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Freeman Spogli

Freeman Spogli acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Los Angeles, CA, USA. It states a focus on consumer & retail, food & beverage and transportation & logistics.

Disclosed holdings
Earliest stated investment
HeadquartersLos Angeles, CA, USA
Stated fund sizeFS Equity Partners VIII $1.85B (2019)

Stated investment criteria

What Freeman Spogli says it buys

Read from Freeman Spogli’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

Founded19832
People listed on its team page281

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Regulatory record

How Freeman Spogli is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusSEC registered
Regulatory assets under management$6.2bn
Employees35
Private funds advised7 · $6.2bn gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 156819

Recorded transactions

Buying and selling

Deals in which Freeman Spogli is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 3 recorded exits, most recently in 2021.

CompanySideCounterpartyYearConsideration
OspreySoldHelen of Troy2021$414m
Green Garden Products LLCSoldCentral Garden2020$532m
The Paradies ShopsSoldLagardère Services SAS2015$530m

Compiled from a transaction archive of 10,204 recorded deals. Most private transactions are never disclosed, so this is a sample of a firm’s activity rather than a complete record of it.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Consumer & Retail

What companies have actually sold for in consumer & retail, across 837 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$90m
Middle 50%$25m-$280m
Revenue multiple1.2×
EBITDA multiple8.05×

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