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
Ireland/Iceland becomes Rubix’s second-largest regional market, and the company announced another tuck-in acquisition on Nov. 7.
NATS’ 19 distributor members and over 60 suppliers will join HDA’s group of over 50 member distributors and 400 manufacturer partners.
Combined, they represent about $53 million in annual revenue for the distributor and installer, and follow its much larger purchases of SPI and Progressive Roofing.
Building Materials/Construction again led dealmaking categories in a month that reflected improved confidence in the industry’s M&A investments.
BlueLinx continues Western expansion with the purchase of a specialty wood products distributor.
It will result in a combined company with about $6.5 billion in annual revenue, more than 160 locations and 6,300 employees.
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A major consolidation is reshaping the heavy-duty aftermarket as FleetPride and TruckPro join forces. The merger unites two industry leaders with expansive branch and service networks to create a national platform built for scale, technology...
It marks a regional exit for Grainger after 10 years in the U.K. and a sharper focus on North America and Japan.
Heritage Landscape Supply Group acquired World Outdoor Emporium, a distributor of stone, bulk materials, nursery, and other outdoor living products.
Forestwood joins Freshway Foods in Red Arts’ produce processing and logistics portfolio.
See our breakdown of M&A activity by product category, the latest EBITDA trading multiples for 28 top industrial distributors and our detailed rundown of all deals we tracked during July-September, which improved sequentially but remained...
