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July M&A Roundup: Deal Volume Climbs, but Still Lags 2024

Distributor M&A activity held steady July for a solid but still below average month, highlighted by transactions in the Building Materials, Gases & Welding and Motion Control sectors. Get a full recap of July’s distributor M&A activity, including year-to-date deal volume and a breakdown by product category.

By MDM Staff

July 31, 2025

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Distributor M&A remains somewhat subdued through mid-summer 2025 amid tariff-driven economic and market uncertainty, but has modestly improved over the past few months. MDM tracked 25 M&A transactions in July — either pending or completed — involving at least one North American-based distributor primarily in the industrial and commercial hardgoods or building supply verticals. That tied February for the most active month of the year but lagged the 31 deals recorded in July 2024 and fell short of the 2024 monthly average of 28.6 transactions. Year-to-date through July, MDM tracked 156…

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