Plan your building automation business's next chapter. Exit on your own terms.
You've dedicated your career to creating intelligent buildings, optimising energy use, and ensuring seamless control for your clients. Now, it's time to realise the full value of the sophisticated systems and expert team you've built.
A leading specialist in niche building services, with dedicated M&A advisory and brokerage coverage for building automation and controls businesses. Our trusted advisors leverage industry knowledge, buyer relationships and proprietary technology to help business owners secure multiple acquisition offers at higher valuations. Confidential. Trusted exit process.
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Strictly confidential. Your personalized report is prepared by our internal team alone, the founder, head of M&A and associates. It is never shown to buyers or anyone outside the deal team without your permission.
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Some of the Serial Acquirers in the Building Automation & Controls Space
These are a handful of the PE-backed platforms, national groups, and corporate acquirers currently buying in this sector across the UK and US.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Arcus FMABEC (Magnesium Capital)
Sauter Automation
BMS Group (Eurazeo)🇺🇸 United States
Stark Tech
Building Controls & Solutions (Platte River)AIR
Functional Devices (L Squared)
Enviromatic Systems (Audax)+ 13,000 more registered acquirers with defined search criteria
What Every Owner Needs to Know
You have probably been approached. PE-backed platforms, national groups, trade buyers looking to add your contracts. But most owners have no idea who is genuinely buying, who has the capital to close, and who will waste months of your time.
Without competing offers, there is no leverage. The buyer sets the pace, anchors low, and waits.
"How will a buyer value my recurring revenue from BEMS service and maintenance contracts?"
Acquirers place a high premium on predictable, recurring revenue. Your long-term BEMS maintenance and service contracts are a primary driver of value.
"What will happen to my experienced BMS engineers and project managers?"
Your team's expertise is one of your most valuable assets. Acquirers are buying your technical talent and client relationships, not just your contracts.
"With the push towards Net Zero and new building regulations, is now the right time to sell?"
Increasingly stringent regulations around energy efficiency and carbon emissions are a significant tailwind for the BEMS industry, creating strong M&A appetite from buyers.
Exits Advised by DealFlowAgent and Our Partner Advisors
BEMS Maintenance Specialist
A leading independent BEMS integrator with over 300 recurring maintenance contracts was acquired by a large, PE-backed facilities management group.
K-12 Education Controls
A provider of building automation solutions with a strong footprint in the New York K-12 education market was acquired by a strategic buyer.
Data Center BEMS Integrator
A specialist in designing and installing BMS and EPMS for hyperscale data centers was acquired by an energy transition-focused private equity firm.
What Our Clients Say
Saim, Founder of a Lancashire, UK-based online pharmacy. Together with the USA-based strategic acquirer, revenue has grown >10x since the acquisition. 4 competing offers. 9 weeks to close.
"8 buyers got in touch with the help of their tech. We ended up completing the sale in 32 days to a serial acquirer."
"I could not have asked for better support. They found the perfect buyer and secured terms that exceeded my expectations."
"The team guided me through every step. I felt completely supported from first call to completion. I then referred my friend Jennifer, who also sold her company with them."
Free valuation and exit report
Find out what your building automation business is worth, and what could make it worth more
Enter your website and spend 15 minutes on the key questions. We return a detailed valuation report within 24 to 48 hours. Currently free until the end of August.
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Strictly confidential. Your personalized report is prepared by our internal team alone, the founder, head of M&A and associates. It is never shown to buyers or anyone outside the deal team without your permission.
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Thirty factors, not one multiple, in 15 minutes
Enter your website and answer a short set of focused questions. We score the real drivers a buyer prices, from contract cover and customer concentration to owner dependency and accreditations. You get the valuation range and the working shown.
A written report worth £3,000, prepared by hand
Our M&A team reviews every draft, benchmarks it against comparable deals and filed accounts, and returns it within 24 to 48 hours. The output is the equivalent of a paid advisory exercise.
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We are building the best-known valuation tool for UK and US business owners, so access is currently free. No credit card is required, nothing is shared with acquirers, and there is no obligation to proceed.
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