Private equity investors have shown a growing interest in the healthcare sector over the past decade, according to a Jan. 12 blog post from Definitive Healthcare.
Here are the number of private equity deals that took place in the U.S. healthcare market from Jan. 1, 2012, to Oct. 19, 2022, according to data company PitchBook Data:
Note: 2022 data does not reflect the entire year.
2012: 441
2013: 417
2014: 536
2015: 594
2016: 664
2017: 805
2018: 982
2019: 946
2020: 1,050
2021: 1,440
2022: 827