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May M&A Roundup: Ferguson Adds a Half Dozen & Rexel Inks Midwest Boost

A healthy month saw Ferguson share news of six newly-added companies, while Rexel added a considerable Midwest booth with its latest bolt-on. Get our rundown of every deal we published about during May, along with our updated monthly deal count and breakdown of year-to-date transactions by product category.

June 1, 2026

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Distributor dealmaking was robust during May 2026 after a subdued April, led by several of our MDM Top Distributors. We published news about 30 transactions during May — either pending or completed — involving at least one North American-based distributor of industrial, commercial and building supply product categories that have long comprised the core market demographics of MDM readership. That's ahead of the 24 from April and represented a broadly healthy month of dealmaking and puts 2026's monthly average at 29.8 — well ahead of 2025's tariff anxiety-driven 24.7. While the month didn't…

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