Value of buyout deals Europe 2014-2015

The statistic shows the total value of private equity buyouts in selected European countries from 2014 to 2015. The United Kingdom (UK) market witnessed the highest total value of buyout deals in both 2014 and 2015, with 28.7 billion euros worth of transactions completed in 2015.

Total value of new private equtiy buyout deals completed in selected European countries from 2014 to 2015 (in billion euros)

Characteristic	2014	2015
United Kingdom	19.9	28.7
Germany	12.6	12.5
France	9.4	11.5
Netherlands	4.3	5.3
Denmark	-	4.9
Italy	-	4.6
Switzerland	-	4.5
Sweden	-	3.9
Norway	6.4	-
Spain	3.1	-

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August 2016

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Europe

Survey time period

2014 to 2015

Supplementary notes

According to the source and Centre for Management Buyout Research CMBOR, buyouts are defined as "over 50% of shares changing ownership with management or private equity, or both, having a controlling stake upon deal completion. Funding must priomarily be from private equity funds."
The source adds further comments: "Countries covered are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Itlay, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Data only includes the buyout state of the PE market, and does not inclue any other state such as seed, start-up, development or expansion capital."

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