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The market for industrial services businesses remains robust for sellers, with significant continued interest from buyers. Total M&A count in the industrial services market increased 6% year-over-year from Q4 2022 to 73 transactions. Facility and field services deal count continues to drive the market, while all other segments lagged. Of note, Q4 2022 was the […]
Read NowWith 405 deals closing in Q3, deal volume within the consulting, technology, and digital services industry remained higher than pre-pandemic averages and marked a slight increase from the 401 deals that closed in Q2. Although the uncertain macroeconomic outlook has been a major hit to tech stocks in the public market, privately-held, middle-market companies have […]
Read NowIndustrial Services M&A activity rebounded strongly in Q3 2022, increasing ~34% compared to Q2 2022 and ~36% compared to Q3 2021. With higher interest rates putting downward pressure on valuations, we are seeing increasing use of earnouts and other deferred compensation mechanics in transactions, and buyers and sellers seem to be comfortable using creative structures […]
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Charter Capital Partners announced that its client, Unicoa, has been acquired by NEFCO, a premier specialty supply partner to the professional construction trades. The transaction was led by Mark Streekstra, Partner and Managing Director, Jenny Dakoske, Director, Justin Pinto, Vice President, Dylan Stenzinger, Analyst, and Mike Brown, Partner and Managing […]
Charter Capital Partners is proud to announce that our client, Merrill Technologies Group, has been acquired by Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-area private equity firm. The transaction was led by Charter team members Mike Brown, Partner and Managing Director, Zach Wiersma, Vice President, AJ Ebels, Vice President, and Keegan […]
Charter Capital Partners, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based investment bank, announced that its client, John A. Van Den Bosch Co., a fifth-generation legacy pet food products distribution company and wild bird seed manufacturer, has been acquired by Rubelmann Capital, a leading investment firm. For more than 90 years Van Den Bosch […]
Charter Capital Partners, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based investment bank, announced that its client, Devana Solutions (Devana), has been acquired by RealTime Software Solutions (RealTime), a portfolio company of LLR Partners. An innovative cloud-based clinical trial software company that supports real-time collaboration between central research operations professionals and site-based clinicians, Devana […]