The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2008 - World ...

TablesTable 2: Magnitude and growth of LBO activityTable 2B: LBO transactions by regionNumber of dealsFinancial No financial % with All LBOsponsor sponsor sponsor transactions % of world totalN N N Whole period 1970-2000 2001-2007United States 8,031 1,628 83.1% 9,659 45.1% 55.1% 34.8%Canada 334 137 70.9% 471 2.2% 1.5% 3.5%Continental Europe 3,920 699 84.9% 4,619 21.6% 15.6% 17.6%Scandinavia 829 140 85.6% 969 4.5% 3.1% 3.6%United Kingdom 2,889 1,137 71.8% 4,026 18.8% 20.1% 28.7%Africa and Middle East 180 104 63.4% 284 1.3% 0.7% 2.8%Asia 398 110 78.3% 508 2.4% 1.5% 2.8%Australia 183 95 65.8% 278 1.3% 0.5% 2.5%Eastern Europe 296 93 76.1% 389 1.8% 1.1% 2.5%Latin America 143 51 73.7% 194 0.9% 0.8% 1.3%Total 17,203 4,194 80.4% 21,397Million USD (year 2007) amounts using imputed enterprise values (see Appendix I)Financial No financial % with All LBOsponsor sponsor sponsor transactions % of world total$ million $ million $ million Whole period 1970-2000 2001-2007United States 1,814,557 133,973 93.1% 1,948,530 49.7% 64.5% 42.8%Canada 76,448 4,980 93.9% 81,428 2.1% 1.5% 2.4%Continental Europe 819,626 44,587 94.8% 864,213 22.0% 13.2% 26.1%Scandinavia 128,298 20,324 86.3% 148,623 3.8% 2.3% 4.5%United Kingdom 539,385 62,247 89.7% 601,632 15.3% 15.0% 15.5%Africa and Middle East 24,777 13,328 65.0% 38,105 1.0% 0.3% 1.3%Asia 116,440 13,109 89.9% 129,549 3.3% 1.8% 4.0%Australia 36,070 2,365 93.8% 38,435 1.0% 0.3% 1.3%Eastern Europe 26,197 2,849 90.2% 29,045 0.7% 0.2% 1.0%Latin America 40,994 1,340 96.8% 42,334 1.1% 0.9% 1.2%Total 3,622,792 299,102 92.4% 3,921,894 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%16 Large-sample studies: DemographyThe Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2008