Professional Services Buyout Acquisitions in 2022

Acquisition Volume in Professional Services Buyout in 2022 by Year

Last 5 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 5 years for Professional Services Buyout Acquisitions in 2022. 99 2022 90 2023 109 2024 140 2025 ~247 est. 65 2026
Actual Full-year estimate
  • Buyer
    Mobeus, Management of The Translation People (led by Jasmin Schneider)
    Target
    The Translation People
    Seller
    Stephen Wilde, David Nichols
    Location
    Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Mobeus has supported a management buyout of The Translation People, investing £12.4m alongside vendor and management rollover to back MD Jasmin Schneider and the senior team. The investment establishes The Translation People as a buy-and-build platform in the fragmented language services market, with the vendors Stephen Wilde and David Nichols stepping back while retaining a minority stake.

  • Buyer
    Mérieux NutriSciences
    Target
    Food Technology Consulting International, Inc.
    Location
    Ontario, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Mérieux NutriSciences has acquired Food Technology Consulting International, a Canadian provider of food safety consulting, training, and auditing services. The acquisition expands Mérieux NutriSciences' service capabilities and strengthens its footprint in Canada to better serve regional clients.

  • Buyer
    Protiviti
    Target
    R2integrated (R2i)
    Type
    Buyout

    Protiviti has acquired digital experience agency R2integrated (R2i) to expand its digital transformation and customer experience capabilities. R2i, an Adobe-focused martech system integrator headquartered in Baltimore with approximately 75 employees, will join Protiviti's Digital solution team; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Sikich
    Target
    Vonya Global LLC
    Type
    Buyout

    Sikich has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vonya Global LLC, a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in internal audit, corporate governance and risk and compliance services. The deal brings more than 20 Vonya subject-matter experts (including three partners) into Sikich's downtown Chicago office to expand the firm's capabilities and presence in the Chicago market.

  • Buyer
    ACA Group
    Target
    Advanced Regulatory Compliance, LLC
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    ACA Group, a leading governance, risk and compliance (GRC) advisor to the financial services industry, has acquired Advanced Regulatory Compliance, LLC (ARC), a specialist provider of compliance solutions for registered investment advisers. The acquisition expands ACA's RIA-focused compliance capabilities and integrates ARC's advisory expertise into ACA's broader GRC service offering; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Scarlet Security & Risk Group (SSRG)
    Target
    Sirius Security Services
    Location
    Yukon, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Scarlet Security & Risk Group (SSRG) completed a majority acquisition of Yukon-based Sirius Security Services, creating an equity partnership while retaining Sirius' staff and management. The deal expands SSRG’s northern/remote operations and adds local guarding, mobile patrol and alarm-response capabilities in the Yukon.

  • Buyer
    LabX Media Group
    Target
    ContractLaboratory.com
    Type
    Buyout

    LabX Media Group acquired ContractLaboratory.com, a B2B laboratory outsourcing and scientific procurement marketplace, to expand its suite of digital offerings for laboratory professionals. The acquisition brings the ContractLaboratory.com marketplace and its founder Pamela Wertalik into LabX’s portfolio to accelerate marketplace growth and better connect labs with companies, governments, and research institutions.

  • Buyer
    Odyssey Investment Partners
    Target
    Magna Legal Services
    Seller
    CIVC Partners
    Type
    Buyout

    Odyssey Investment Partners, a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm, has acquired Magna Legal Services, a Philadelphia-headquartered litigation support provider, from CIVC Partners. Magna — which serves law firms, corporations, insurance carriers and government agencies across all 50 U.S. states — will continue to be led by its existing management team, who have invested alongside Odyssey.

  • Buyer
    Wind Point Partners
    Target
    Envera Systems, LLC
    Type
    Buyout

    Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Envera Systems, a Coconut Creek, Florida-headquartered provider of automated and software-enabled security, access control, visitor management and remote video monitoring solutions for homeowners associations and gated communities. Wind Point is partnering with Envera's existing management team, which will remain in place and retain a meaningful ownership stake, to scale the business geographically and expand its solutions and monitoring capabilities.

  • Buyer
    Sikich
    Target
    Accelerated Growth
    Type
    Buyout

    Sikich has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Accelerated Growth, a Chicago-based accounting, finance and technology consulting firm. Approximately 120 Accelerated Growth employees (50 in the U.S. and 70 in India) will join Sikich, expanding Sikich's outsourced accounting capabilities and international presence in India.

  • Buyer
    Avisa Partners
    Target
    Forward Risk and Intelligence LLC
    Location
    District of Columbia, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Avisa Partners has acquired Forward Risk and Intelligence LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based corporate investigations and intelligence firm. Forward Risk's 30 employees and investigative due diligence capabilities will integrate into Avisa's U.S. operations to expand the firm's global investigative, intelligence, and compliance offerings.

  • Buyer
    NVM Private Equity
    Target
    Inprova
    Location
    Cheshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    NVM Private Equity has invested to support a management buyout of Cheshire-based Inprova, a tech- and data-enabled procurement services business led by Group CEO Steve Malone. The capital will be used to further develop Inprova's technology platform and procurement analytics capabilities; senior debt for the transaction was provided by Shawbrook Bank.

  • Buyer
    Velocity Print
    Target
    The Bajan Group, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    Velocity Print, a northeast-based print-on-demand and direct mail services provider, announced it has acquired The Bajan Group, Inc., a New York-based print distributor and print management company. The deal brings Bajan's team and client relationships into Velocity to expand product offerings, strengthen fulfillment and mailing capabilities, and grow Velocity's client base across multiple states.

  • Buyer
    Bridges Fund Management
    Target
    Storetec
    Location
    East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Bridges Fund Management has acquired a majority stake in Storetec, a Hull-based document digitisation, archive storage and cloud document management provider. The investment from Bridges' Sustainable Growth Funds will support Storetec's product and service expansion, strengthen its impact and ESG practices, and accelerate growth across the U.K. and into new markets.

  • Buyer
    CSC
    Target
    Intertrust Group, Intertrust N.V.
    Location
    Netherlands
    Type
    Buyout

    CSC announced it has reached a conditional agreement to acquire Intertrust N.V., a Netherlands-based provider of corporate and fund solutions. CSC said the combination strengthens its global corporate and fund administration and compliance capabilities, including a single-source technology platform.

  • Buyer
    Cadmus
    Target
    Wheelhouse Group
    Type
    Buyout

    Cadmus has acquired Wheelhouse Group, a change management and organizational transformation consultancy. The deal adds Wheelhouse's nearly 100 consultants and capabilities in organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, and workforce transformation to expand Cadmus' Strategy & Transformation offerings and federal footprint.

  • Buyer
    Cobepa S.A., The Jordan Company, L.P., Ned Stevens management team
    Target
    Ned Stevens
    Seller
    AVALT
    Type
    Buyout

    Cobepa S.A. has acquired Ned Stevens from family office AVALT in a transaction completed with co-investment from The Jordan Company and Ned Stevens' existing management team; AVALT will remain a minority investor. Ned Stevens, founded in 1965 and headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey, is a leading provider of exterior residential services operating in 15 states and serving over 140,000 customers; Cobepa intends to support organic and inorganic growth of the business.

  • Buyer
    ScaleCo Management LLC
    Target
    TPI Efficiency (Total Procurement Intelligence)
    Type
    Buyout

    ScaleCo Management LLC has made a platform investment in Total Procurement Intelligence (TPI Efficiency), a Cleveland-based energy procurement and utility consulting firm founded in 2009 by Roger Zona. The investment (ScaleCo's 22nd platform and third from Fund IV) will provide capital and operational support to expand TPI Efficiency's energy procurement, efficiency services, and LED lighting offerings nationwide.

  • Buyer
    rockITdata
    Target
    Pharos Group, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    rockITdata has acquired Pharos Group, Inc., a Stafford, Virginia-based performance excellence consultancy. The acquisition adds 40+ consulting professionals and combines Pharos' strategy, workforce development, and operational excellence capabilities with rockITdata's AWS- and Salesforce-focused cloud and contact center solutions to expand capability and public sector offerings.

  • Buyer
    Hickey & Associates
    Target
    CAI Global Group
    Location
    Quebec, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Hickey & Associates has acquired CAI Global Group to expand its site selection, incentives, data analytics, and supply chain advisory capabilities in Canada and create a unified North American service platform. CAI's leadership and customer contracts will operate under the Hickey Canada brand, with CAI's Marc Beauchamp named Managing Director of Hickey Canada.

  • Buyer
    Cherry Bekaert
    Target
    Accume Partners
    Seller
    Nadavon Capital Partners
    Type
    Buyout

    Cherry Bekaert has acquired Accume Partners, a risk, regulatory and cybersecurity advisory firm, from Nadavon Capital Partners. The deal expands Cherry Bekaert's internal audit, risk and compliance capabilities and strengthens its mid-Atlantic and Northeast presence to better serve financial services and other highly regulated clients.

  • Buyer
    Longshore Capital Partners
    Target
    Southwest Adjusters
    Type
    Buyout

    Longshore Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Southwest Adjusters, a multi-line independent insurance claim adjusting agency headquartered in Dickinson, Texas. The investment will support Southwest Adjusters’ nationwide service offering (property, catastrophe, desk and damage appraisal claims) and position the company for organic growth and future add-on acquisitions under Longshore’s ownership.

  • Buyer
    Webb Foodservice Design Consultants (Webb)
    Target
    Dieli Murawka Howe (DMH)
    Type
    Buyout

    Webb Foodservice Design Consultants has acquired Dieli Murawka Howe (DMH), a San Diego– and Las Vegas–based foodservice design firm, effective October 15, 2022. The deal expands Webb's K-12 and healthcare foodservice design capabilities and brings DMH's leadership (Richard Dieli) into Webb as a Principal.

  • Buyer
    CIBT
    Target
    Speedyegger Document Services, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    CIBT acquired Speedyegger Document Services, Inc., a document authentication and legalization specialist based in Alexandria, Virginia. The deal expands CIBT's document and legalization services portfolio and adds Speedyegger's client relationships and expertise to CIBT's global platform.

  • Buyer
    Surge Private Equity, LLC
    Target
    Avalon Document Services, Inc.
    Seller
    JP Midgley
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Dallas-based Surge Private Equity closed a majority platform investment in Avalon Document Services, a technology-enabled legal services provider, in a transaction valued at approximately $36 million. Woodforest National Bank provided debt financing; Avalon founder JP Midgley retained equity and will remain as a senior executive. Avalon operates nationwide with eight regional offices, ~145 employees, and offers e-discovery, digital forensics, cybersecurity, BPO and document services to law firms and corporations.

  • Buyer
    PCF Insurance Services
    Target
    1 Source Business Solutions
    Type
    Buyout

    PCF Insurance Services, a top-20 U.S. insurance brokerage headquartered in Lehi, Utah, has acquired 1 Source Business Solutions, a Salt Lake City-based professional employer organization (PEO) that provides payroll, benefits administration, HR compliance, and workers' compensation services. The acquisition expands PCF's service offering for its agency partners and enables deeper client relationships by adding complementary HR and payroll capabilities.

  • Buyer
    Mobile Communications America (MCA)
    Target
    Knight Security Systems, LLC
    Seller
    Phil Lake, Trey West, Martin Krohn
    Type
    Buyout

    Mobile Communications America (MCA) has acquired Knight Security Systems, a Texas-based security solutions provider with offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The acquisition expands MCA’s footprint and technical capabilities in Texas; Knight’s owners Phil Lake, Trey West, and Martin Krohn will remain with the business to support future growth.

  • September 26, 2022
    Buyer
    Streetsense
    Target
    Pure Grey
    Type
    Buyout

    Streetsense has acquired Pure Grey, a boutique restaurant and bar consultancy known for food & beverage operations and concept development. The deal brings Pure Grey’s hospitality expertise and leadership (including Ed Viita as Managing Director of Hospitality) into Streetsense’s Eat & Drink studio to expand the firm’s hospitality and operations capabilities globally.

  • Buyer
    Keypoint Intelligence
    Target
    Karstedt Partners, LLC
    Type
    Buyout

    Keypoint Intelligence has acquired Karstedt Partners, LLC, a packaging supply-chain and digital package printing consultancy based in Eden, New York. The acquisition will accelerate Keypoint Intelligence's product development and expand its research, consulting and market-insight capabilities across the packaging, labels and digital printing markets.

  • Buyer
    Petra Capital Partners, Patriot Capital
    Target
    Shipley Associates
    Seller
    Legacy owners / previous ownership group
    Type
    Buyout

    Petra Capital Partners and Patriot Capital have acquired Shipley Associates, a Kaysville, Utah-based business development consulting and training firm. The transaction transfers ownership from Shipley's legacy owners to the two investment firms to support Shipley's global growth, technology-enabled innovation, and continued leadership in capture, proposal, and training services.

  • Buyer
    ACA Group
    Target
    Focus 1 Associates
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    ACA Group, a provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, has acquired Focus 1 Associates, a regulatory compliance consulting firm that serves RIAs, wealth managers, private equity and hedge funds. The acquisition bolsters ACA's compliance talent and expands its RIA-focused advisory and managed services capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Minuteman Security Technologies, Inc. DBA Minuteman Security and Life Safety
    Target
    Inlution Inc.
    Seller
    Chris Green (President of Inlution, Inc.)
    Type
    Buyout

    Minuteman Security Technologies, Inc. (DBA Minuteman Security and Life Safety) acquired Inlution Inc., a systems integrator based in Presque Isle, Maine. The acquisition expands Minuteman's presence in northern Maine and strengthens its footprint across the Northeast for integrated security, communications and life-safety systems.

  • Buyer
    PassioHR, Inc.
    Target
    smarthr, llc.
    Type
    Buyout

    PassioHR, Inc., a Colorado-based professional employer organization (PEO), has completed the acquisition of smarthr, llc., a Twin Falls, Idaho PEO founded by Byron McCurdy. The deal brings smarthr's regional client base and team into PassioHR, enabling the parties to combine services and expand PassioHR's coverage and capabilities in the Idaho region.

  • Buyer
    New State Capital Partners
    Target
    AFIMAC Global Inc.
    Seller
    Dalton First Financial Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    New State Capital Partners has acquired AFIMAC Global Inc., a provider of specialty business continuity solutions (staffing, security, logistics) in a carve-out from Dalton First Financial Inc. AFIMAC, headquartered near Cleveland, Ohio, will continue to be led by CEO Joe Schollaert as New State plans to grow the business organically and via add-on acquisitions to expand service lines and market share.

  • Buyer
    Keystone Insurers Group
    Target
    EnrollX
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Keystone Insurers Group, a participant-owned insurance agency network, has acquired EnrollX, a benefits enrollment and administration consulting firm focused on voluntary benefits. The acquisition aims to streamline employee benefits education and enrollment for Keystone's customers and bolster recruitment and retention capabilities for employers and agents.

  • Buyer
    Kingswood Capital Management, LP
    Target
    Support Services Group, Inc.
    Seller
    Founding ownership group
    Type
    Buyout

    Kingswood Capital Management, LP acquired Support Services Group, Inc. (SSG), a global omnichannel contact center provider headquartered in Waco, Texas. SSG's founding ownership group remains minority owners; the company operates 20+ facilities across ten countries with a workforce of over 10,000 agents. Cerberus Business Finance provided debt financing and several advisors supported the transaction.

  • Buyer
    Statewide Central Station (SCS), Scutum North America (Scutum Group)
    Target
    Digicom Central Station
    Type
    Buyout

    Statewide Central Station, part of Scutum North America, has acquired Digicom Central Station in Florida to expand Scutum's footprint across the eastern United States. The acquisition will integrate Digicom into Statewide's dealer network and monitoring platform to accelerate development and improve alarm/security monitoring capabilities for dealers and end customers.

  • Buyer
    Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. (GISI), Liberty Acquisition Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub)
    Target
    Hill International, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. (GISI) and Hill International, Inc. announced a definitive all-cash merger valued at approximately US$173 million (plus assumed debt) to combine their construction management and infrastructure consulting businesses. The boards approved the deal and it is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, pending regulatory review.

  • Buyer
    The McGuckin Group
    Target
    Key Associates, Inc.
    Seller
    Key Associates, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    The McGuckin Group has acquired Tampa-based Key Associates, Inc., a c-suite leadership development and executive coaching firm. The acquisition folds Key Associates' women's leadership forums and community into The McGuckin Group's Women On Their Way (WOTW) program to expand leadership-development capabilities and reach for women leaders.

  • Buyer
    Propio Language Services
    Target
    Telelanguage
    Type
    Buyout

    Propio Language Services, a technology-enabled interpreting and translation provider based in Overland Park, Kansas, has acquired Telelanguage, a Portland-based remote interpreting and translation company. The deal expands Propio’s scale and West Coast presence and positions the combined business among the world’s largest remote interpreting providers, with an expanded language coverage and deeper healthcare market penetration.

  • Buyer
    Xpansiv
    Target
    Evolution Markets
    Type
    Buyout

    Xpansiv announced an agreement to acquire Evolution Markets, a brokerage firm serving global carbon, renewable, and energy markets. The combined platform is expected to be completed before year-end, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, with Evolution Markets to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.

  • Buyer
    E-Konomy Pool Service & Supplies, Inc.
    Target
    L&L Pool Service
    Seller
    L&L Pool Service
    Type
    Buyout

    E-Konomy Pool Service & Supplies (Tucson, AZ) has acquired the assets of L&L Pool Service, combining two of the larger residential and commercial pool service companies in Tucson. The deal is meant to consolidate market share, expand service and retail capabilities, and provide employee growth opportunities under E-Konomy's ownership.

  • Buyer
    Gemini Investors
    Target
    The Center for Sales Strategy, Sinclair Well Products & Services
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Gemini Investors announced two new platform investments: it completed an investment in The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS), an outsourced B2B sales and marketing consulting firm, and acquired a majority interest in Sinclair Well Products & Services, a Cerritos, California-based supplier of drilling products and technical engineering services. Gemini intends these as platform investments to expand its portfolio into business services and drilling/industrial supply markets.

  • Buyer
    OMERS Private Equity
    Target
    Bionic
    Seller
    ECI Partners, Founders
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    OMERS Private Equity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Bionic from ECI Partners and the company's founders; ECI and the founders will reinvest alongside OMERS and the Bionic management team. OMERS will provide capital and buy-and-build expertise to accelerate Bionic's organic growth and M&A-driven expansion in the UK and internationally; financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close by Q3.

  • Buyer
    Accurate Background
    Target
    Vero Screening Ltd.
    Location
    East Sussex, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Accurate Background has acquired Vero Screening Ltd., the UK’s largest independent employment screening provider, expanding Accurate’s EMEA footprint and adding compliance-focused screening capabilities. Vero will continue to operate under its own brand from Brighton, led by CEO and co-founder Rupert Emson, who will join Accurate’s executive leadership team; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Alera Group
    Target
    Core Benefit Solutions
    Type
    Buyout

    Alera Group, an independent national insurance and wealth services firm, has acquired Core Benefit Solutions, an Atlanta-based employee benefits and HR outsourcing firm. Core Benefit Solutions' team will remain in place to continue serving clients; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Gridiron Capital, Members of Vistage's executive management team
    Target
    Vistage Worldwide, Inc.
    Seller
    Providence Equity Partners
    Type
    Buyout

    Gridiron Capital has acquired Vistage Worldwide, the global CEO coaching and peer-advisory organization, from Providence Equity Partners, with members of Vistage's executive management investing alongside Gridiron. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal closed in July 2022 and is intended to accelerate Vistage's global growth and expand its reach to more CEOs and SMB leaders.

  • Buyer
    SWBC
    Target
    AnyHour Solutions
    Type
    Buyout

    San Antonio-based financial services firm SWBC has acquired AnyHour Solutions, a Rockford, Illinois-based provider of 24/7 call/contact center outsourcing services for credit unions, banks and mortgage organizations. The acquisition expands SWBC’s contact center and loan-servicing capabilities and transitions all AnyHour employees to SWBC, with AnyHour President Andy Hardin joining SWBC as SVP of Operations.

  • Buyer
    Piper Sandler Companies
    Target
    DBO Partners
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Piper Sandler (NYSE: PIPR) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DBO Partners, an independent technology investment banking firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The transaction is intended to expand Piper Sandler’s technology investment banking capabilities and scale, including private equity general partner advisory services. Piper Sandler later announced the acquisition was completed.

  • Buyer
    Fountainhead Consulting Corporation
    Target
    PPM Group Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    Fountainhead Consulting Corporation announced it is acquiring PPM Group Inc., a construction management firm serving transportation, public works, and infrastructure clients. The acquisition is intended to expand Fountainhead’s capacity to deliver construction management services across Southern California public agencies.

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