Main Street Capital Corporation

Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company that specializes in providing equity and debt capital to lower middle market companies. The firm’s primary focus is on investments in companies with annual revenues between $5 million and $300 million. Main Street Capital Corporation typically invests in transactions ranging from $2 million to $75 million in equity investment and enterprise value, and from $5 million to $50 million in debt investment value. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing.

Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with an additional office in Chojnów, Poland. The firm specializes in recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, industry consolidation, mature, and later stage emerging growth investments. It prefers to invest in air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, chemicals, commercial services, computers, construction and engineering, consumer finance, consumer services, electronic equipment, energy equipment and services, financial services, health care equipment, health care providers, hotels, restaurants, and leisure, internet software and services, IT Services, machinery, oil, gas and consumable fuels, paper and forest products, professional and industrial services, road and rail, software, specialty retail, telecommunication, consumer discretionary, energy, materials, technology, and transportation.

Main Street Capital Corporation typically takes 5 percent minority and up to 50 percent majority equity investments, and invests in businesses with annual EBITDA ranging from $1 million to $20 million. The firm’s middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. The firm prides itself on partnering with entrepreneurs, business owners, and management teams to provide “one stop” financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio.

Main Street Capital Corporation has been recognized as one of the top performing Business Development Companies (BDCs) in the United States. In 2020, the firm was ranked #1 in total return to shareholders among all publicly-traded BDCs according to Bloomberg. The firm was also named the #1 BDC in the U.S. by S&P Global Market Intelligence for the 10th consecutive year in 2020, and in 2019, Main Street Capital Corporation was named the #1 BDC by Barron’s Magazine.