Retail
Who acquires Retail companies
158 distinct acquirers across 195 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Every buyer below has completed at least one acquisition in this sector.
Top 10 acquirers of Retail 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frasers Group | 6 | 2023 |
| Vireo Growth Inc. | 4 | 2026 |
| Franchise Group | 4 | 2021 |
| Vertu Motors | 4 | 2016 |
| JD Sports Fashion | 3 | 2024 |
| High Tide | 3 | 2022 |
| CrossAmerica | 3 | 2021 |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 2 | 2026 |
| DICK'S Sporting Goods | 2 | 2025 |
| Sycamore Partners | 2 | 2025 |
Counted from 195 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PharmaCann Colorado retail cannabis assets | Vireo Growth Inc. | 2026-08-07 | $49m | n/d | n/d |
| The Container Store Holdings | Bed Bath & Beyond | 2026-07-08 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Super HK of El Monte | DNL Management Inc. | 2026-07-02 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| The Brand House Collective | Bed Bath & Beyond | 2026-04-02 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Eaze Inc. | Vireo Growth Inc. | 2026-04-01 | $47m | n/d | n/d |
| Schwazze Colorado and New Mexico assets | Vireo Growth Inc. | 2026-03-24 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| HKGF Market of Arcadia | JC Business Guys | 2026-01-31 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| 123 Investments Limited | GlobalTech Corporation | 2025-12-15 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| The ODP Corporation | Atlas Holdings | 2025-12-10 | $1.0bn | n/d | n/d |
| Lazydays RV dealerships (Portland | CIRV Group | 2025-11-19 | $59m | n/d | n/d |
| Foot Locker | DICK'S Sporting Goods | 2025-09-08 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| BaM Body and Mind Dispensary NJ | Ascend New Jersey | 2025-09-05 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance | Sycamore Partners | 2025-08-28 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| TILT Massachusetts dispensaries | In Good Health | 2025-08-18 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Family Dollar Stores | 1959 Holdings, LLC | 2025-07-05 | $1.0bn | n/d | n/d |
| Beddor Claude LLC | TREES Corporation | 2025-06-30 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Fat Panda Ltd. | CEA Industries Inc. | 2025-06-09 | $13m | 2.1x | 0.4x |
| Nordstrom | Nordstrom family and El Puerto de Liverpool | 2025-05-20 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| WholesomeCo Cannabis | Vireo Growth Inc. | 2025-05-12 | $70m | 4.4x | n/d |
| The Reject Shop | Dollarama | 2025-03-26 | $184m | n/d | 0.3x |
| CBSF | LSI Industries | 2025-03-11 | $31m | n/d | n/d |
| Kurt Geiger | Steve Madden | 2025-02-13 | $445m | n/d | n/d |
| Mattress Firm Group Inc. | Tempur Sealy International | 2025-02-05 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Courir | JD Sports Fashion | 2024-11-27 | $586m | n/d | n/d |
| Delek US Retail | Fomento Económico Mexicano | 2024-10-01 | $385m | n/d | n/d |
| Unieuro | Groupe Fnac Darty | 2024-07-16 | $281m | n/d | n/d |
| Rogan Shoes | Shoe Carnival | 2024-02-13 | $45m | n/d | n/d |
| Fat Face | NEXT | 2023-10-11 | $154m | n/d | n/d |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | Overstock.com | 2023-06-28 | $22m | n/d | n/d |
| Studio Retail Group | Frasers Group | 2023-02-23 | $41m | n/d | n/d |
| Lowe's Canadian Retail Business | Sycamore Partners (PE) | 2022-11-03 | $400m | n/d | n/d |
| MySale | Frasers Group | 2022-11-01 | $21m | n/d | n/d |
| McCauley | Uniphar Group Plc | 2022-09-19 | $56m | n/d | n/d |
| Gull | Allegro Funds (PE) | 2022-07-27 | $333m | n/d | n/d |
| OWNDAYS | Lenskart | 2022-07-01 | $400m | n/d | n/d |
| Fresh Market | Cencosud | 2022-05-11 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| NuLeaf | Jushi | 2022-04-07 | $54m | n/d | n/d |
| Bud Heaven | High Tide | 2022-03-30 | $2m | n/d | 0.6x |
| Rubicon Pharmacies | Neighbourly Pharmacy | 2022-03-10 | $435m | n/d | n/d |
| BrandsMart USA | Aaron's | 2022-02-23 | $230m | 5.0x | 0.3x |
| Creative Table Holdings | Lagardere | 2022-02-18 | $83m | n/d | n/d |
| Bud Room | High Tide | 2022-01-05 | $4m | n/d | n/d |
| Bloom Dispensaries | Curaleaf | 2021-12-28 | $211m | n/d | n/d |
| Valley Vet | Main Street Capital (PE) | 2021-12-07 | $42m | n/d | n/d |
| Shoe Station | Shoe Carnival | 2021-12-03 | $67m | n/d | n/d |
| Radio Rentals | Credit Corp Group | 2021-11-30 | $60m | n/d | n/d |
| Badcock | Franchise Group | 2021-11-22 | $580m | 4.1x | 0.6x |
| Diamonds Direct | Signet Jewelers | 2021-11-18 | $490m | n/d | n/d |
| Smoking Gun | Schwazze | 2021-11-15 | $4m | n/d | n/d |
| Hush Blankets | Sleep Country | 2021-10-19 | $25m | n/d | n/d |
| Amscan International | Endless LLP (PE) | 2021-10-04 | $45m | n/d | n/d |
| Cannabliss & Co. | Chalice Brands | 2021-09-16 | $7m | n/d | n/d |
| 102 Saskatchewan | High Tide | 2021-08-06 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Atmos | Foot Locker | 2021-08-02 | $360m | n/d | n/d |
| WSS | Foot Locker | 2021-08-02 | $750m | n/d | n/d |
| Cozy Cannabis | Kiaro | 2021-05-31 | $1m | n/d | n/d |
| Dreams | Tempur Sealy | 2021-05-27 | $475m | 6.3x | 1.2x |
| City Plumbing Supplies | H.I.G. Private Equity (PE) | 2021-05-20 | $500m | n/d | n/d |
| Homegrown Oregon | Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. | 2021-05-19 | $10m | n/d | n/d |
| Smart & Final | Chedraui | 2021-05-13 | $620m | 3.7x | 0.2x |
| Inner Spirit Holdings | Sundial Growers | 2021-05-05 | $100m | 66.8x | 4.9x |
| 7-Eleven, Inc. - 106 Speedway & Sites | CrossAmerica | 2021-04-29 | $263m | n/d | n/d |
| Trees Dispensary | Trees | 2021-04-21 | $40m | n/d | n/d |
| Circle K Corp. - 49 Oklahoma Stores | Casey's | 2021-03-22 | $39m | n/d | n/d |
| VisionPros | CloudMD | 2021-02-16 | $30m | n/d | 1.4x |
| FFX | H2 Equity Partners (PE) | 2021-01-27 | $26m | n/d | n/d |
| Pet Supplies Plus | Franchise Group | 2021-01-25 | $700m | n/d | n/d |
| Smoker Friendly | Main Street Capital (PE) | 2021-01-07 | $52m | n/d | n/d |
| BevMo | Gopuff | 2020-11-05 | $350m | n/d | n/d |
| Alcanna Inc. - Eight Liquor Stores | Mid-Island Consumer Services Co-operative | 2020-10-30 | $16m | n/d | n/d |
| Bartell Drugs | Rite Aid | 2020-10-07 | $95m | n/d | n/d |
| GNC | Harbin Pharmaceutical Group | 2020-09-01 | $770m | n/d | n/d |
| Bluestem Brands | Cerberus Capital Management (PE) | 2020-07-07 | $250m | n/d | n/d |
| Tesco Polska | Salling Group A/S | 2020-06-18 | $239m | n/d | n/d |
| Tesco Plc - Thailand and Malaysia Operations | Charoen Pokphand Group Co. | 2020-03-09 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores LLC | US Foods | 2020-03-06 | $970m | n/d | n/d |
| American Freight Group | Franchise Group | 2019-12-30 | $450m | n/d | n/d |
| Transform Holdco LLC - DieHard Brand | Advance Auto Parts | 2019-12-23 | $200m | n/d | n/d |
| Destination Maternity Corp. | Marquee Brands | 2019-12-02 | $50m | n/d | n/d |
| Lord & Taylor LLC | Le Tote | 2019-08-28 | $76m | n/d | n/d |
| Vitamin Shoppe | Franchise Group | 2019-08-08 | $208m | n/d | n/d |
| Jack Wills | Frasers Group | 2019-08-05 | $20m | n/d | n/d |
| International Duty Free | Lagardère Travel Retail | 2019-07-25 | $282m | n/d | 1.4x |
| Liberty | Glendower Capital LLP (PE) | 2019-07-19 | $462m | 12.0x | 1.8x |
| Merchants Preferred | Rent-A-Center | 2019-07-15 | $48m | n/d | n/d |
| PCM | Insight | 2019-06-24 | $581m | 10.4x | 0.3x |
| Carrefour SA - China Business | Suning.com | 2019-06-23 | $699m | n/d | n/d |
| Hudson's Bay | Rhône Group (PE) | 2019-06-10 | $844m | n/d | n/d |
| Barnes & Noble | Elliott (PE) | 2019-06-07 | $683m | n/d | n/d |
| Barnes & Noble Booksellers | Waterstones Booksellers Ltd. | 2019-06-07 | $683m | n/d | 0.2x |
| Interflora Holdings Ltd. | Teleflora LLC | 2019-06-03 | $60m | n/d | n/d |
| Gymboree | The Children's Place | 2019-03-02 | $76m | n/d | n/d |
| The LIDS Sports Group | Fanzz | 2018-12-14 | $100m | n/d | n/d |
| Endy | Sleep Country | 2018-11-29 | $67m | n/d | n/d |
| City Gear LLC | Hibbett | 2018-10-29 | $88m | n/d | 0.5x |
| Courir | Equistone (PE) | 2018-10-22 | $319m | n/d | n/d |
| Farm Boy | Empire | 2018-09-24 | $608m | n/d | n/d |
| House of Fraser | Frasers Group | 2018-08-10 | $139m | n/d | n/d |
| BakerCorp | United Rentals | 2018-07-02 | $715m | 9.1x | 2.4x |
| Bargain Booze | Bestway (Holdings) Ltd. | 2018-04-09 | $11m | 0.5x | n/d |
| The Finish Line | JD Sports Fashion | 2018-03-26 | $558m | n/d | 0.3x |
| Bras N Things | Hanes | 2018-02-13 | $400m | n/d | 2.8x |
| Quicorp SA | InRetail Peru Corp. | 2018-01-26 | $583m | n/d | n/d |
| Multiyork Furniture Ltd. - Certain Stores | DFS Furniture | 2017-12-27 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Party Galaxy | Party City | 2017-12-19 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| Fosters Fishing Ltd. | Angling Direct | 2017-10-02 | $5m | n/d | 0.5x |
| Shenandoah Furniture | Hooker Furniture | 2017-09-07 | $40m | n/d | n/d |
| Sofology Ltd. | DFS Furniture | 2017-08-03 | $38m | n/d | 0.2x |
| Heron Food Group Ltd. | B&M European Value Retail | 2017-08-02 | $234m | 8.0x | 0.6x |
| West Marine | Monomoy Capital Partners (PE) | 2017-06-29 | $338m | n/d | n/d |
| Indoor Group | KH Group (PE) | 2017-06-26 | $76m | n/d | 0.4x |
| Retail Apparel Group Pty Ltd. | Foschini Group | 2017-05-25 | $215m | n/d | n/d |
| Eastern Outfitters LLC | Frasers Group | 2017-04-21 | $101m | n/d | n/d |
| Loblaw Companies Ltd. - Gas Station Business | Brookfield Private Equity (PE) | 2017-04-19 | $410m | n/d | n/d |
| Nexeye | 3i Private Equity (PE), 16 Palace Street | 2017-04-10 | $225m | n/d | n/d |
| Unified Grocers | SUPERVALU | 2017-04-10 | $375m | n/d | n/d |
| Identity Direct Ltd. | MySale | 2017-04-06 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Moosejaw | Walmart | 2017-02-15 | $51m | n/d | n/d |
| Óticas Carol S.A. | Luxottica Group S.p.A. | 2017-01-30 | $124m | n/d | 0.6x |
| GO Outdoors Ltd. | JD Sports Fashion | 2016-11-28 | $173m | n/d | 0.6x |
| Worldstores Ltd. | Dunelm Group | 2016-11-28 | $13m | n/d | n/d |
| Goodlife Pharmacy | LeapFrog Investments (PE) | 2016-11-23 | $22m | n/d | n/d |
| Vintage Stock | Live Ventures | 2016-11-07 | $60m | n/d | n/d |
| Golfsmith | Dick's Sporting Goods | 2016-11-03 | $69m | n/d | n/d |
| Visions One Hour Optical Ltd. | New Look Vision | 2016-10-19 | $7m | n/d | 1.3x |
| Petsense | Tractor Supply | 2016-09-29 | $116m | n/d | n/d |
| Plantasjen | Ratos (PE) | 2016-09-27 | $351m | 7.8x | 0.8x |
| Good Guys | JB Hi-Fi | 2016-09-13 | $619m | n/d | n/d |
| Fast Times Skateboarding Pty Ltd. | Zumiez | 2016-09-09 | $7m | n/d | n/d |
| MAPCO Express | Compañía de Petróleos de Chile Copec S. A. | 2016-08-29 | $535m | n/d | n/d |
| Asda Stores - Photo Division | ME Group International | 2016-08-24 | $9m | n/d | 0.3x |
| Buy Right Cars Ltd. | Turners Automotive Group | 2016-07-12 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| Hype DC Pty Ltd. | Accent Group | 2016-07-04 | $105m | 6.0x | 0.9x |
| Dobbies Garden Centres | Hattington Investment Partners (PE) | 2016-06-17 | $334m | n/d | n/d |
| NWTC | Graphite Capital (PE) | 2016-06-09 | $77m | n/d | n/d |
| Gordon Lamb Group Ltd. | Vertu Motors | 2016-06-01 | $29m | 6.2x | 0.2x |
| Ada's Natural Market | HCMC | 2016-05-23 | $3m | n/d | n/d |
| AudioNova International B.V. | Sonova Holding | 2016-05-04 | $935m | n/d | 2.3x |
| Vital Ingredient | LDC (PE) | 2016-04-26 | $18m | n/d | n/d |
| Pine State Convenience | Core-Mark | 2016-04-25 | $112m | n/d | n/d |
| Greenoaks (Maidenhead) Ltd. | Vertu Motors | 2016-03-01 | $34m | 11.0x | 0.2x |
| Higher Access Ltd. | Vp | 2016-03-01 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| Staples - Wholesale Business | Essendant | 2016-02-16 | $23m | n/d | n/d |
| Lookers - Honda Depots | Vertu Motors | 2016-01-25 | $3m | n/d | 0.1x |
| SMYK | Bridgepoint (PE) | 2016-01-15 | $278m | n/d | n/d |
| Homebase | Wesfarmers | 2016-01-14 | $523m | n/d | 0.2x |
| SSG Corp - 31 Convenience Stores | CrossAmerica | 2016-01-06 | $49m | n/d | 1.1x |
| Forward Vision Group | New Look Vision | 2015-12-21 | $13m | n/d | 1.6x |
| PittaRosso | Carson Private Capital (PE) | 2015-12-05 | $304m | n/d | n/d |
| Office Holdings Ltd. | Truworths | 2015-11-30 | $394m | n/d | 0.9x |
The 150 most recent of 195 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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