Healthcare is the largest employment sector in most states, with an active consolidation wave driving 6–9x EBITDA multiples for well-run practices.
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Healthcare is one of private equity's most active areas, alongside strategic healthcare consolidators building out multi-location groups. Recurring patient relationships and payer contracts make these businesses attractive to buyers with the capital to scale. PE participation runs in the 44–58% range across the sectors it favors most, with healthcare named among the top few — and strategic buyers often pay 10% or more above a PE offer when an acquisition fills a specific gap in their footprint. Overall healthcare deal volume cooled somewhat in the most recent reporting period, but deals for practice-level businesses actually rose by roughly half over the same stretch. In Arizona specifically, healthcare service providers — medical practices, dental, physical therapy, and home health in particular — rank among the state's most actively pursued acquisition targets.