Ranger Aerospace & affiliates

Ranger Aerospace is an aerospace services investor in Greenville, South Carolina, in the United States. The company says it works with growing companies in aviation and aerospace. It looks to buy profitable companies in several parts of the aviation service industry.

Ranger describes its approach as a mix of private equity money and aerospace experience. Its work covers turnarounds, business performance improvement, strategic planning, succession planning, quality systems, and mergers, acquisitions and integration. The site says the company has been active since early 1997.

Ranger has two main platforms. Ranger AirShop was launched in 2016 as a consolidation platform for air cargo products and services. Ranger AeroSystems was launched in 2014, and its first purchase was a specialty maintenance company for commercial airliners.

The company lists its acquisition criteria on the site. It looks for revenues above $10 million or EBITDA above $2 million, steady profits, strong management and a good fit with its other businesses. Smaller companies can qualify if they hold a strong niche. The site says the company can also join very large deals with institutional partners.

Ranger says some of its past business units were ISO 9000 and AS 9100 qualified. The site says the company takes a serious approach to quality, safety and FAR compliance. Its news list includes a 25th anniversary in September 2022 and an exit by a private equity firm from ACL Airshop in May 2021.

The company has offices in Greenville, Winter Garden, Chicago, Bradenton and Jackson Hole. The headquarters is in Greenville. The phone number on the site is +1 864 329 9000. The site says the company is not a securities dealer, wealth manager or broker dealer, and that it does not accept funds from private individuals.