September M&A Roundup: Rexel, Watsco, ORS Lead the Way
Get our rundown of every deal we published during September, along with our updated monthly deal count and breakdown of year-to-date transactions by product category.
October 1, 2026
After a few solid but unspectacular months for deal volume, May spiked to the most distribution deals tracked by MDM since at least the start of 2023.
It adds six branches and 130 employees across Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Plumbing supplies distributor Ferguson’s eight acquisitions in this fiscal year have an aggregate annualized revenue of $350 million.
The company is set to separate its electronics and water businesses from its industrial unit.
ND Industries compliments H.B. Fuller’s offerings in existing market segments and brings together adhesive and mechanical fastener technology.
Mike Hockett analyzes Sonepar’s 26-year North American expansion that has led to over $15 billion in 2023 sales, with most of that in the U.S.
Distributors are dealing with more potential business risks today than ever before. We polled hundreds of them to determine what the biggest risks are, and dissected plenty of interesting commentary.
By the number of deals tracked, it was another average month and a deceleration from a frenzy of M&A news in December & January.
Originally announced this past July, the deal was valued at $960 million.
A potential transaction would likely be a merger of Bentley with Schneider’s software business and be valued at over $15 billion.
Snap One – a manufacturer and distributor of of smart-living products and services – will be integrated into Resideo’s ADI Global Distribution unit.
So far in 2024, Meritus Gas Partners acquired two independent industrial gas and welding supply distributors and partnered with two others.
