Business Wanted for Acquisition

David Boykin and Brian Reilly of Transact Partners are providing acquisitions advisory and sourcing services for the following Private Equity Groups and Corporate Acquirers.  Our search criteria changes rapidly and this is not a complete list of our targets.  If your business has a re-casted EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of $1 million or more, we have a potential acquirer. If you are interested in learning more, please click here to contact David Boykin.

Corrugated Box Mfg & Security Services

This firm has particular interest in acquiring companies the consumer products, franchiser, business services and niche manufacturing industries that can provide the basis for consolidation within the industry.  The financial parameters for stand-alone acquisition are Founder owned companies with more than $4 million in EBITDA and located in the United States (Southeast preference) and Canada.  They also have two platform companies that are aggressively pursuing acquisitions in the corrugated box manufacturing sector and businesses that provide armed and unarmed security services in the Southeast.  They will pursue add-on acquisitions of any size.  

Southeast Based - Simple Business Model

This group has simple acquisition criteria, but they move rapidly through the transaction process.  They are looking for companies with a business model that is easy to understand and is located in the southeastern United States.  They require a track record generating consistent earnings and profitability (annual cash flows of between $1.5 and $5.0 million) with a strong management team in place (or new management clearly identified).  Our experience indicates that they offer business owners a confidential, smooth and certain path to realizing their financial objectives. They carefully listen to sellers to understand their objectives and they operate with discretion and professionalism throughout the entire transaction.  Add on acquisition candidates in the Contract Manufacturing and Court Reporting industries are of particular interest to this group.

Consumer & Business Services, Distribution, Manufacturing

This group is searching for profitable, well-established businesses in four sectors: consumer services, business services, value-added distribution and light manufacturing. They target businesses with a minimum of $10 million of revenue and operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") between $2 million and $7 million. Although they will consider opportunities throughout the United States, their preference is to invest in companies which are located in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US.

Southeast - Business & Consumer Products/Services, Healthcare Services

This group is searching for leveraged buyout and recapilitazation opportunities in the Business Services, Consumer Products/Services and Healthcare Services sectors.  They require at least $3 million in EBITDA and must be located in the Southeastern United States.

$1 million+ EBITDA

This group invests in change of control transactions involving companies that generate at least $1 million in operating earnings. Geography is not an issue and they focus on companies with a high quality product or service and deep relationships across a diverse customer base.  They typically avoid highly-regulated markets and industries that are subject to short product life cycles.

Industrial Companies and Industrial Technology Providers.

This group is a $125 million private equity fund that acquires or provides expansion capital to innovative industrial businesses and industrial technology providers. They partner with experienced operators and provide the capital, industrial contacts and guidance needed to capitalize on growth opportunities and drive superior shareholder returns. They typically invest $5M to $15M of equity per transaction and makes both control and non-control expansion stage investments. They invest in innovative industrial companies with proprietary products that serve growing attractive markets. These companies often deliver productivity and efficiency gains, enable environmental compliance, improve resource utilization or offer other forms of product/service differentiation.  The acquired companies must have a solid financial track record, clear growth prospects and potential for sustainable high margins.

Floor Care Distribution Companies

Distribution company of janitorial supplies (equipment, parts, and chemicals) servicing the floor care industry. Customers would be residential and commercial carpet & floor cleaners and contract cleaners servicing the commercial market (restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools, office buildings, etc). Products distributed would include equipment to clean floors/carpets, parts and cleaning chemicals. They are also seeking strategic relationships with Internet retailers of vacuum cleaners and parts.  Target must be located east of the Mississippi and$3 million minimum annual revenue is required.