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Set a target profile and get the strategic and financial buyers most likely to be relevant, ranked from verified European deal history. Deterministic scoring with published weights, defensible in a kickoff meeting. How the score works

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Type any company, covered or not. We read its public footprint and pre-fill the profile.

Company name or website · covered or not, we pre-fill sector and country from its public footprint

Or build the profile yourself

Sector

The target's industry family

Sub-sector

Optional precision within the family

Country

Where the company operates from · 16 European markets

Target size (EV)

Optional · adds a check-size fit against each fund

Sector match

Strict keeps only buyers with in-sector deals · Broad admits neighbouring sectors

Geography match

Strict requires deals in the country itself · Broad counts the rest of Europe

Target: Reorg · Business Services · UK · scored as Business Services · United Kingdom, edit the profile above

Matched buyers
120
ranked shortlist
Financial
119
sponsors + platforms
Strategic
1
corporates + others

How companies like this sold · 229 verified exits: 42% to sponsors, 53% to corporates and platforms, 3% via IPO, 2% other routes.

Route shift since 2020: sponsors 41% (was 44%), corporates and platforms 56% (was 49%), IPO 1% (was 5%).

Recent deals in this marketAccenture closed Faculty (2026) · AnaCap Financial Partners closed CDR (2026) · Apax Partners closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners (with NewAlpha) closed Centor (2026) · Apax Partners and Inova Capital closed Centor (2026)

10 of the top 10 closed a deal in this space in the last 12 months.

Likely buyers · Business Services in United Kingdom.

Memo view · print-ready

Ranked by fit on sector, geography, recency, current exposure and timing. Strength labels and tiers are published thresholds, not editorial picks.

Financial buyers 10

#BuyerMatch
Tier 1 · Very High · score 70+
1
Permira
Permira
93Very High
2
Inflexion
Inflexion
92Very High
3
Inflexion (Partnership Capital III)
Inflexion (Partnership Capital III)
92Very High
4
IK Partners
IK Partners
91Very High
5
IK Partners (IK Small Cap III)
IK Partners (IK Small Cap III)
91Very High
6
IK Partners / GIC / Keensight / Parquest / management
IK Partners / GIC / Keensight / Parquest / management
91Very High
7
YFM Equity Partners
YFM Equity Partners
91Very High
8
NORD Holding
NORD Holding
91Very High
9
Inspirit Capital
Inspirit Capital
91Very High
10
Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint
90Very High
GP Intel Pro

The full shortlist is open, precedents included. Pro adds the working tools.

Export the tiered buyer list to Excel, precedents and timing in the cells · Sourced press links on census add-on deals · Custom scoring weights

Prefer the raw rankings? League tables · every buyer has a profile in the buyer directory · scoring rules in the methodology.