October M&A Roundup: DSG, ORS Lead Relatively Quiet Month
Get our rundown of every deal we published during October, along with our updated monthly deal count and breakdown of year-to-date transactions by product category.
November 2, 2026
The deal marks ADH’s second acquisition since its 2024 formation by Tigertail Capital Partners and expands the HVAC distribution platform with six Midwest locations.
Veritiv adds a Tampa,FL-based distributor of core packaging products and a Lakewood, NJ distributor of corrugated packaging products.
QXO used a new investor Q&A document to outline how it plans to integrate Beacon and Kodiak, extract value from its pending TopBuild acquisition and continue building a tech-enabled building products distribution platform. We lay...
The now-combined company also provided an update on MRC’s integration, and ERP system migration that has seen major challenges since launched in November.
It’s already been a busy year for GME, which made a CEO succession in January and appointed a new COO in April.
It nets Ferguson nearly two dozen branch locations between two traditional distributors and four manufacturers rep agencies in for the company’s Waterworks, HVAC and Industrial units. We detail who these six companies are here.
Deals involving industrial distributors were less frequent than the robust pace we saw in January-March, though it included another landmark pending transaction in building materials via QXO.
All three company geographies were in positive sales territory for the first time in 11 quarters. Meanwhile, the company closed on a Canadian acquisition that added about $61 million of revenue.
The deal nets Watsco 25 Sunbelt locations and $230 million in added revenue.
FIS serves a range of industrial sectors that include oil and gas, renewables, marine, hospitality and logistics.
The acquisition expands Tencarva’s reach in municipal end markets in Texas and Oklahoma.
Acquired from Madsen & Howell, it’s A&M’s largest addition to-date, and comes on the heels of it launching a new eCommerce website in March.
