BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Auto Parts to Strategic / Industry buyers
Industry operators, larger competitors, and corporate buyers acquiring for synergies, geographic expansion, or capability fill. Typically pays a premium for clear strategic fit but discounts for integration cost and overlap.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 8.11x across 5 disclosed deals (P25: 5.17x, P75: 16.57x). Median EV/Revenue 1.42x across 19 deals. Median deal value: $252.68M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 20 deals total (20 from 2018+), filtered to Strategic / Industry acquirers of auto parts businesses.
- Most active buyers
- Cummins Inc. (2) · Dorman Products, Inc. (2) · Donaldson Company, Inc. (1) · Avaco Co., Ltd. (1) · Rakia Capital (1) · Titan International, Inc. (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Strategic / Industry acquisitions of auto parts businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Facet Filtration | Donaldson Company, Inc. | $820.0M | 20.0x | 7.59x |
| 2026 | YESOL Corp. | Avaco Co., Ltd. | $6.1M | — | 2.40x |
| 2025 | King Engine Bearings, Inc. | Rakia Capital | $23.6M | — | 0.73x |
| 2024 | The Carlstar Group, LLC | Titan International, Inc. | $296.0M | 4.0x | 0.48x |
| 2023 | Horizon Global Corporation | First Brands Group, LLC | $400.6M | — | 0.59x |
| 2022 | Creative Motion Technology, LLC | Powerdyne International, Inc. | $1.4M | — | 1.17x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Strategic buyers — operators in adjacent geographies, larger competitors, or corporate consolidators — price for synergies and capability fill. They tend to discount integration cost and overlap risk but pay above market when there's clear strategic fit (key customer relationship, license, geography, technician/professional team). Multiples are competitive with PE for fee-viable deals; below PE for sub-scale acquisitions.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to auto parts businesses acquired by strategic / industry 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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