BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Industrial Equipment 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 12.36x across 18 disclosed deals (P25: 7.31x, P75: 15.77x). Median EV/Revenue 1.38x across 21 deals. Median deal value: $307.01M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 22 deals total (22 from 2018+), filtered to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquirers of industrial equipment businesses.
- Most active buyers
- TerraVest Industries Inc. (1) · Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. (1) · CompoSecure, Inc. (1) · Apollo Global Management, Inc. (1) · MiddleGround Management, LP (1) · Arcline Investment Management LP (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquisitions of industrial equipment businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KBK Industries, LLC | TerraVest Industries Inc. | $90.0M | 5.6x | — |
| 2026 | Velan Inc. | Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. | $145.5M | 10.0x | 0.68x |
| 2025 | Husky Technologies Limited | CompoSecure, Inc. | $5088.8M | 12.0x | 3.40x |
| 2024 | Barnes Group Inc. | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | $3528.7M | 10.8x | 2.18x |
| 2024 | The L.S. Starrett Company | MiddleGround Management, LP | $128.7M | 4.0x | 0.52x |
| 2023 | CIRCOR International, Inc. | Arcline Investment Management LP | $1686.2M | 12.9x | 2.10x |
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 industrial equipment 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 industrial equipment 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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