BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Auto Parts to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up buyers
Private equity firms and PE-backed platform consolidators acquiring for roll-up, add-on, or platform plays. Pricing tends to lead the market for fee-viable scale, with multi-bidder competitive processes above the EBITDA floor.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 10.14x across 12 disclosed deals (P25: 6.83x, P75: 12.62x). Median EV/Revenue 0.95x across 14 deals. Median deal value: $647.93M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 15 deals total (15 from 2018+), filtered to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquirers of auto parts businesses.
- Most active buyers
- Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (2) · Apollo Global Management, Inc. (2) · AP IX Alpha Holdings (Lux) S.à r.l. (1) · Wasatch Advisors LP (1) · M2 Capital Partners (1) · CentroMotion (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquisitions of auto parts businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Superior Industries International, Inc. | Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. | $922.6M | 12.5x | 0.69x |
| 2023 | ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. | Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. | $39.3M | 8.3x | 0.95x |
| 2022 | ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. | AP IX Alpha Holdings (Lux) S.à r.l. | $541.9M | 26.3x | 0.96x |
| 2022 | Holley Inc. | Wasatch Advisors LP | $33.6M | 12.7x | 2.79x |
| 2022 | Superior Industries International, Inc. | M2 Capital Partners | $850.5M | 5.1x | 0.53x |
| 2022 | Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | $6603.9M | 5.0x | 0.37x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Private equity acquirers price for scale and roll-up arbitrage. They pay up for businesses that fit a platform thesis — recurring revenue mix above 30%, technician/professional depth, clean financials, and a management layer that survives integration. The same auto parts can command 1.5x to 2x the multiple of an individual-buyer transaction simply because the PE buyer is acquiring a platform piece, not an owner-operated shop.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to auto parts businesses acquired by private equity / pe-backed roll-up 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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