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The Private Equity Rollup Collapse: Why Most Buy-and-Build Strategies Fail

  • Aug 29, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 1

Business meeting with six people in suits, two standing and four seated at a table, analyzing charts on a large screen.

Side-by-side comparison of private equity rollup pitch deck promises versus actual execution outcomes showing gap between modeled synergies and operational results
The disconnect between financial models and operational capacity determines rollup outcomes.

Four-layer risk stack diagram showing how integration delays, synergy shortfalls, talent flight, and debt service crises compound in failed PE rollups
Risks compound sequentially, not independently. Each layer amplifies the next.
Horizontal bar chart showing 930 basis point IRR performance gap between experienced rollup operators at 22.3% and first-timers at 13.0%
Integration capability creates 930 bps return differential independent of deal sourcing or financing terms.

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