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Why Private Investment is Driving So Much of Distribution M&A, Pt. 3

Private equity and investment banks are arguably the biggest current drivers of distribution M&A activity. Read the third and final part of MDM’s recent conversation series with executives at leading financial firms behind many of the deals you’ve been reading about.

April 27, 2022

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MDM reported more than two-dozen deals during the month, featuring companies such as Graybar, MSC Industrial Supply, Parts Town, SBP Holdings, US LBM and Winsupply.

MDM reported more than two-dozen deals during the month, featuring companies such as Graybar, MSC Industrial Supply, Parts Town, SBP Holdings, US LBM and Winsupply.

Investment banks and private equity firms have always been a key driving force behind mergers and acquisitions in the distribution sector — especially over the past decade, which has seen tremendous industry consolidation. And if you’re a regular MDM reader, you’ve noticed an immense volume of M&A news since around the late third quarter of 2021, when the direct business impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic began to subside. It can be argued that private equity is the biggest reason why. These firms were forced to spend 2020 and early 2021 sitting tight with their capital investments, as…

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