Private Holding Companies and Conglomerates
The Private Conglomerates
Mars owns M&M's, Snickers, Wrigley's gum, Royal Canin pet food, and most of Banfield Pet Hospital. Cargill is the largest privately held company in America, with operations across food, agriculture, and finance. Koch Industries owns Georgia-Pacific, Invista, and dozens of industrial brands. Hearst publishes magazines and newspapers and owns 50% of A&E Networks. None of them trade on any exchange. Substox tracks 155 private holding companies with substantial subsidiary portfolios.
Private Holding Companies by Region
Every privately held holding company Substox tracks — 122 of them — grouped by region. Select a region to expand it, then any company to see what it owns and which public stocks give you the closest exposure.
United States 83 companies
- Ad Populum
Alterra Mountain Company- Amici Partners Group (Owned by Brix Holdings)
- Aspen Group
- Atlas Holdings
- Authentic Brands Group
- Baypine LP
- Blackhawk Network Holdings
- Blue Star Alliance
- Brynwood Partners
- Butterfly Equity
- C & S Grocers
- CKE Restaurants
- Centre Lane Partners
- Clayton Dubilier and Rice
- Color Image Apparel
Cox Enterprises
Electronic Arts Inc.- Emprise Group
Enviri Corporation
Equity Residential- Fenway Sports Group
- Fitness International
- Four Oaks Partners
- Francisco Partners
- Gamut Capital Management
- Garnett Station Partners
Giant Eagle Grocery- Golden Gate Capital
- Gordon Brothers
Gorilla Glue Company
Great American Outdoors- HEB Grocery
- Hallmark Corporation
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment
- Harvest Hill Beverage Company
- Hellman and Friedman
- Herschend Family Entertainment
- High Bluff Capital Partners
- Huy Fong Foods
- Hyvee
- Ideal Tool Industries
- Illitch Holdings
- JAB Holding Company
- Jack Links
- KPS Capital Partners
- Kingswood Capital Management
Koch Industries- Kroenke Sports and Entertainment
Mars- Meijer
- Neuberger Berman
- New Mountain Capital
- Nexus Capital Management
Northeast Grocery- Playrix
- RSG Group
- Regent LP
Roark Capital- Rock Mountain Capital
SC Johnson and Son- Starwood Capital Group
- Stone Point Capital
Swisher International- Sycamore Partners
- TSG Consumer Partners
- TWG Global
- Texas Pacific Group
- The Jordan Company
- The Jordan Group
- TriArtisan Capital Group
- Trove Brands
- True Link Capital
Valve Corporation- W. C. Bradley and Co
- Wahl Clipper
- Warburg Pincus
Webster Financial Corporation- Wells Enterprises
- Wonder Group Inc.
- Wrigley
- Yellow Partners Group
Europe 22 companies
Beretta Holding- Bestseller Retail
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Bosch Group
- EG Group
- Edeka
- FN Browning
Ferrero Group- Groupe Bernault
- Kirkbi Group
- L&O Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- M.K.S Pamp Groub B.V.
- Mast-Jägermeister
- Ornua
- Perfetti Van Melle
- Pon Holdings
- Sodalis Group
- Stihl Holding AG
- TTS Tooltechnic Systems
- VOODOO Games
- Vitol
- Zwilling J. A. Henkel
Asia 8 companies
Americas 5 companies
Other 4 companies
Common Questions
What is a private holding company?
A company that owns other businesses but has no shares trading on an exchange. Several of the largest companies in the world are structured this way, which is why revenue rankings and stock-market rankings look so different.
Can I invest in one?
Not directly. Where a listed company holds a stake, or competes in the same markets, that is usually the closest available exposure.