Peterson Partners

Peterson Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on established businesses across the western United States, investing in business services, healthcare, technology-enabled services, consumer products, and specialty manufacturing companies with enterprise values typically between $20 million and $150 million. The firm deploys equity capital through management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity financings, and founder succession transactions, seeking majority control positions in profitable businesses with experienced management teams, defensible competitive positions, and meaningful opportunities for organic growth acceleration or acquisition-led platform development. Peterson Partners works closely alongside management teams as an active, engaged ownership partner, providing strategic guidance, financial governance, operational improvement support, and access to an extensive network of operating advisors and industry executives. The firm focuses geographically on the western United States and Intermountain West, maintaining a regional presence and investment focus that enables deep market knowledge, strong local relationships, and proximity to portfolio companies. Peterson Partners emphasizes building long-term, trust-based partnerships with management teams and business owners grounded in shared values, mutual respect, and collaborative problem-solving. Founded in 1999, the firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.