Tracked deals
26
26 tracked deals across 2014-2026.
Environmental Services Buyers & Acquisitions in Tennessee
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
22 strategic · 17 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2021
6 tracked deals announced in 2021.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- Add-on strategy appears repeatedly: The Amlon Group frames multiple acquisitions as add-ons that extend waste treatment and processing capabilities in Tennessee.
- Capability themes vary by subsector: RCRA-permitted treatment and disposal (Memphis), thermal processing/chemical dissolution (Sweetwater), and sustainability/ESG data plus consulting (Nashville).
- Waste services expansion includes logistics and infrastructure: specialized waste transport and transfer-station management (Chattanooga) and roll-off/container contracting tied to landfills (Knoxville).
- Building-services and site-services also show up within environmental-adjacent categories, such as commercial janitorial services in the Nashville area and commercial landscaping maintenance/installation.
| Recurring buyer type | Examples from Tennessee deals |
|---|---|
| Platform builders using add-ons | The Amlon Group, TAS Environmental Services |
| Larger strategic/industry acquirers | SLR International Corporation (SLR) |
| Waste logistics & infrastructure operators | J.F. Lehman & Company, Meridian Waste |
| Consolidators in landscaping | American Landscaping Partners LLC, Ruppert Landscape |
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Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| American AllWaste LLC | 2 | End-to-end service provider for non-hazardous liquid wast... | Strategic |
| American Landscaping Partners LLC | 2 | Provider of integrated commercial and residential landsca... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Cold Bore Capital | 2 | Veteran-led private equity firm focused on lower-middle-m... | PE |
| Heartwood Partners | 2 | Middle-market private equity firm investing in U.S. indus... | PE |
| NewHold Enterprises, LLC | 2 | Holding company focused on long-term ownership and acquis... | PE |
| The Amlon Group | 2 | Waste-to-value and industrial waste processing platform p... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| 4M Building Solutions | 1 | Full-service commercial cleaning and janitorial services ... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| AVANTech, Inc. | 1 | Provider of comprehensive radioactive and industrial wate... | Strategic |
| Align Capital Partners | 1 | Growth-oriented private equity firm that owns E Source an... | PE |
| Alliance Technical Group | 1 | Provider of environmental testing, monitoring, laboratory... | Strategic |
Acquisition Volume in Environmental Services in Tennessee by Year
Last 8 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- The Amlon Group, Heartwood Partners
- Target
- Excel TSD of Tennessee LLC, WSI, UTI
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
The Amlon Group, backed by Heartwood Partners, acquired Excel TSD of Tennessee LLC (along with related entities WSI and UTI). The deal expands Amlon’s hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal capabilities and strengthens its geographic presence in the Mid-South region.
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- Buyer
- The Amlon Group, Heartwood Partners
- Target
- Mastermelt America LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
The Amlon Group, backed by Heartwood Partners, acquired Mastermelt America LLC. The acquired Sweetwater, Tennessee facility is now operating as Amlon Sweetwater and adds thermal processing and chemical dissolution capabilities for complex industrial waste streams.
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January 13, 2026
- Buyer
- SLR International Corporation (SLR)
- Target
- WAP Sustainability, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SLR International Corporation (SLR) has acquired WAP Sustainability, LLC, a Nashville-based sustainability consulting and ESG data solutions firm. The deal brings nearly 100 WAP employees and enhances SLR's sustainability consulting, product‑sustainability and ESG data capabilities to serve building products, packaging, textiles, electronics and consumer goods clients.
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August 19, 2025
- Buyer
- Ruppert Landscape, LLC
- Target
- Enviro-Scapes, LLC
- Seller
- Mark Russell, Mike Russell
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Ruppert Landscape, a family- and employee-owned commercial landscaping provider headquartered in Laytonsville, Maryland, has acquired Enviro-Scapes, a Nashville-based landscaping company founded and led by brothers Mark and Mike Russell. The deal expands Ruppert's presence and capabilities in the Nashville/Tennessee market and brings Enviro-Scapes' maintenance and installation expertise into Ruppert's growing platform.
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June 20, 2025
- Buyer
- Alliance Technical Group
- Target
- Environmental 360, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Alliance Technical Group acquired Environmental 360, LLC to expand its environmental consulting, monitoring, and compliance capabilities. The deal strengthens Alliance's onsite field services and emissions/compliance monitoring offerings for industrial clients across the United States.
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February 20, 2025
- Buyer
- J.F. Lehman & Company, Atomic management (rollover)
- Target
- Atomic Transport, LLC
- Seller
- Comvest Partners (Comvest Credit Opportunities), Majority equity holders / founders (partial rollover)
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
J.F. Lehman & Company (through an investment affiliate) has acquired Atomic Transport, a Chattanooga-based specialized waste transport and transfer station management company. Comvest Partners (Comvest Credit Opportunities) sold its stake in Atomic; Atomic founders and management rolled equity and will continue to lead the business as JFLCO supports growth initiatives across the company's 30 terminals in 19 states.
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December 1, 2024
- Buyer
- 4M Building Solutions, O2 Investment Partners
- Target
- Covenant Building Service
- Seller
- Jennifer Peyton, Josh Peyton
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
St. Louis-based 4M Building Solutions, backed by O2 Investment Partners, has acquired Hendersonville, Tennessee-based Covenant Building Service, a commercial janitorial provider serving the Nashville area. The add-on strengthens 4M’s presence in the Nashville market and integrates Covenant’s 55-account portfolio and operations into 4M’s platform; financial terms were not disclosed.
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August 1, 2024
- Buyer
- Meridian Waste
- Target
- Total Garbage LLC
- Seller
- Total Garbage LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Meridian Waste acquired Knoxville-based Total Garbage LLC effective Aug. 1, purchasing roll-off trucks, containers and related commercial permanent and temporary contracts. The deal densifies Meridian Waste’s Knoxville-area collection routes and increases construction & demolition (C&D) debris volumes for its Poplar View and Riverside landfills as a tuck-in add-on to its Tennessee operations.
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July 11, 2024
- Buyer
- Shoreline Equity Partners, LLC, American Landscaping Partners LLC
- Target
- American Landscaping Partners LLC, Landscape Detail, Ultralawn, Ready Field Solutions, Maxalea, Swift Lawn & Land, Precision Landscape Management, Appalachia Landscaping
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Shoreline Equity Partners partnered with and made an equity investment in American Landscaping Partners (ALP) in August 2023, providing capital and senior financing (Apogem Capital and NXT Capital) to support ALP's growth while management retained an ownership stake. Since the partnership, ALP (headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee) has completed seven add-on acquisitions—Landscape Detail; Ultralawn; Ready Field Solutions; Maxalea; Swift Lawn & Land; Precision Landscape Management; and Appalachia Landscaping—expanding its footprint across Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, Maryland, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
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December 12, 2023
- Buyer
- TAS Environmental Services, Blue Point Capital Partners
- Target
- Environmental Concepts & Services (ECS)
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Blue Point Capital Partners-backed TAS Environmental Services has acquired Environmental Concepts & Services (ECS), a family-owned waste transportation and non-hazardous waste treatment provider based in Springfield, Tennessee. The acquisition is the fifth add-on for the TAS platform since Blue Point's 2019 investment and expands TAS' wastewater and waste treatment capabilities across the Southern United States.
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September 11, 2023
- Buyer
- Shoreline Equity Partners
- Target
- American Landscaping Partners
- Seller
- Cold Bore Capital
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Shoreline Equity Partners has acquired American Landscaping Partners, a portfolio company of Cold Bore Capital. The transaction transfers ownership of the landscaping and lawn care platform (six branches serving residential and commercial customers) from Cold Bore Capital to Shoreline as a PE-to-PE secondary sale.
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February 13, 2023
- Buyer
- Capital Waste Services, LLC, Kinderhook Industries, LLC
- Target
- Southern Central Waste Services, LLC, Priority Waste Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Capital Waste Services, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, acquired Southern Central Waste Services and Priority Waste Services, two Tennessee-based roll-off and transfer-station operators, expanding its footprint in Southeast Tennessee. The deals are the platform's eighth and ninth add-on acquisitions and will strengthen Capital Waste's vertically integrated network; debt financing was provided by a syndicate led by Comerica Bank with MUFG, Webster Bank, and Fifth Third.
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- Buyer
- Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.
- Target
- TriAD Environmental Consultants, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE: MEG) acquired TriAD Environmental Consultants, Inc., a Nashville-based environmental consulting firm founded in 1996. TriAD's founders and principals will join Montrose's Assessment, Permitting & Response (AP&R) segment to strengthen permitting, compliance and remediation capabilities across the Southeast; terms were not disclosed.
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July 12, 2022
- Buyer
- Saur Group
- Target
- Aqua-Chem
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
France-based Saur Group, an EQT‑backed environmental services company, has acquired Knoxville, Tennessee‑headquartered Aqua‑Chem. Aqua‑Chem will become the North American platform and the water purification global center of excellence for Nijhuis Saur Industries (NSI), expanding Saur's process water and purification capabilities across pharmaceuticals, beverage, energy and military end markets.
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February 15, 2022
- Buyer
- Garden City Companies
- Target
- Duncan & Sons Building Maintenance
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Atlanta-based Garden City Companies acquired Duncan & Sons Building Maintenance, a Knoxville-based commercial janitorial and facilities maintenance company. Garden City said it will retain existing management and expand Duncan & Sons' services across Tennessee and the broader Southeast under a buy-and-hold, employee-first approach.
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November 3, 2021
- Buyer
- Undisclosed strategic acquiror
- Target
- J&J Services, Inc.
- Seller
- Main Street Capital Corporation, Co-investors (unnamed)
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Main Street Capital Corporation fully exited its debt and equity investments in J&J Services, Inc. following the sale of the Nashville-based roll-off dumpster and portable toilet rental operator to a strategic acquiror (buyer name not disclosed). Main Street originally invested $24.8 million in a 2019 recapitalization and realized an $11.0 million gain on the exit.
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November 2, 2021
- Buyer
- E Source, Align Capital Partners
- Target
- Water Systems Optimization (WSO)
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
E Source has acquired Water Systems Optimization (WSO), a Nashville-based water-loss analytics and consulting firm, as a strategic add-on to expand E Source’s water market capabilities. The acquisition, announced by E Source’s owner Align Capital Partners, integrates WSO’s analytics, leak-simulation models, and program management services into E Source’s Technology Planning and Implementation unit to better serve utilities and municipalities.
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October 12, 2021
- Buyer
- Komline-Sanderson Corporation
- Target
- AquaShield, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Komline-Sanderson, a New Jersey-based designer and manufacturer of wastewater and environmental control equipment, has acquired AquaShield, Inc., a Chattanooga, Tennessee manufacturer of stormwater filtration and runoff control products. The acquisition expands Komline's stormwater product portfolio, manufacturing capacity, and geographic reach to better serve municipal and corporate customers.
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- Buyer
- City Capital Ventures, LLC, RF Investment Partners
- Target
- GreenTech Environmental, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
City Capital Ventures (CCV) acquired a majority stake in GreenTech Environmental, a Johnson City, Tennessee-based designer and manufacturer of indoor air purification systems, with RF Investment Partners providing debt and equity to facilitate the deal. CCV will support GreenTech’s growth by accelerating sales, marketing, and product development while the company continues to operate independently under its existing management; financial terms were not disclosed.
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April 12, 2021
- Buyer
- Waynes Pest Control, Anticimex
- Target
- Kirkland's Pest Control
- Seller
- Allen Kirkland (owner/representative of Kirkland's Pest Control)
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Birmingham-based Waynes Pest Control, part of the Anticimex family, has acquired Kirkland's Pest Control of Fayetteville, Tennessee. The transaction expands Waynes' footprint across Middle and East Tennessee and North Alabama, adding multiple Kirkland's service locations and customers to Waynes' regional operations.
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January 19, 2021
- Buyer
- Capitala Group, Cold Bore Capital
- Target
- American Landscaping Partners, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Capitala Group originated a $35.9 million senior secured debt facility and minority equity investment to support Cold Bore Capital in forming American Landscaping Partners, LLC (ALP). Based in Nashville, Tennessee, ALP is an owner-operator of residential and commercial landscaping businesses and will use the capital to fund growth and add-on acquisitions across the United States.
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December 15, 2020
- Buyer
- American Landscaping Partners LLC, Cold Bore Capital
- Target
- Color Burst Landscapes
- Seller
- Frank F. Chalfont Trust, Brian Edwards
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
American Landscaping Partners LLC (a portfolio company of Cold Bore Capital) acquired Nashville-based Color Burst Landscapes from the Frank F. Chalfont Trust and co-owner Brian Edwards. The deal is an add-on acquisition to ALP’s landscaping platform; Brian Edwards will remain as Sales Manager and retain an equity interest.
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September 2, 2020
- Buyer
- American AllWaste LLC, NewHold Enterprises, LLC
- Target
- Highway Environmental, LLC
- Seller
- Highway Environmental, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
American AllWaste LLC, a platform of NewHold Enterprises, acquired the assets of Highway Environmental, LLC, a Chattanooga-based provider of non-hazardous liquid-waste transportation and landfill leachate services. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal expands AllWaste's footprint across the southeastern and midwestern United States and strengthens its liquid-waste transportation and leachate capabilities.
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- Buyer
- Greenrise Technologies, LLC, Boyne Capital
- Target
- Southern Nurseries, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Greenrise Technologies, a Boyne Capital portfolio company, has acquired Southern Nurseries, a Nashville-area manufacturer and supplier of engineered biofiltration soils branded as Holy Cow! Soils. The add-on expands Greenrise's product portfolio and manufacturing capability for green roof and stormwater-management applications and will support geographic expansion in the Central Tennessee region.
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August 8, 2019
- Buyer
- American AllWaste LLC, NewHold Enterprises, LLC
- Target
- Onsite Environmental
- Seller
- Onsite Environmental
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
American AllWaste LLC, a NewHold Enterprises platform, acquired the assets of Onsite Environmental, a Tennessee-based provider of non-hazardous liquid waste hauling and treatment services. The asset purchase expands AllWaste's non-hazardous liquid waste platform in the Southeast and adds capabilities such as brown grease recovery; financial terms were not disclosed.
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November 20, 2014
- Buyer
- AVANTech, Inc.
- Target
- Diversified Technologies Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
AVANTech, Inc. of Columbia, South Carolina has reached a definitive agreement to combine with Diversified Technologies Services, Inc. (DTS) of Knoxville, Tennessee, with DTS becoming a division of AVANTech. The transaction integrates DTS's field services, system leasing and products with AVANTech's engineering, design and manufacturing capabilities to expand radioactive and industrial liquid treatment offerings for nuclear, utility and industrial customers worldwide.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of environmental services deal activity are showing up in Tennessee?
Deals include hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility expansion, thermal processing for complex industrial waste streams, sustainability/ESG consulting and data solutions, and waste transportation/transfer-station or roll-off collection operations.
Which deals in the Tennessee list focus on add-on acquisitions?
The The Amlon Group transactions are described as add-ons (including the acquisition of Excel TSD of Tennessee LLC, plus related entities WSI and UTI, and the acquisition of Mastermelt America LLC, now operating as Amlon Sweetwater). TAS Environmental Services is also described as continuing an add-on track on its platform.
Are there sustainability or ESG-focused acquisitions in Tennessee on this page?
Yes. SLR International Corporation (SLR) acquired WAP Sustainability, LLC, a Nashville-based sustainability consulting and ESG data solutions firm.
Do the acquisitions include non-waste environmental-adjacent services?
Yes. The list includes landscaping and lawn care acquisitions (e.g., American Landscaping Partners LLC and Enviro-Scapes via Ruppert Landscape) and a commercial janitorial acquisition (4M Building Solutions acquiring Covenant Building Service for the Nashville area).
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