Founded in 1986, Centre Partners is a private equity firm that seeks to make control investments in North American based middle market businesses. The firm specializes in buyouts of private companies, spin-outs of divisions or subsidiaries of larger private or public companies, leveraged build-ups and going private transactions. It prefers to invest in the food and beverage, household goods, restaurants, personal care, health and wellness, dental products and services, healthcare services, behavioral health, practice management, outsourced pharmaceutical manufacturing, professional services, facilities based services and employee befit services sectors.