DealFlowAgent

    For Buyers · UK & US

    Buy a refrigeration business.

    Curated, pre-qualified deal flow for buyers acquiring refrigeration businesses across the UK and US.

    £500K–£100M

    Enterprise Value

    UK & US

    Coverage

    Free

    For Acquirers

    Sterling

    Get curated, pre-qualified deal flow

    Share your acquisition criteria and we will match you with businesses in your target sectors. Takes 2 minutes. Confidential. Free for acquirers.

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    Pick as many as you genuinely look at, up to 6. Each one you tick opens a list of specific niches underneath.

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    Free, confidential, and no obligation. Your criteria help us surface the right opportunities.

    Sector Thesis

    Why buyers are acquiring refrigeration businesses

    24/7 service criticality

    Refrigeration failure is high-cost downtime for retail and food clients, making service relationships sticky and emergency rates strong.

    Commercial and industrial mix

    Supermarket, food-service, pharma and cold-storage clients provide diversified, contract-led demand.

    Refrigerant regulation moat

    F-Gas certification and the move to natural refrigerants concentrates work with technically credentialed operators.

    Coverage

    Refrigeration Businesse sub-niches we cover

    Commercial Refrigeration

    Supermarket, retail and food-service refrigeration service.

    Industrial / Process Cooling

    Manufacturing and pharma process cooling.

    Cold Storage

    Walk-in cold rooms, blast freezers and cold-storage facilities.

    Mobile / Transport Refrigeration

    Reefer trailer and mobile refrigeration service.

    Deal Sizes & Multiples

    What refrigeration businesses actually trade for

    Refrigeration valuations reward contracted recurring service, engineer retention, refrigerant compliance posture and customer-base diversification.

    Mandates we surface generally sit between £500K and £100M in enterprise value.

    Specific multiple bands are covered in our pillar valuation guide below.

    Diligence

    Due diligence focus areas for refrigeration acquisitions

    The diligence themes most likely to move price, deal structure or completion certainty.

    24/7 cover and engineer rota

    Out-of-hours cover commitments must be matched by sustainable engineer rotas — review actual call-out volumes.

    Refrigerant transition exposure

    Understand exposure to legacy refrigerant gases and required system replacements.

    Customer concentration

    Single-supermarket concentration is common — model the business with the top customer halved.

    Spare parts inventory

    Stock value can be material; verify ageing and obsolescence provisions.

    Announcement · $750,000 raised

    Backed by investors behind Uber, SpaceX, Canva, Notion and others, to modernise M&A advisory for business owners and buyers like you.

    We have raised investment from the same backers behind companies that transformed entire industries.

    Capital is being deployed to keep delivering successful exits — sharper buyer mapping, a stronger advisory bench, and a faster process for owners.

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    FAQ

    Buying a refrigeration business — your questions answered

    What size refrigeration businesses does Sterling source?
    Sterling sources refrigeration businesses generally between £500K and £100M in enterprise value across the UK and US.
    Are refrigeration mandates exclusive to DealFlowAgent?
    Mandates come from a mix of direct owner introductions and partner sell-side advisors. Process exclusivity is confirmed with each owner or advisor before any introduction is made.
    Can Sterling source bolt-on refrigeration targets for a platform?
    Yes. Many of our buyers are platforms looking for geographic or service-line bolt-ons. Sterling learns your specific add-on thesis and surfaces matches as they appear in the network.
    How long until a first refrigeration introduction?
    Timing depends on the specificity of your criteria and current mandate availability. Sterling shares matches as soon as suitable opportunities surface in the network.