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Capitol Hill Group
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Capitol Hill Group
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caphillgroup.com
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Private
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1991
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Capitol Hill Group is a privately held investment firm founded in 1991, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland with a secondary office in Las Vegas. It manages a diversified portfolio across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management, with stated exposure to real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. The firm describes its strategy as long-term and value-oriented, providing patient capital and strategic support to portfolio companies freed from public-market pressure.

The firm's most significant disclosed platform investment is Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, acquired in 2025 in partnership with Worldwide Golf for $112.7 million in an all-cash transaction. Big 5, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in North America with 414 stores across the western United States, was taken private, delisted from Nasdaq at $1.45 per share, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary within the Capitol Hill Group portfolio. The firm has 11-50 employees and maintains a minimal public-facing presence via a Strikingly-hosted website; it has not disclosed fund vehicles, named LPs, management team bios, or financials. Revenue mechanics are not stated but are consistent with a small private investment office earning management fees and portfolio returns rather than operating a scaled institutional asset manager.

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Capitol Hill Group is a privately held investment firm founded in 1991 that deploys long-term, value-oriented capital across real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment, including its 2025 take-private of Big 5 Sporting Goods.

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North America
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Offices2 records

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private equity, venture capital, asset management, real estate investments, portfolio management
NAICS code3 codes
  • Other Financial Investment Activities5239
  • Other Financial Vehicles52599
  • Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles525
SIC code2 codes
  • Investors, Nec6799
  • Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution6159
Product category
Private Equity & Investment Management
Social media profiles1 record
Cost components3 values
Personnel, Operations, Others
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Capitol Hill Group is a private investment firm founded in 1991 that provides long-term, value-oriented capital across multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. The firm deploys capital through private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management strategies, and in 2025 acquired Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation for $112.7 million alongside Worldwide Golf, taking the retailer private as a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Capitol Hill Group operates as a diversified private investment firm offering a unified portfolio management platform across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management. The firm manages a portfolio of subsidiaries and investments spanning multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. Key holdings include Big 5 Sporting Goods, acquired and taken private in 2025, representing a significant retail and sporting goods asset within the portfolio. The investment strategy emphasizes long-term, value-oriented acquisitions and strategic support for portfolio companies.

Product and service2 records
1Capitol Hill Group Investment Portfolio
CategoryInvestment Management
Description

A diversified private investment portfolio encompassing long-term, value-oriented investments across multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment, managed through private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management strategies. Targeted at companies seeking long-term capital and strategic support.

2Big 5 Sporting Goods
CategorySporting Goods Retail
Description

A major sporting goods retail subsidiary acquired in an all-cash transaction for $112.7 million in 2025; one of the largest sporting goods retailers in North America with 414 stores across the western United States, now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary within the Capitol Hill Group portfolio.

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Peers10 records
1KKR
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global investment firm spanning private equity, real estate, and asset management; comparable in platform breadth and cross-sector exposure, though at substantially greater scale and institutional profile.

2Ares Management
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Alternative asset manager with private equity, real estate, and credit strategies; comparable in multi-strategy structure and real estate exposure, though more institutional and larger in scale.

3Roark Capital
TypeDirect peer
Description

Private equity firm focused on consumer and franchise businesses; comparable in long-duration, value-oriented investing in consumer/retail brands and operationally intensive portfolio companies.

4L Catterton
TypeDirect peer
Description

Consumer-focused private equity firm with a long-term, value-oriented approach to brand and retail investments; comparable in patient capital and consumer/retail concentration.

5Lone Star Funds
TypeEmerging player
Description

Private investment firm focused on real estate and financial-sector opportunities; comparable in opportunistic, value-oriented real estate investing thesis.

6Sycamore Partners
TypeDirect peer
Description

Specialist retail-focused private equity firm known for take-privates and operational turnarounds of consumer and retail companies; directly comparable to Capitol Hill Group's Big 5 acquisition model and consumer/retail thesis.

7Apollo Global Management
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Large diversified alternative asset manager spanning private equity, real estate, and credit; comparable in multi-strategy platform breadth and cross-sector exposure, though at substantially greater scale.

8Leonard Green & Partners
TypeDirect peer
Description

Retail- and consumer-focused private equity firm investing in middle-market companies; comparable through shared emphasis on consumer/retail take-privates and value-oriented operating partnerships.

9Sun Capital Partners
TypeDirect peer
Description

Middle-market private equity firm with deep retail and consumer sector experience and a value-oriented, operationally driven approach; comparable in scale, multi-sector reach, and long-duration capital orientation.

10Cerberus Capital Management
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Multi-strategy alternative investment manager with meaningful retail and real estate exposure; comparable in distressed/special-situations investing and consumer-sector turnarounds.

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Capitol Hill Group

Private Equity & Investment Managementcaphillgroup.com

Capitol Hill Group is a privately held investment firm founded in 1991 that deploys long-term, value-oriented capital across real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment, including its 2025 take-private of Big 5 Sporting Goods.

What Capitol Hill Group does

Capitol Hill Group is a privately held investment firm founded in 1991, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland with a secondary office in Las Vegas. It manages a diversified portfolio across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management, with stated exposure to real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. The firm describes its strategy as long-term and value-oriented, providing patient capital and strategic support to portfolio companies freed from public-market pressure.

The firm's most significant disclosed platform investment is Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, acquired in 2025 in partnership with Worldwide Golf for $112.7 million in an all-cash transaction. Big 5, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in North America with 414 stores across the western United States, was taken private, delisted from Nasdaq at $1.45 per share, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary within the Capitol Hill Group portfolio. The firm has 11-50 employees and maintains a minimal public-facing presence via a Strikingly-hosted website; it has not disclosed fund vehicles, named LPs, management team bios, or financials. Revenue mechanics are not stated but are consistent with a small private investment office earning management fees and portfolio returns rather than operating a scaled institutional asset manager.

Capitol Hill Group firmographics

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Name
Capitol Hill Group
Legal name
Capitol Hill Group
Website
https://caphillgroup.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1991
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Capitol Hill Group is a privately held investment firm founded in 1991 that deploys long-term, value-oriented capital across real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment, including its 2025 take-private of Big 5 Sporting Goods.
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Where Capitol Hill Group is headquartered

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Bethesda
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United States
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North America

Offices2 records

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Capitol Hill Group business model

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GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Others

Capitol Hill Group product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Capitol Hill Group is a private investment firm founded in 1991 that provides long-term, value-oriented capital across multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. The firm deploys capital through private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management strategies, and in 2025 acquired Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation for $112.7 million alongside Worldwide Golf, taking the retailer private as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Product overview

Capitol Hill Group operates as a diversified private investment firm offering a unified portfolio management platform across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management. The firm manages a portfolio of subsidiaries and investments spanning multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. Key holdings include Big 5 Sporting Goods, acquired and taken private in 2025, representing a significant retail and sporting goods asset within the portfolio. The investment strategy emphasizes long-term, value-oriented acquisitions and strategic support for portfolio companies.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Capitol Hill Group Investment Portfolio A diversified private investment portfolio encompassing long-term, value-oriented investments across multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment, managed through private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management strategies. Targeted at companies seeking long-term capital and strategic support.
  • Big 5 Sporting Goods A major sporting goods retail subsidiary acquired in an all-cash transaction for $112.7 million in 2025; one of the largest sporting goods retailers in North America with 414 stores across the western United States, now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary within the Capitol Hill Group portfolio.

Companies that use Capitol Hill Group

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Capitol Hill Group technology and API

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Capitol Hill Group partnerships and signals

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Capitol Hill Group competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

  • KKR: Global investment firm spanning private equity, real estate, and asset management; comparable in platform breadth and cross-sector exposure, though at substantially greater scale and institutional profile.
  • Ares Management: Alternative asset manager with private equity, real estate, and credit strategies; comparable in multi-strategy structure and real estate exposure, though more institutional and larger in scale.
  • Apollo Global Management: Large diversified alternative asset manager spanning private equity, real estate, and credit; comparable in multi-strategy platform breadth and cross-sector exposure, though at substantially greater scale.
  • Cerberus Capital Management: Multi-strategy alternative investment manager with meaningful retail and real estate exposure; comparable in distressed/special-situations investing and consumer-sector turnarounds.

Direct peers

  • Roark Capital: Private equity firm focused on consumer and franchise businesses; comparable in long-duration, value-oriented investing in consumer/retail brands and operationally intensive portfolio companies.
  • L Catterton: Consumer-focused private equity firm with a long-term, value-oriented approach to brand and retail investments; comparable in patient capital and consumer/retail concentration.
  • Sycamore Partners: Specialist retail-focused private equity firm known for take-privates and operational turnarounds of consumer and retail companies; directly comparable to Capitol Hill Group's Big 5 acquisition model and consumer/retail thesis.
  • Leonard Green & Partners: Retail- and consumer-focused private equity firm investing in middle-market companies; comparable through shared emphasis on consumer/retail take-privates and value-oriented operating partnerships.
  • Sun Capital Partners: Middle-market private equity firm with deep retail and consumer sector experience and a value-oriented, operationally driven approach; comparable in scale, multi-sector reach, and long-duration capital orientation.

Emerging players

  • Lone Star Funds: Private investment firm focused on real estate and financial-sector opportunities; comparable in opportunistic, value-oriented real estate investing thesis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Capitol Hill Group M&A and investment

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M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Capitol Hill Group

What does Capitol Hill Group do?

Capitol Hill Group is a private investment firm founded in 1991 that provides long-term, value-oriented capital across multiple sectors including real estate, technology, healthcare, biotech, retail, apparel, sports, and entertainment. The firm deploys capital through private equity, venture capital, real estate, and asset management strategies, and in 2025 acquired Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation for $112.7 million alongside Worldwide Golf, taking the retailer private as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Is Capitol Hill Group a public or private company?

Capitol Hill Group is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Capitol Hill Group founded?

Capitol Hill Group was founded in 1991. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Capitol Hill Group based?

Capitol Hill Group is headquartered in Bethesda, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Capitol Hill Group's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are KKR, Ares Management, Apollo Global Management and Cerberus Capital Management. Direct peers are Roark Capital, L Catterton, Sycamore Partners, Leonard Green & Partners and Sun Capital Partners. Lone Star Funds is listed as an emerging player.

Does Capitol Hill Group have an API?

No public API is recorded for Capitol Hill Group.

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GlobeNewswireBig 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Completes Merger With a Partnership Comprised of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill GroupBig 5 Sporting Goods completed its merger with a partnership of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group, with Big 5 becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. Stockholders received $1.45 per share in cash, a 36% premium over the 60-day volume-weighted average price. Big 5 will cease to be publicly traded and remain an independent company within the portfolio.MarketScreenerBig 5 Sporting Goods Completes Merger With Worldwide Golf, Capitol Hill Group PartnershipBig 5 Sporting Goods Corporation has completed a merger with Worldwide Golf and partnered with Capitol Hill Group. This merger expands Big 5's market reach and enhances its operational capabilities in the sporting goods sector. The deal signifies Big 5's strategic growth and commitment to enhancing its product offerings.GlobeNewswireBig 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Completes Merger With a Partnership Comprised of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill GroupBig 5 Sporting Goods Corporation has completed its merger with a partnership comprised of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group, with Big 5 surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the acquiring partnership. Under the terms of the deal, Big 5 stockholders receive $1.45 per share in cash, representing a 36% premium to the 60-day volume weighted average trading price prior to announcement, and the company's shares will be delisted from Nasdaq as it ceases to be publicly traded. The combined entity will leverage Capitol Hill Group's financial resources and Worldwide Golf's retail expertise to drive growth in the sporting goods sector across the western United States.Angling-InternationalMajor US tackle supplier sold in all-cash transaction for $112.7mBig 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in North America with 414 stores across the western United States, has been acquired in an all-cash transaction for $112.7 million by a partnership comprised of Worldwide Golf and the Capitol Hill Group. The acquisition will take Big 5 private, removing its common stock from the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and is subject to stockholder approval along with other closing conditions. The deal, unanimously approved by Big 5's Board of Directors, is expected to close in the second half of this year, with the acquiring partnership citing plans to provide long-term capital and strategic support to re-energise growth.GlobeNewswireBig 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by a Partnership Comprised of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill GroupBig 5 Sporting Goods entered a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by a partnership of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $112.7 million in enterprise value. Stockholders will receive $1.45 per share, a 36% premium to the 60-day volume weighted average price. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025.Stock TitanBig 5 Sporting Goods Acquired for $113M in Going Private DealBig 5 Sporting Goods entered a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by a partnership of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $112.7 million in enterprise value. Stockholders will receive $1.45 per share, a 36% premium to the 60-day volume weighted average price, with the transaction expected to close in the second half of 2025.