DealFlowAgent at The Fire Safety Event 2026: Visit Stand 4L90 at NEC Birmingham

The UK''s leading M&A advisory firm for fire safety, security, and building services businesses is exhibiting at The Fire Safety Event 2026 and The Security Event 2026. Visit DealFlowAgent at Stand 4L90, located between the VIP networking area and the Leaders Stage, to discuss exit planning, business valuations, and acquisition opportunities.

From 28 to 30 April 2026, The Fire Safety Event returns to the NEC Birmingham, uniting over 13,500 fire safety professionals, 300+ exhibitors, and thousands of products under one roof. This year, DealFlowAgent is proud to be exhibiting at Stand 4L90, positioned between the VIP networking area and the Leaders Stage. Look out for the team wearing DealFlowAgent branded shirts and gilets across the show floor.

Whether you own a fire alarm installation company, a passive fire protection contractor, a security systems integrator, or a facilities management business, our specialist M&A advisory team wants to meet you. We are also keen to connect with strategic acquirers, private equity investors, and corporate development professionals who are actively acquiring in these sectors.

Why The Fire Safety Event and The Security Event 2026 Matter for Business Owners

The Fire Safety Event 2026 is co-located alongside five other major industry gatherings as part of the wider Safety & Security Event Series at the NEC Birmingham. These co-located events include:

For business owners in fire safety, security, and facilities management, this is not just a trade show. It is a window into the future of your industry. The Building Safety Act continues to reshape the compliance landscape. Post-Grenfell regulation is driving demand for BAFE-accredited, well-documented fire safety businesses. And the convergence of fire and security under single-platform acquirers is accelerating M&A activity across every sub-niche.

The M&A Landscape: Strategic Acquirers Active Across Fire Safety, Security, and Facilities Management

At DealFlowAgent, we specialise in sell-side M&A advisory for building services and healthcare business owners. Our proprietary buyer intelligence platform, Sterling, tracks the acquisition criteria of over 12,900 self-registered acquirers. We monitor the serial acquirers, PE-backed buy-and-build platforms, and national compliance groups that are actively deploying capital in these sectors.

The following tables highlight some of the strategic acquirers active across the niches represented at The Fire Safety Event 2026 and The Security Event 2026. This is not an exhaustive list, and it does not imply any specific relationship or engagement. It reflects the depth of our market intelligence and our understanding of who is buying, what they are looking for, and how they structure transactions.

Fire Safety Acquirers

For more detailed buyer intelligence on fire safety M&A, visit our dedicated Sell Your Fire Safety Business page, or explore our sub-niche hubs for Fire Alarm & Detection, Fire Sprinkler & Suppression, Fire Risk Assessment, Passive Fire Protection, and Fire Doors.

Security Acquirers

For more detailed buyer intelligence on security M&A, visit our dedicated pages for Electronic Security, CCTV, Intruder Alarms, Access Control, Alarm Monitoring, and Security Guarding.

Why DealFlowAgent is Not a Traditional Business Broker

If you are a fire safety or security business owner who has been approached by a buyer, you already know the problem. A single unsolicited offer, no competing bids, and no leverage. The buyer anchors low, controls the timeline, and you are left wondering whether you left money on the table.

DealFlowAgent is a specialist M&A advisory firm, not a generalist broker. Here is what makes us different:

Deep sector knowledge. We speak your language. We understand the difference between a BAFE SP203-1 certified fire alarm integrator and a passive fire protection contractor. We know what FD30S and FD60S mean for your fire door business. We understand the value of your maintenance contract book, your engineer retention rates, and your third-party accreditations. This is not a sideline for us. Fire safety, security, and building services M&A is what we do every day.

Proprietary intelligence-led buyer matching. Our technology platform, Sterling, matches your business profile against the acquisition criteria of over 12,900 registered acquirers. This means we do not rely on a Rolodex. We systematically identify the buyers most likely to pay a premium for your specific business, whether that is a PE-backed roll-up looking for recurring revenue, a national compliance group seeking geographic expansion, or a corporate acquirer wanting to add your niche specialism.

A competitive, confidential process. We run structured sale processes designed to generate multiple competing offers. On average, our clients achieve 27% higher valuations compared to accepting a single unsolicited approach, with a typical timeline of 12 to 16 weeks from engagement to competitive offers.

Success-fee aligned. Our interests are aligned with yours. We are paid on success, which means we only win when you do.

What to Expect at Stand 4L90

Joe and the DealFlowAgent team will be at Stand 4L90 throughout the three days of The Fire Safety Event 2026. Whether you are a business owner, a buyer, or simply curious about the M&A landscape in fire safety and security, we welcome the conversation.

Here is what you can expect when you visit:

For business owners considering an exit. A confidential, no-obligation conversation about your business, your timeline, and the current market. We can share indicative valuation ranges based on recent comparable transactions in fire alarm, suppression, passive fire, security, and facilities management.

For acquirers and investors. An introduction to our deal sourcing capabilities and our current pipeline of pre-qualified, off-market opportunities across fire safety, security, and building services.

Special giveaway: The 1M+ Revenue Club. If your business generates over 1 million in annual revenue, ask us about exclusive access to the 1M+ Revenue Club, a private community of building services and healthcare business owners preparing for or actively pursuing an exit.

How to Find Us at The Fire Safety Event 2026

Cannot make it to the event? You can still book a confidential call with Joe or get a free buyer report for your business at any time.

Related Resources

If you are attending The Fire Safety Event 2026 or The Security Event 2026 and want to learn more about selling your business, these resources from DealFlowAgent may be useful:

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DealFlowAgent is a specialist M&A advisory firm for building services and healthcare business owners, headquartered at Battersea Power Station, London. We combine dedicated human advisors with proprietary AI technology to deliver higher valuations and faster exits. For a confidential conversation, call +44 20 7293 0327 or visit dealflowagent.com.

Related reading

• Fire safety valuation guide: EBITDA multiples
• Fire sprinkler and suppression valuation guide
• Passive fire protection valuation guide
• Fire safety M&A
• Fire alarm and detection M&A
• Fire risk assessment M&A
• Testing, inspection and certification hub
• Exit planning guide for owners
• Free valuation estimate
• See who is buying: free buyer list
• Book a confidential call

Sources

• Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, legislation.gov.uk
• Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 guidance, GOV.UK
• BAFE, third party certification schemes
• Fire Industry Association

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Joining full-time on 22 August 2026 from the largest M&A advisory firm in the UK, owned by K3 Capital. As an ex-Director he managed teams of M&A advisors, analysts and associates, working daily with business owners, buyers and stakeholders on live acquisition deals. Selected from 260 applicants alongside colleagues from investment banking backgrounds, he brings that experience and network to lead the advisory bench across Building Services, Facilities Management, and Healthcare.

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Martin is one of the most well-connected figures in UK fire, security, building services and FM. He is Chairman of both the Fire Industry Association and the British Security Industry Association, the only person in the UK to hold both roles simultaneously. Martin spent over a decade in senior leadership at Mitie, latterly as Industry Liaison Director for its fire and security division, helping scale the business past £500m in revenue and playing a role in the £366m acquisition of Marlowe plc, which created one of the UK's largest compliance, fire and security services groups. He joined DealFlowAgent because owners in these sectors deserve a genuine sector-specialist advisor across valuation, business optimisation and buyer access. In recognition of his industry roles, he acts in a personal, non-partisan capacity.

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Nick leads FM Talent Partners, the facilities management and real estate leadership search firm, and is a leading specialist in building services and FM management talent. He partners with DealFlowAgent on two-way referrals: helping business owners and acquirers fill the key roles that decide whether a business is sellable, and introducing owners who are thinking about their next chapter to a team that knows their industry and their market. Key-person dependency is one of the two most common reasons a sale collapses, and Nick fixes it at source.

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Nick leads FM Talent Partners, the facilities management and real estate leadership search firm, and is a leading specialist in building services and FM management talent. He partners with DealFlowAgent on two-way referrals: helping business owners and acquirers fill the key roles that decide whether a business is sellable, and introducing owners who are thinking about their next chapter to a team that knows their industry and their market. Key-person dependency is one of the two most common reasons a sale collapses, and Nick fixes it at source.

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• •20+ years advising owners in building services, fire safety, HVAC, plumbing, and construction
• •Guided 200+ companies through growth, profit improvement, and exit planning
• •Builds equity value and operational structure long before a sale
• •Partners with DFA to prepare owners for exit while the advisory team runs the sale

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• •20+ years advising owners in building services, fire safety, HVAC, plumbing, and construction
• •Guided 200+ companies through growth, profit improvement, and exit planning
• •Builds equity value and operational structure long before a sale
• •Partners with DFA to prepare owners for exit while the advisory team runs the sale

Kaya Kesici

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• •17 completed M&A transactions over the past six years across UK SME fire safety, security and compliance-led services
• •Sell-side and buy-side experience, buyer research, acquirer mapping, outreach and live process coordination
• •Information request lists, databook prep, IC-style summaries and EV-to-equity bridge work
• •Direct sector exposure across fire protection, security systems, CCTV, access control and intruder alarms

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• •17 completed M&A transactions over the past six years across UK SME fire safety, security and compliance-led services
• •Sell-side and buy-side experience, buyer research, acquirer mapping, outreach and live process coordination
• •Information request lists, databook prep, IC-style summaries and EV-to-equity bridge work
• •Direct sector exposure across fire protection, security systems, CCTV, access control and intruder alarms

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• •Previously built a mobility and field services business to 30 staff and 6 UK warehouses, then sold via competitive process with an EY M&A partner
• •Raised £2m in funding; placed 3rd of 1,900 at OnStage (the "Y Combinator of Europe")
• •Full-stack developer of advanced agent systems and second-brain tooling for the M&A process

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• •22 completed M&A transactions
• •Direct relationships with hundreds of strategic and financial acquirers
• •Previously built a mobility and field services business to 30 staff and 6 UK warehouses, then sold via competitive process with an EY M&A partner
• •Raised £2m in funding; placed 3rd of 1,900 at OnStage (the "Y Combinator of Europe")
• •Full-stack developer of advanced agent systems and second-brain tooling for the M&A process

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