Middle market private equity firm
Gridiron Capital
- HeadquartersNew Canaan, CT S1
- Founded2005 S5
- Websitegridironcapital.com
- Last verifiedOctober 20, 2026
At a glance
| Assets under management | $10.7B (as of Jun 2026) S1 |
|---|---|
| Latest fund | Gridiron Capital Fund V, $2.1B (Oct 2023) S4 |
| Check size | $100M+ S2 |
| Deal types | Platform, Add-on S2 |
| Geography | North America S2 |
| Sectors | IT Services & MSP, HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical, Pest Control, Landscaping, Roofing, Accounting & Professional Services, Education, Distribution, Industrial & Manufacturing, Consumer & Food |
What Gridiron Capital buys
Gridiron Capital is a New Canaan, Connecticut firm with about $10.7 billion under management that buys control of middle market companies in three broad sectors: industrial growth, business services, and consumer products and services. Within those it works from a list of narrow themes, such as residential services, IT services, legal and insurance services, outsourced pharma services and value-added distribution, and it builds relationships with companies in those themes well before they come up for sale. It does buyouts, founder recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs, and backs each company with in-house operating specialists it calls Centers of Excellence.
New platforms are large. Gridiron looks for an enterprise value of $150 million or more and an equity check of at least $100 million, with the company based in North America. Add-ons have no minimum size and can be anywhere in the world. A smaller company is most likely to meet Gridiron as an add-on to one of its platforms, such as GarageCo, Greenix, Weed Man, Legacy Service Partners or Centroid.
Recent deals
Announced in the 24 months before October 20, 2026.
| Date | Company | Type | Sector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Weed ManNorth America's largest lawn care franchisor; the CEO and management team continue to lead | Platform | Landscaping | Source |
| Aug 2026 | van den Boom & AssociatesOutsourced finance, accounting and back-office provider for life sciences companies; the founder keeps leading it | Platform | Accounting & Professional Services | Source |
| Jul 2026 | CentroidMichigan provider of Oracle cloud consulting and managed services; the last platform for Fund V | Platform | IT Services & MSP | Source |
| Sep 2025 | Erie HomeRe-roofing company combined with Leaf Home, another Gridiron company, with new preferred equity from Ares | Add-on | Roofing | Source |
| Aug 2025 | ABC Legal ServicesService of process and court filing provider bought from Aquiline | Platform | Accounting & Professional Services | Source |
| Aug 2025 | Dan's Overhead DoorsIowa and Wisconsin garage door company added to GarageCo and kept its local name | Add-on | Source | |
| Jul 2025 | GreenixOne of the largest independent US pest control companies, with 37 branches in 16 states | Platform | Pest Control | Source |
| May 2025 | TotalMedTravel Nurse Across America merged with Stella Point Capital's TotalMed | Investment | Source | |
| 2025 | Appraisal NationAdded to Class Valuation | Add-on | Accounting & Professional Services | Source |
| 2025 | Omaha Door & WindowAdded to GarageCo | Add-on | Source | |
| 2025 | Smart Business DealmakersAdded to Vistage Worldwide | Add-on | Source | |
| Nov 2024 | TacklestoreUK supplier of fall protection and work-at-height equipment added to Vertical Supply Group | Add-on | Distribution | Source |
| Oct 2024 | Health Monitor NetworkPoint-of-care patient education and healthcare marketing platform, with the existing owners reinvesting | Platform | Source |
Portfolio by sector
From the firm's portfolio page S3.
Business Services
- van den Boom & Associates
- Centroid
- ABC Legal Services
- Health Monitor Network
- Esquire Deposition Solutions
- Vistage Worldwide
- Class Valuation
- AML RightSource
- Colibri Group
- Travel Nurse Across America (TNAA | TotalMed)
- The Lattice Companies
Consumer Products & Services
- Weed Man
- Leaf Home
- Greenix
- GarageCo
- Legacy Service Partners
- Rough Country
Industrial Growth
- M&D Distributors
- Vertical Supply Group
- Dealer Tire
- Jacent Strategic Merchandising
- The Service Companies
- HM Dunn
Greymont’s take
How Gridiron Capital fits a seller
Gridiron suits owners of larger service businesses, especially home services, legal and compliance services and IT services, who want a control buyer with a hands-on growth plan. Founders and leaders often stay: Weed Man's CEO continues to run the company after the October 2026 deal, and the founder of van den Boom & Associates is still in charge of her firm. Owners of smaller companies will usually be talking to a Gridiron platform about an add-on, as Dan's Overhead Doors did with GarageCo in 2025, keeping its local name.
Gridiron sometimes combines its own companies, as it did when Leaf Home bought Erie Home, so an owner should ask how the platform they would join fits the firm's longer plan and when that fund expects to sell. It is also worth asking how much of the promised operating help comes from Gridiron's own team and how much from the platform's managers.
Questions owners ask
How large does a company need to be for Gridiron Capital?
For a new platform, Gridiron targets an enterprise value of at least $150 million and an equity investment of $100 million or more. There is no minimum size for add-on acquisitions made by its existing companies.
Does Gridiron invest in IT services companies?
Yes. IT services is one of its named themes within business services. In July 2026 it invested in Centroid, a Michigan provider of Oracle cloud consulting and managed services, which it described as the final platform for its Fund V.
Does Gridiron buy home services companies?
Residential services is one of its most active themes. Recent platforms include Greenix in pest control (July 2025) and Weed Man in lawn care (October 2026), and its GarageCo platform keeps adding local garage door companies.
Sources
- S1Gridiron Capital home page Accessed October 20, 2026
- S2Gridiron Capital: Investment Strategy and Criteria Accessed October 20, 2026
- S3Gridiron Capital: Current Investments (pages 1 to 3), with sector pages for group labels Accessed October 20, 2026
- S4Gridiron Capital Closes Fifth Fund Above Target at $2.1 Billion (October 18, 2023) Accessed October 20, 2026
- S5Gridiron Capital: 2025 in Review Accessed October 20, 2026
- S6Gridiron Capital News & Insights Accessed October 20, 2026
- S7Gridiron Capital Partners with Centroid (July 15, 2026) Accessed October 20, 2026
- S8Gridiron Capital Partners with Weed Man (October 5, 2026) Accessed October 20, 2026
Compiled by Greymont Advisors from public sources, including the firm’s own website and press releases. Greymont is not affiliated with Gridiron Capital. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and may have changed. Request a correction