Compass Diversified

Compass Diversified is a private equity firm focused on add-on acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, late-stage and middle-market investments. It targets leading industrial and branded consumer companies across sectors such as textiles, apparel and luxury goods, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, business services, healthcare, safety and security, electronic components, and food and foodservice. The firm prefers companies based in North America, investing between $80 million and $800 million in businesses with EBITDA starting from $10 million per year, and seeks controlling or majority ownership. It invests through its balance sheet and typically holds investments for five to seven years. Incorporated in 1998, Compass Diversified is based in Westport, Connecticut, with an additional office in Costa Mesa, California.