BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Auto Parts to Individual / Owner-Operator buyers
Owner-operators, SBA-financed independent buyers, and smaller management buyouts. Pricing reflects what an individual can finance (typically 10-25% down + SBA 7(a)) and operate hands-on. Below typical PE engagement size.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 8.54x across 8 disclosed deals (P25: 7.28x, P75: 9.61x). Median EV/Revenue 0.67x across 18 deals. Median deal value: $45.28M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 19 deals total (2 from 2018+), filtered to Individual / Owner-Operator acquirers of auto parts businesses.
- Most active buyers
- OCM Luxembourg OPPS XB S.à.r.l. (1) · Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (1) · Brembo North America, Inc. (1) · Zodiac Aerospace (:ZC) (1) · Magna International Inc. (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Individual / Owner-Operator acquisitions of auto parts businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. | OCM Luxembourg OPPS XB S.à.r.l. | $100.0M | 7.4x | 0.81x |
| 2015 | Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. | Westport Fuel Systems Inc. | $48.0M | — | 0.21x |
| 2007 | Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., Automotive Brake Components Division | Brembo North America, Inc. | $58.0M | — | 0.48x |
| 2003 | Simula Automotive Safety Devices, Inc. | Zodiac Aerospace (:ZC) | $14.3M | — | 0.39x |
| 2002 | Donnelly Corporation | Magna International Inc. | $391.1M | 8.8x | 0.50x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Individual buyers — owner-operators, SBA-financed independents, smaller management buyouts — price for what they can finance (typically 10-25% down with SBA 7(a) loans up to $5M deal value) and operate hands-on. Multiples are below PE / strategic because the buyer is taking the owner-operator role, not stepping in as institutional capital. Owner-dependency and seasonality matter more here than to a PE buyer.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to auto parts businesses acquired by individual / owner-operator buyers. EV/EBITDA outliers outside the [0.5x, 60x] band and EV/Revenue outliers outside [0.05x, 25x] are excluded from medians. Where available, post-2018 transactions are weighted; otherwise the all-time sample is used. Deal counts shown reflect deals with disclosed financials only — total transaction count for this buyer pool is typically 2-3x larger. Full methodology
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