The data describes the number of private equity-backed buyout exits worldwide from 2008 to 2017, by type. There were 904 private equity-backed buyout exits through trade sale in 2017.
2008 | 484 | 56 | 227 | 59 |
2009 | 335 | 126 | 107 | 117 |
2010 | 578 | 231 | 298 | 62 |
2011 | 761 | 221 | 393 | 56 |
2012 | 823 | 210 | 410 | 53 |
2013 | 840 | 309 | 411 | 56 |
2014 | 864 | 314 | 507 | 49 |
2015 | 810 | 290 | 490 | 26 |
2016 | 923 | 202 | 531 | 26 |
2017 | 904 | 198 | 547 | 25 |