Business Services
Who acquires Business Services companies
391 distinct acquirers across 485 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Every buyer below has completed at least one acquisition in this sector.
Top 10 acquirers of Business Services companies
Ranked by number of acquisitions recorded in this sector, with the year of each buyer's latest one. A buyer that has done this more than once has a thesis, and a thesis is what makes an approach worth making.
| Acquirer | Deals here | Last deal |
|---|---|---|
| Restore plc | 6 | 2016 |
| Marlowe | 5 | 2018 |
| Begbies Traynor Group | 5 | 2018 |
| Premier Technical Services Group | 5 | 2017 |
| Bridgepoint (PE) | 4 | 2024 |
| Transcat | 4 | 2023 |
| Mitie Group | 4 | 2023 |
| Main Street Capital (PE) | 4 | 2022 |
| UDG Healthcare | 4 | 2019 |
| Axiom Ince | 4 | 2018 |
Counted from 485 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Name variants of the same buyer (Inc, Corporation, Ltd) are counted together.
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Recorded transactions
| Target | Acquirer | Date | Value | EV/EBITDA | EV/Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Business Travel Group | Long Lake Management | 2026-09-29 | $6.3bn | n/d | n/d |
| Greenpro F&A Entities (Greenpro Resources (HK) Limited | Chen Yanhong | 2026-09-28 | $450k | n/d | n/d |
| G & O Landscaping | Global Asset Management Group | 2026-08-26 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Cyberhawk Holdings Limited | Ondas Inc. | 2026-08-10 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Future Commercial Management (Hainan) Co. | Xi'an Yinshi Trading Co. | 2025-12-16 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Heidrick & Struggles International | Advent International and Corvex Private Equity | 2025-12-10 | $1.3bn | n/d | n/d |
| Purge Rite Intermediate | Vertiv Holdings Co | 2025-12-04 | $1.0bn | n/d | n/d |
| Grassform Plant Hire Limited | NPK International Inc. | 2025-11-24 | $46m | 5.8x | 2.4x |
| WNS (Holdings) Limited | Capgemini S.E. | 2025-10-17 | $3.3bn | n/d | n/d |
| Toone & Associates | Family Office of America | 2025-10-03 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Bakkt loyalty and travel redemption business | Roman DBDR Technology Advisors | 2025-10-01 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| CWT Holdings | Global Business Travel Group | 2025-09-02 | $540m | n/d | n/d |
| Ballengee Group | Adapti | 2025-07-14 | $28m | n/d | n/d |
| GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group | TorQuest Partners | 2025-06-27 | $118m | n/d | n/d |
| Ricardo | WSP | 2025-06-11 | $559m | 7.3x | 0.8x |
| Farmville Detention Center | CoreCivic | 2025-06-10 | $67m | n/d | n/d |
| H&E Equipment Services | Herc Holdings Inc. | 2025-06-02 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| CompuSystems | Datavault AI Inc. | 2025-05-20 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Fisdom | Groww | 2025-05-19 | $150m | n/d | n/d |
| Bowen Basin accommodation villages | Civeo Corporation | 2025-05-06 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| TESIS | Intertek | 2025-05-06 | $120m | n/d | n/d |
| High Energy Service | Monadelphous | 2025-04-30 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| Contract Resources | Cleanaway | 2025-03-20 | $268m | n/d | n/d |
| Bud's Plumbing & Repair Service | Kingsway Financial Services | 2025-03-17 | $5m | n/d | n/d |
| Alliance Drilling Tools | Star Equity Holdings | 2025-03-04 | $13m | n/d | n/d |
| ACCESS Newswire compliance business | Equiniti Trust Company | 2025-02-28 | $13m | n/d | n/d |
| Celios | Impact Biomedical | 2025-02-26 | $1m | n/d | n/d |
| W1 Global | Wrap Technologies | 2025-02-18 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Formation Nation | LegalZoom | 2025-02-10 | $49m | n/d | n/d |
| Rasi | Wolters Kluwer | 2025-02-07 | $415m | n/d | n/d |
| Metamark | UPM Raflatac | 2025-02-05 | $225m | n/d | 2.2x |
| Accolade | Transcarent | 2025-01-05 | $621m | n/d | 1.5x |
| Steel Connect | Steel Partners Holdings L.P. | 2025-01-02 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| GES business | TL Voltron Purchaser | 2024-12-31 | $535m | n/d | n/d |
| WeatherDesk | Vaisala | 2024-12-09 | $70m | n/d | 5.4x |
| Yuanyu Enterprise Management Co. | Connexa Sports Technologies Inc. | 2024-11-21 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Replay Maintenance | YFM Equity Partners (PE) | 2024-11-07 | $10m | n/d | n/d |
| Explomin Perforaciones | Major Drilling Group International | 2024-11-05 | $85m | n/d | n/d |
| Ascent | WESCO | 2024-10-31 | $185m | n/d | n/d |
| WFR Tools | Archer | 2024-10-30 | $52m | n/d | n/d |
| Farewill | Dignity PLC | 2024-10-17 | $20m | n/d | n/d |
| Standard Equipment | Federal Signal | 2024-10-07 | $39m | n/d | n/d |
| Battea-Class Action Services | SS&C Technologies | 2024-09-12 | $670m | n/d | n/d |
| Kent Island Mechanical | Kent Island Mechanical | 2024-09-03 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| MacDermid Graphics Solutions | XSYS | 2024-09-03 | $325m | n/d | n/d |
| Duroair | Nederman | 2024-08-30 | $8m | n/d | n/d |
| iData | BLS International | 2024-07-09 | $108m | 5.0x | 2.9x |
| Mobile Energy Rentals | Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure | 2024-07-09 | $200m | n/d | n/d |
| Xtreme | Aecon | 2024-07-02 | $73m | n/d | n/d |
| Quality Uptime Services | ABM | 2024-06-24 | $119m | n/d | n/d |
| Alpha FMC | Bridgepoint (PE) | 2024-06-20 | $964m | n/d | n/d |
| 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty | Frontdoor | 2024-06-04 | $585m | n/d | 3.0x |
| Awardit | Polaris Private Equity (PE) | 2024-06-01 | $135m | n/d | n/d |
| Telemagic | LeadDesk | 2024-05-31 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Mabway | Calian | 2024-05-10 | $31m | n/d | n/d |
| MTEX NS | AstroNova | 2024-05-06 | $27m | n/d | n/d |
| Conduent - Casualty Claims Solutions | MedRisk | 2024-05-03 | $240m | n/d | n/d |
| Endomagnetics | Hologic | 2024-04-29 | $310m | n/d | n/d |
| Turbine Controls | VSE | 2024-04-24 | $120m | n/d | n/d |
| Elevated Facility Services Group | APi Group | 2024-04-15 | $570m | n/d | n/d |
| Macatawa Bank | Wintrust | 2024-04-15 | $510m | n/d | 4.9x |
| Nutun Australia | Allegro Funds (PE) | 2024-04-02 | $120m | n/d | n/d |
| CWT | American Express Global Business Travel | 2024-03-25 | $570m | n/d | n/d |
| Board.org | Executive Platforms | 2024-03-12 | $95m | n/d | n/d |
| SpringWell | Fortune Brands Innovations | 2024-02-29 | $105m | n/d | n/d |
| Identicare | Bridgepoint (PE) | 2024-02-28 | $38m | n/d | n/d |
| WIS | Vallen | 2024-02-23 | $350m | n/d | n/d |
| J&J Worldwide Services | CBRE | 2024-02-05 | $800m | n/d | n/d |
| Vision Box | Amadeus | 2024-01-31 | $361m | n/d | n/d |
| CH&CO | Compass Group | 2024-01-22 | $731m | n/d | n/d |
| Norcan | Bird Construction | 2024-01-18 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| A2B | ComfortDelGro | 2023-12-22 | $130m | n/d | n/d |
| Pangiam | BigBear.ai | 2023-11-06 | $70m | n/d | n/d |
| Industrial Air | Limbach Facility Services | 2023-11-02 | $14m | n/d | n/d |
| Professional Rental Tools | Expro | 2023-10-02 | $62m | n/d | n/d |
| Alta360 | Intouch Insight | 2023-09-18 | $3m | n/d | 0.6x |
| Axiom | Transcat | 2023-08-08 | $38m | n/d | n/d |
| SteriQual | Transcat | 2023-07-12 | $4m | n/d | n/d |
| Hyve Group | Searchlight Capital Partners (PE) | 2023-06-08 | $807m | n/d | 4.3x |
| NEC - Wireless Transport Business | Aviat Networks | 2023-05-09 | $70m | n/d | n/d |
| Slater & Gordon | Allegro Funds (PE) | 2023-04-11 | $78m | n/d | n/d |
| Linx International | Mitie Group | 2023-04-06 | $2m | n/d | 0.5x |
| TIC-MS | Transcat | 2023-03-27 | $10m | n/d | n/d |
| RRD Canada | DCM | 2023-02-22 | $93m | n/d | 0.5x |
| Houston Auto Auction | E INC | 2023-01-26 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| Flooring Liquidators | Live Ventures | 2023-01-19 | $84m | n/d | n/d |
| Contact Center Company | Arabian Internet & Communications Services | 2023-01-11 | $61m | n/d | n/d |
| Buck | Gallagher | 2022-12-20 | $660m | 19.4x | 2.4x |
| Buck | Gallagher | 2022-12-20 | $660m | 19.4x | 2.4x |
| PDRI | Pearson | 2022-12-19 | $190m | n/d | 5.8x |
| Micropticsl | Hamilton Thorne | 2022-12-01 | $9m | 8.1x | 2.3x |
| PayGroup | Deel | 2022-11-21 | $86m | n/d | n/d |
| Full Spectrum Group | CBRE | 2022-11-09 | $110m | n/d | n/d |
| St. Charles Consulting | NIIT (USA) | 2022-11-04 | $23m | n/d | n/d |
| Financial Resources Group Investment Services | LPL Financial | 2022-11-03 | $140m | n/d | n/d |
| Modular Rental | Black Diamond Group | 2022-10-31 | $55m | n/d | n/d |
| DPS Group | Arcadis | 2022-10-05 | $261m | n/d | 0.8x |
| Notemachine | Brink's | 2022-10-03 | $179m | 5.0x | 1.4x |
| Resillion | Stirling Square Capital Partners (PE) | 2022-09-26 | $248m | n/d | n/d |
| Zigi Carmel Initiatives & Investments | Cannasoft | 2022-09-19 | $28m | n/d | n/d |
| ORS | Serco Group | 2022-09-01 | $46m | n/d | 0.4x |
| Quixote Studios | Hudson Pacific | 2022-09-01 | $360m | n/d | n/d |
| Agfa-Gevaert - Offset Solutions division | AURELIUS Equity Opportunities (PE) | 2022-08-30 | $104m | n/d | n/d |
| Collection House | Credit Corp Group | 2022-08-29 | $8m | n/d | n/d |
| Hill International | GISI | 2022-08-16 | $173m | 10.7x | 0.5x |
| PEN Partnership | Wavestone | 2022-08-04 | $35m | n/d | n/d |
| Tall Crane Equipment | Alimak Group | 2022-07-18 | $25m | n/d | 1.7x |
| Analysys Mason | Bridgepoint (PE) | 2022-07-01 | $323m | n/d | n/d |
| Integrated Surgical Solutions | Evolent Health | 2022-06-29 | $375m | n/d | n/d |
| Vima Group | KBR | 2022-06-15 | $115m | n/d | n/d |
| Celfinet | Cyient | 2022-06-06 | $46m | n/d | n/d |
| Floramedia | CCL Industries | 2022-06-01 | $52m | 6.6x | n/d |
| Southern Research - Engineering Division | Kratos | 2022-05-24 | $80m | n/d | n/d |
| Cryogenic Service Center | Chart Industries | 2022-05-18 | $4m | n/d | n/d |
| Southern Traffic Services | Rekor | 2022-05-16 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| Stanley Access Technologies | Allegion | 2022-04-22 | $900m | n/d | 2.6x |
| Homescape | 3DX Industries, Inc. | 2022-04-20 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Shengdu | Beike | 2022-04-20 | $615m | n/d | n/d |
| ReKTGlobal | Infinite Reality | 2022-04-12 | $470m | n/d | n/d |
| Confido | Talenom | 2022-03-29 | $1m | n/d | n/d |
| RVB | Talenom | 2022-03-29 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Credit Kudos | Apple | 2022-03-23 | $150m | n/d | n/d |
| Netsimco | Saalex | 2022-03-15 | $30m | n/d | n/d |
| RailComm | Tracsis | 2022-03-14 | $14m | n/d | 2.4x |
| Verisk Financial Services | TransUnion | 2022-02-22 | $515m | 12.6x | 3.6x |
| Delphy | AgriFORCE | 2022-02-16 | $29m | n/d | n/d |
| ADAMAS | Ergomed | 2022-02-09 | $39m | 14.2x | 3.0x |
| Lab Society | Agrify | 2022-02-02 | $8m | n/d | n/d |
| ChargebackOps | ClearSale | 2022-01-26 | $4m | n/d | n/d |
| HiRail Leasing Group | Custom Truck One Source | 2022-01-14 | $46m | n/d | n/d |
| Career Team | Main Street Capital (PE) | 2022-01-05 | $25m | n/d | n/d |
| The Blake Group | Franklin Electric | 2022-01-04 | $27m | n/d | n/d |
| Faneuil | TTEC | 2021-12-22 | $140m | n/d | n/d |
| Nexsight | IDEX | 2021-11-23 | $120m | n/d | n/d |
| Optimal CP | Cryptoblox Technologies | 2021-11-23 | $14m | n/d | n/d |
| NxEdge | EnPro | 2021-11-05 | $850m | n/d | n/d |
| UE Compression | Xebec | 2021-11-03 | $8m | n/d | n/d |
| Connect Group | Lesaka | 2021-11-01 | $361m | n/d | n/d |
| CET Group - Specialist Claims Management Division | HomeServe | 2021-10-27 | $82m | n/d | n/d |
| SYNETIQ | IAA | 2021-10-22 | $346m | n/d | 1.5x |
| Auscript | VIQ Solutions | 2021-10-12 | $8m | n/d | n/d |
| LAF | Allocations | 2021-10-08 | $3m | n/d | n/d |
| Lakers Group | Vestum | 2021-10-07 | $237m | n/d | n/d |
| Sierra Income | Barings | 2021-09-21 | $624m | n/d | n/d |
| DME Forensics | Magnet Forensics | 2021-09-13 | $9m | n/d | n/d |
| Foresight Sports | Vista Outdoor | 2021-09-10 | $474m | n/d | n/d |
| JMP Group | Citizens Financial Group | 2021-09-08 | $149m | n/d | n/d |
| Able Services | ABM | 2021-08-25 | $830m | 12.8x | 0.8x |
| The Andersons - Rail Leasing Business | AITX | 2021-08-16 | $550m | n/d | n/d |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy | KBR | 2021-08-13 | $400m | n/d | n/d |
The 150 most recent of 485 recorded transactions in this sector. n/d means not disclosed. Most transactions close without a published multiple, which is why the disclosed count matters more than the median.
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