Blackford Capital Acquires Empire Distributing (Patio Consolidation Platform Add-on)
October 15, 2024
Blackford Capital, a lower middle-market private equity firm, has acquired Empire Distributing, a hearth and outdoor living products distributor based in Arcade, New York. The deal is an add‑on to Blackford's Patio Consolidation Platform and is intended to broaden the platform's product breadth, distribution channels and geographic reach across the Northeast and Midwest US; terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- Blackford Capital
- Targets
- Empire Distributing
- Sellers
- Founders Mike and Lois Rupp / Rupp family
- Platforms
- Patio Consolidation Platform
- Industry
- Building Products
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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