Private equity exits: sector value Europe 2013

The statistic shows the share of exit value on the European private equity market as of the end of 2013, listed by sectors. At this time, companies operating in the field of industrials and chemicals experienced the highest share of exits (25 percent of the total) in terms of the the exit transactions value.

Sector share in the total value of European private equity exits as of 2013

Characteristic	Share in total value
Industrial and chemicals	25
TMT	22
Consumer	12
Business services	10
Pharma, medical and biotech	8
Construction	6
Energy, mining and utilities	5
Financial services	5
Leisure	4
Transportation	3
Defense	0
Real estate	0
Agriculture	0

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Release date

May 2014

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2013

Supplementary notes

Private equity investors realize the return on investments through exit strategies. Several methods are avaialble for investors to exit their private equity investments: Initial public offering (IPO) of the company on the stock exchange and subsequently selling the shares of the company to the public is one of them. Other ones include for example a trade sale or a secondary buyout.

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