Great Range Capital

What Great Range Capital does

Great Range Capital is a lower middle-market private equity firm headquartered in Mission Woods, Kansas (Kansas City area), founded in 2010. It pursues leveraged and management buyouts of founder/family-led businesses in the Midwest, targeting companies with $20-150M in revenue. The firm invests across multiple industries rather than concentrating on a single sector, with disclosed portfolio companies spanning security services (Citadel Security Holdings), commercial roofing (Roofed Right America and add-ons Eagle Rivet and B&M Roofing), wood products (The Realm), driveaway services (Spirit Miller), retail coffee (FairWave), and other consumer and industrial services. Sourcing is relationship-driven, augmented by a Market Ambassador Program designed to surface proprietary mid-market deal flow in the firm's geographic footprint.

The firm's business model is classic private equity investment management: it raises and deploys committed capital into platform investments, then executes add-on acquisitions to scale those platforms, with the intent to generate returns through operational improvements and eventual exits. The firm employs 1-10 people, a small team that leverages prior experience at larger institutional PE firms to compete for founder-owned businesses. Its go-to-market emphasizes direct, relationship-driven outreach to seller prospects rather than competitive auctions, which is consistent with a strategy targeting companies that may be underserved by larger national sponsors.

In 2026, the firm signaled a deliberate expansion into industrial compliance services through the senior hires of Ryan Moody (former ABS Group CEO) and Gary Baughman (former APTIM/AECOM executive), and internally promoted Keaton Cross and Zach Neuner to Vice President. The firm does not develop or sell technology products; its core product is capital and operating support to its portfolio companies, and revenue is generated through management fees and any realized carried interest on its funds.

Name

Great Range Capital

Legal name

Great Range Capital, LLC

Website

https://greatrangecapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Great Range Capital is a Kansas City-area lower middle-market private equity firm that invests in founder/family-led Midwestern businesses with $20-150M in revenue through platform and add-on acquisitions across diverse industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity Investment Management

NAICS

Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Large-Cap / Mega-Fund Buyout (FSANABAA)

Keywords

• Private equity investing
• Middle-market buyouts
• Leveraged buyouts
• Growth capital
• Portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

Leawood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Private Equity Investment Management: Great Range Capital generates returns through equity investments in Midwestern companies, seeking capital appreciation via platform investments, add-on acquisitions, and operational value creation. Revenue is derived from portfolio company performance and realized exits.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Great Range Capital is a private equity firm that makes equity investments in privately-held, founder- and family-led Midwestern businesses with revenues typically between $20 million and $150 million. The firm provides growth capital, acquisition financing, and ownership transition support through platform investments and add-on acquisitions, while offering operational resources and partnership structures tailored to business owners seeking capital or succession planning.

Product overview

Great Range Capital is a private equity firm offering investment management services rather than a technology product company. The firm targets equity investments in Midwestern companies with revenues ranging from $20 to $150 million. Their portfolio consists of portfolio companies across diverse industries including flooring services (America's Best Carpet and Tile), student transportation (Apple Bus Company), automotive repair (Burns Auto Group), security services (Citadel Security USA), sports camps (College Coaches Skills Camp), agricultural equipment (Fairbank Equipment), specialty coffee consolidation (FairWave), gutter protection (GP Industries), commercial landscaping (HeartLand), niche staffing (Labor Source), bottled water and pallets (Mountain Valley), wood products manufacturing (Realm), restoration services (Repairs Unlimited), commercial roofing (Roofed Right America with multiple acquisitions), beauty supply distribution (Salon Service Group), driveaway services (Spirit Miller), and IT disposal (Synetic Technologies). The firm does not offer technology products with AI capabilities, APIs, or integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Equity Investment Management Private equity investment management services for privately-held, founder- and family-owned Midwestern businesses with revenues between $20 million and $150 million. Includes growth capital, acquisition financing, and ownership transition support delivered through platform investments and add-on acquisitions for business owners seeking capital and partnership.

Named customers20 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ryan Moody (Former ABS Group CEO)coreOthers · 12 March 2026Ryan Moody, former President and CEO of ABS Group, joined Great Range Capital to lead the search for a new platform investment in the industrial compliance services sector. Moody brings over 25 years of experience in industrial and energy sectors.
• Gary BaughmancoreOthers · 12 March 2026Gary Baughman joined the industrial compliance platform as Executive Chairman, bringing over 40 years of experience in engineering, construction, operations, and environmental services industries from senior positions at APTIM, Flour, and AECOM.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Shore Capital Partners: Shore Capital Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm that uses a disciplined buy-and-build approach, often in partnership with founders and family owners. Its decentralized operating model and concentration on smaller platforms are comparable to Great Range Capital's platform-building activity.
• Gryphon Investors: Gryphon Investors acquires and grows lower-middle-market companies, including founder-owned businesses, through buyouts and corporate carve-outs. Its target scale, operational resources, and partnership-oriented approach are closely aligned with Great Range Capital.
• Tenex Capital Management: Tenex Capital Management is an operationally focused private equity sponsor investing across middle-market industrial, business-services, and consumer companies. Its flexible control investments and hands-on value creation are comparable to Great Range Capital's model.
• Audax Group: Audax is a middle-market private equity group known for a systematic buy-and-build strategy. Although larger than Great Range Capital, its focus on acquiring fragmented industries and scaling platforms through add-ons makes it a relevant operating-model peer.
• Platte River Equity: Platte River Equity is a Denver-based private equity firm that applies a buy-and-build strategy to lower-middle-market companies. Its experience building specialized industrial and business-services platforms makes it relevant to Great Range Capital's platform and add-on strategy.
• Heartland Capital Partners: Heartland Capital Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm focused on management buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth investments in established businesses. Its focus on founder- and family-owned companies and operationally intensive value creation is closely comparable to Great Range Capital.
• Hidden Harbor Capital Partners: Hidden Harbor Capital Partners invests in founder- and family-owned lower-middle-market companies across business services, industrial, and healthcare. Its operationally focused buyout model and customized partnership structures closely resemble Great Range Capital's approach.
• Trinity Hunt Partners: Trinity Hunt Partners pursues control investments in established, founder- and family-led lower-middle-market businesses. It is comparable to Great Range Capital in target-company profile, deal flexibility, and hands-on operational value creation.

Broad incumbents

• Sun Capital Partners: Sun Capital Partners is a large, diversified private equity investor with an operationally intensive approach to control investments. It is broader and substantially larger than Great Range Capital, but competes for similar middle-market operational improvement and add-on opportunities.
• The Riverside Company: The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on middle-market buyouts and add-on acquisitions across business services, manufacturing, and consumer sectors. Its scale is greater, but its platform-building and operational value-creation model is relevant to Great Range Capital.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A4 records

Investments

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