Acquisitions in Georgia in 2026

King Risk Partners, the 51st largest U.S. insurance brokerage, has acquired Lewis Insurance, a Thomasville, Georgia-based agency, to bolster its Southern presence. Lewis Insurance — led by owner Jason Lewis — will continue delivering local personal and commercial insurance services while gaining access to King Risk Partners' broader resources and capabilities.

Aria Care Partners, a provider of onsite dental, vision, audiology and podiatry services to skilled nursing facilities, has acquired Sanford Dental, Sanford Vision and Dynamic Mobile Dentistry (collectively “Sanford”), headquartered in Macon, Georgia. The deal expands Aria’s footprint in the Southeast — integrating Sanford’s operations to deliver expanded onsite services and broaden insurance and care offerings to roughly 200 SNFs in Georgia and Alabama.

Atlanta-based registered investment advisor BIP Wealth has secured a strategic minority investment from Constellation Wealth Capital to support organic and inorganic growth, accelerate its acquisition strategy, and enhance its advisor support platform while maintaining independence. The capital partnership will help fuel future partnerships and acquisitions, particularly across the Southeast and other targeted growth markets.

Global Clean Energy has acquired Flamelit, a mission-driven AI and data science firm, and folded its consulting operations into Global Clean Energy's new AI Division. The deal brings Flamelit's active client contracts, $2.1 million in historical revenue, and a team including four core employees (plus a bench of senior data scientists) to accelerate AI-driven solutions across energy, infrastructure, climate resilience, and public health.

Elevation Point has made a strategic minority (growth) investment in Hampton Bluff Capital Partners, a newly launched independent wealth management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia that oversees approximately $1.3 billion in client assets. The partnership gives Hampton Bluff access to Elevation Point's ecosystem — including custody, lending, capital-raising, investment banking and estate-planning tools — to support the team's transition from UBS Private Wealth Management to an independent RIA and to accelerate growth and capability expansion.

Tactile Systems Technology (doing business as Tactile Medical) acquired LymphaTech, Inc. for an upfront cash payment of $6.8 million plus potential milestone-based consideration to expand its lymphedema solutions into digital and connected care. LymphaTech co-founders joined Tactile to support commercial adoption and R&D as Tactile integrates the company’s 3D measurement and monitoring platform into its portfolio.

King Risk Partners, a leading U.S. insurance brokerage headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, has acquired Hanc Group, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based insurance agency serving individuals and businesses—particularly Georgia’s Korean community. The deal expands King Risk Partners’ presence across Georgia and adds local expertise in personal, commercial, and employee-benefit insurance offerings.

PrimeFlight Aviation Services has acquired GAT Airline Ground Support from private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital. GAT, a Peachtree City, Georgia-based provider of ground handling, cargo handling and catering (Sky Café) services with ~6,000 employees across nearly 70 North American airports, will expand PrimeFlight's footprint and capabilities in airline ground services and catering.

Carson Group has fully acquired its Carson Wealth location in Milton, Georgia, bringing the Milton, Atlanta and Dunwoody offices under a wholly owned structure. The move is intended to deepen Carson Group’s regional footprint in Georgia, expand client access to tax planning and private client services, and support advisor succession and future acquisitions across the Southeast.

Gibraltar Industries completed an all-cash acquisition of OmniMax International from funds managed by Strategic Value Partners for $1.335 billion. The deal expands Gibraltar's presence in the residential building-products market, is expected to be immediately accretive to EBITDA margin and cash flow, and is financed with new term loans and an upsized revolving credit facility.

Pearl Meyer has acquired Ampersand Leadership Group, a boutique leadership advisory consultancy, and hired several senior practitioners to expand its Leadership Advisory practice. The move strengthens Pearl Meyer's capabilities serving private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and corporate boards by adding Ampersand's leadership advisory, executive assessment, and coaching expertise.

CORE Industrial Partners’ portfolio company IMMEC has made a strategic investment in Helton Electrical Services, a Sandersville, Georgia-based provider of utility, commercial/industrial electrical, and HVAC services. The add-on expands IMMEC’s technical capabilities and geographic coverage, particularly into utility overhead and underground distribution markets, while Helton will continue to operate under its existing leadership.

Arctiq has acquired Verinext from Mill Point Capital to create a larger, intelligence-driven technology services platform that expands capabilities across managed services, infrastructure, security, data & AI, and autonomous operations. The deal is supported by Gallant Capital Partners, the majority owner of Arctiq, and aims to scale delivery, geographic reach, and managed services capacity across North America.

NuvemRx, a tech-enabled pharmacy solutions provider for community health organizations, has acquired the 340B referral capture business par8o from R1 RCM. The deal adds par8o's referral technology and pharmacy integrations to NuvemRx's suite, expanding its specialty care coordination and 340B referral-capture capabilities to support more than 800 covered entities.

Alvarez & Marsal Capital has formed a strategic partnership with the Day & Nite family of companies and completed a merger with AmeriServe to create Day & Nite AmeriServe, a national HVAC, refrigeration, and commercial foodservice equipment service platform. The combined business, led by Day & Nite CEO Matthew Sher, will leverage A&M Capital's investment to expand geographically across the East Coast, Southeast and Texas and scale service capacity nationwide.

Turner Supply, a family-owned industrial distributor headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, acquired Progressive Supply, a Woodstock, Georgia-based MRO solutions provider; the transaction closed January 31, 2026. Progressive Supply will operate as Turner Supply's ninth location, marking Turner's formal entry into the Atlanta and North Georgia markets and preserving the existing Progressive team and customer relationships.

Los Angeles-based private investment firm Inspirit Equity has acquired a majority stake in Sizemore, Inc., a facility management services provider headquartered in Augusta, Georgia. The partnership positions Sizemore for accelerated growth through investment in operations, geographic expansion across North America, and both organic and acquisitive growth; financial terms were not disclosed.

Elevation Point has made a strategic minority (growth capital) investment in Harbor View Private Wealth, an Atlanta-area independent wealth management firm that oversees roughly $1.3 billion in client assets. The capital will support Harbor View’s move to independence and enable expansion of its holistic wealth planning services beyond traditional portfolio management.

Power Digital (a tech-enabled growth marketing firm) has acquired Cardinal Digital Marketing to establish a dedicated healthcare division. Cardinal will operate as Power Digital's healthcare division, retaining its leadership and team while leveraging Power Digital's enterprise intelligence and measurement capabilities to scale healthcare-focused marketing services.

Waste Eliminator, a metro Atlanta waste and recycling services provider backed by Allied Industrial Partners, has acquired Happy Haulers, a frontload and roll-off operator serving the core Atlanta market. The add-on deal expands Waste Eliminator’s downtown Atlanta footprint, increases route density and strengthens its frontload and municipal solid waste collection capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

Invitation Homes acquired ResiBuilt Homes for a contract price of $89 million plus up to $7.5 million in earn-outs to bolster its build-to-rent development capabilities in the U.S. Southeast. The Atlanta-based developer (roughly 70 associates) will continue operating under the ResiBuilt brand and brings 23 fee-building contracts, a pipeline of additional opportunities and options on about 1,500 lots; RESICAP (the former parent) will remain independent.

Allwyn International AG has completed the acquisition of a 62.3% stake in PrizePicks for $1.533 billion, subject to customary post-closing adjustments and excluding performance-based earnouts. PrizePicks, headquartered in Atlanta, will retain leadership continuity and expand its regulated prediction markets and new product offerings as part of Allwyn's strategy to grow its casual gaming entertainment footprint in the United States.

InductiveHealth has acquired SSDataInfo (SSDI) to strengthen its disease surveillance and public health technology offerings, combining SSDI's NEDSS Base System (NBS) expertise with InductiveHealth's cloud hosting, integrations, and data-quality capabilities. The deal expands hosting, interoperability, electronic onboarding, and ongoing support options for federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local public health agencies; together the companies serve more than 40 public health departments and agencies across the United States.

Impact Climate Technologies (ICT), an Ardian-backed HVAC holding company, has acquired Heat Transfer Systems of Georgia, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based provider of cooling towers, heat exchangers, boilers, water filtration and related HVAC equipment and services. The acquisition expands ICT’s presence in the Southeast and adds specialized thermal expertise to its platform; Heat Transfer Systems of Georgia will continue operating under its existing name and leadership.

Arlington Capital Partners has acquired Pond & Company, a full-service design and engineering firm that supports federal government and private clients across energy, infrastructure and life sciences. The deal is Arlington's first platform investment from its oversubscribed $6 billion Fund VII; Pond is headquartered in Peachtree Corners, Georgia and employs more than 850 professionals across 21 offices. DC Capital Partners, which held a majority stake since 2019, sold the business.

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) has completed its acquisition of Free TV Networks (FTN), a U.S. owner/operator of free over-the-air digital broadcast networks (diginets) and FAST channels. Financial terms were not disclosed; FTN will operate as a dedicated business within VERSANT and founder Jonathan Katz has joined VERSANT to continue leading FTN's operations.

Swiss testing, inspection and certification firm SGS SA completed the acquisition of Applied Technical Services, LLC from Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC and other selling shareholders. The transaction, announced July 1, 2025 and completed January 13, 2026, is valued at roughly $1.32 billion and was financed via cash, debt and a small equity consideration to certain sellers and key employees.

Gloo, a technology platform for faith and mission-driven organizations, has completed the acquisition of Westfall Group, Inc., bringing Westfall Gold, Brain Trust Creative, and Parable Talent into Gloo’s donor engagement and fundraising stack. Westfall Group will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary and its founder Bob Westfall will remain CEO, expanding Gloo’s capability to deliver full-lifecycle, data-driven donor development solutions to nonprofits and ministries.

Fenceworks, a Gemspring Capital portfolio company, has acquired Accurate Fence, a Lawrenceville, Georgia-based provider of permanent fencing installation services. The acquisition expands Fenceworks' footprint into the Atlanta metropolitan area and supports the platform's growth strategy in the Southeast; terms were not disclosed.

London-headquartered Axiom GRC has acquired AssurancePoint, an Atlanta-based SOC and ISO audit and advisory firm, to strengthen its North American cyber compliance and assurance capabilities. AssurancePoint will integrate with Axiom's U.S. platform IS Partners to expand audit capacity, scale recurring audit delivery, and deepen the company's U.S. delivery footprint.

First Community Corporation (Nasdaq: FCCO) closed its acquisition of Signature Bank of Georgia effective January 8, 2026, merging Signature Bank into First Community Bank. The deal, valued at approximately $50.0 million as of December 31, 2025, expands First Community’s branch network and market presence in the Midlands, Upstate and Piedmont regions of South Carolina and the Atlanta and Central Savannah River areas of Georgia while adding SBA/USDA lending capabilities.

New Directions Aromatics, a TruArc Partners portfolio company, has combined with Aromatic Fragrances International to create an e-commerce-enabled specialty ingredients and fragrance platform. The deal expands New Directions' U.S. footprint and brings complementary formulation, manufacturing, and digital ordering capabilities to serve beauty, personal care, home fragrance and other consumer brands.

Concentric has acquired Atlanta-based Critical Components Inc. (CCI) to expand its critical power and precision cooling capabilities and broaden its service footprint for data centers, industrial, and healthcare customers across the U.S. Financial terms were not disclosed; CCI's leadership will take a leadership role within the combined organization to help deliver integrated design, build, and ongoing service for critical power and cooling systems.

Ryder System, Inc. has acquired Truck Service Depot, an Atlanta-based mobile maintenance provider for commercial trucks and trailers, expanding its Torque by Ryder retail mobile maintenance footprint in Georgia and the broader Southeast. The deal, which closed January 5, 2026, adds more than 20 technicians and two physical sites (Atlanta and Savannah) to Ryder's network; founder Scott Marshall will support the transition and financial terms were not disclosed.

Bentley Systems acquired Talon Aerolytics and the technology and technical expertise of Pointivo to strengthen its Asset Analytics portfolio. The deals (closed in December) expand Bentley's digital twin and AI capabilities for infrastructure asset inspections, drone data processing, and automated damage detection across telecommunications and electric utilities.

Pinnacle Financial Partners completed its merger with Synovus Financial Corp., creating a combined regional bank holding company with approximately $117.2 billion in pro forma assets. The merged organization will operate more than 400 locations across nine states, serve clients under both the Pinnacle and Synovus brands during integration, and will trade on the NYSE under the ticker PNFP.

PROG Holdings, the fintech holding company behind Progressive Leasing, has completed its acquisition of Atlanta-based Purchasing Power for $420 million in cash. Purchasing Power, a voluntary employee benefits provider that enables payroll-deduction purchases for employees, will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary to expand PROG's employer-channel reach and financial wellness offerings.

Symphona LLP, a CPA and technology firm based in Savannah, Georgia, has acquired Schell & Hogan LLP, an accounting and advisory firm serving Southeast Georgia and North Florida, effective January 1, 2026. The acquisition expands Symphona's regional footprint and service capabilities while keeping Schell & Hogan's Saint Simons Island office and partner team in place under the Symphona name.