Gastroenterology (GI) groups: who is PE-backed?

32 gastroenterology practice groups we have researched, grouped by label, with backers and sources.

PE-backed 6   PE-backed, now lender-controlled 2   Not PE, corporate-owned 14   Part of a health system 4   Group practice 6

PE-backed 6 groups

A private-equity firm holds a majority or minority stake in the practice or in the company that manages it, including the PE arms of sovereign and pension funds. Partial stakes count.

PE-backed, now lender-controlled 2 groups

A former private-equity platform now controlled by its lenders after a restructuring.

Not PE, corporate-owned 14 groups

Owned by a company that isn’t a PE fund: public companies and insurers, large family- or founder-owned companies whose owners aren’t the clinicians, family investment firms, and nonprofit insurers.

Part of a health system 4 groups

Owned by a hospital or health system.

Group practice 6 groups

A multi-office group owned by its dentists, doctors or vets, or a clinician-owned co-op, with no outside investor.

Groups whose owner we couldn’t confirm are left out. A group with no known locations may still operate many offices under local names.