations, and reduce capital expenditure, allowing them to adapt quickly to market demands and focus on growth. Dawsongroup was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Milton Keynes.

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Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 484 of 488
Sector (Business Services) 17 of 17
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 68 of 68
Country (United Kingdom) 30 of 31
Year (2025) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-12-22 Westbrick Energy

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Westbrick is an oil and gas company with operations in the greater Pembina area of Alberta with over 70,000 net acres of oil and gas rights. Westbrick Energy is based in Calgary, Alberta.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-29 Henry Schein

Melville, New York, United States

Henry Schein is a distributor of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners. The Company also serves dental laboratories, government and institutional healthcare clinics, and other alternate care sites. Henry Schein was founded in 1932 and is based in Melville, New York.

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