Private equity investments in Europe by industry 2016

The statistic illustrates the volume of private equity investment in Europe as of 2016, broken down by industry. Private equity is the OTC provision of equity capital through private or institutional investments with the participation of companies in another company for a limited time in order to generate financial benefits. It can be seen that the largest volume of private equity investments were in the consumer goods and services sector at that time, with total investments in this industry reaching a value of more than 14.27 billion euros. The ICT and business products/services industries rounded out the top three largest industries for private equity investment in 2016.

Volume of private equity investments in Europe in 2016, by industry (in 1,000 euros)

Characteristic	Investments in 1,000 euros
Consumer goods & services	14,271,131
ICT (communications, computer and electronics)	10,764,878
Business products & services	10,605,576
Biotech and healthcare	6,885,113
Energy & environment	2,976,679
Financial & insurance activities	2,687,036
Chemicals & materials	1,649,452
Construction	1,061,881
Transportation	811,797
Real estate	450,953
Agriculture	193,417
Other	1,085,533

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Release date

July 2017

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Europe

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

According to the source: "Private equity is a form of equity investment into private companies not listed on the stock exchange. It is a medium to long-term investment, characterised by active ownership. Venture capital is a type of private equity focused on start-up companies. Venture capital funds back entrepreneurs with innovative ideas."

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