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December M&A Roundup: Solid Activity in Holiday-Shortened Month

While building materials/construction — which had led every month prior — went quiet, other product verticals picked up the slack.

December 31, 2025

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While many consumers went on autopilot in the second half of December and coasted through New Year’s, wholesale distribution doesn’t have that luxury. Everything from Christmas gifts to New Year’s Eve food assortments and party supplies doesn’t get to where it’s needed without distributors, and they continued to make M&A headlines down the stretch. 

MDM tracked 26 new distributor M&A transactions during December 2025 — either pending or completed — that involved companies primarily in industrial and commercial hardgoods sectors. That was just one behind November, and matched the count of…

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