Acquisitions in Idaho in 2025

Com Laude, the London-headquartered corporate domain services provider owned by PX3 Partners, has completed its acquisition of U.S. corporate domain registrar Markmonitor from Newfold Digital, combining the businesses under the new Markmonitor Group with an initial enterprise value of about $450 million. The combined company will maintain regional headquarters in Boise, London, and Tokyo, employ staff across 16 countries, and offer a full-service suite for corporate domain portfolio management, brand protection, TLD strategy, and related advisory services.

Impel Company, a Pike Street Capital portfolio platform, has made a strategic investment in Riverside Inc., a family-owned Parma, Idaho provider of electric motor repair, pump services, well-drilling and millwright field services. The transaction is an add-on to the Impel platform intended to expand capabilities and strengthen Impel's presence across Idaho and the western U.S.

Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors) has acquired McConnell Financial Advisors, a boutique Boise, Idaho-based financial planning firm with approximately $130 million in AUM. The deal expands Mercer’s presence across Boise and Sun Valley and bolsters its Women & Wealth-focused advisory capabilities while preserving McConnell’s relationship-driven planning approach.

Level Education Group (LEG) has acquired Triad, a provider of exam preparation, continuing education, and career resources for behavioral and mental health professionals. The combination creates an end-to-end educational pathway supporting licensure preparation, continuing education, and professional development for students, practitioners, universities, and employers.

Mercer Global Advisors, a national RIA headquartered in Denver, acquired West Oak Capital, an Eagle, Idaho-based wealth advisory firm managing approximately $500 million in client assets. The deal expands Mercer’s presence in Idaho and Southern California and brings West Oak’s team and multigenerational family-office capabilities onto Mercer’s platform.

An affiliate of Balmoral Funds LLC has acquired Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, LLC (now operating as Rangen) from Wilbur-Ellis Holdings II, LLC. The transaction is a carve-out of Wilbur-Ellis's full Nutrition business — including Rangen, Ametza, Emmert and Oxy product lines — positioning Rangen as an independent platform to accelerate innovation and growth across pet, aquaculture, and livestock markets.

Cardio Partners, a division of Sarnova, announced the acquisition of RescueStat, a healthcare technology company that provides AED program management and remote monitoring. The transaction, completed on August 8, 2025, expands Cardio Partners' capabilities in AED program oversight and remote monitoring to broaden life‑saving emergency readiness solutions.

SALT Dental Partners announced that Lineberry Orthodontics, led by Dr. Laura Lineberry, has joined the SALT network effective August 6, 2025. The practice — operating two orthodontic locations in Boise and Mountain Home, Idaho — expands SALT’s presence in the Greater Boise market as an add-on to its dental platform.

Trucordia, a top-20 U.S. insurance brokerage headquartered in Lindon, Utah, has acquired the Fuhriman Insurance business based in Boise, Idaho. The acquisition expands Trucordia's personal and commercial insurance capabilities and brings Fuhriman's client-focused, tech-enabled insurance services into Trucordia's platform.

Mariani Premier Group has acquired MD Nursery & Landscaping, a Driggs, Idaho-based high-end residential landscape and nursery business. The deal expands Mariani’s national network into eastern Idaho and the Jackson Hole, Wyoming market and adds landscape construction, irrigation, maintenance, and retail nursery capabilities to its platform.

San Antonio-headquartered C.H. Guenther & Son (CHG), a Pritzker Private Capital-backed food manufacturer, has acquired Fresca Mexican Foods, a Caldwell, Idaho-based producer of flour and corn tortillas and tortilla chips. The acquisition expands CHG's tortilla manufacturing capacity, adds Fresca's 190,000 sq. ft. facility and ~375 employees, and deepens CHG's relationships with QSR, foodservice and private-label customers.

EP Wealth Advisors has entered a strategic partnership with Boise-based Buffington Mohr McNeal (BMM), onboarding the BMM team and approximately $900 million of AUM. Eleven BMM employees, including co-founders Carey McNeal and Bruce Mohr, will join EP Wealth as the firm expands its footprint in the Intermountain West; financial terms were not disclosed.

MGT has acquired Ednetics, a Pacific Northwest provider of advanced technology solutions for K-12 schools, libraries, and state and local governments, to expand its SLED technology platform nationwide and strengthen its IT, cybersecurity, cloud, communications, and physical security offerings. The acquisition extends MGT's reach to more than 23 million K-12 students and positions the combined company as a leading provider of technology infrastructure to low-income school communities.

Long Ridge Equity Partners has made a minority growth investment in Pacific Crest Services (PCS), a turn-key insurance platform that provides back-office support, technology, carrier access, and compliance resources to independent insurance agents. The investment—Long Ridge's first deployment from Fund IV—will support PCS's next phase of growth; Long Ridge partners Jason Melton and Devin Stearns will join the PCS board and Jim Brown will join as a board observer.

Salas O’Brien has merged with FA Engineering, adding FA Engineering’s industrial engineering, structural and mechanical design, and environmental compliance capabilities to Salas O’Brien’s platform. FA Engineering is based in Pocatello, Idaho and the combined organization expands Salas O’Brien’s capacity to serve industrial end markets including mining, food processing, and waste treatment.

Merit Financial Advisors has acquired Sanctuary Wealth Management, LLC and its subsidiary Fiduciary Services, LLC, expanding Merit's presence into Idaho and adding approximately $1.6 billion in assets. The deal brings Sanctuary's wealth management and ESOP/fiduciary capabilities onto Merit's platform; the three firm owners will join Merit as wealth managers.

Post Holdings, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Potato Products of Idaho, L.L.C., effective March 3, 2025. The purchase expands Post’s refrigerated and potato product capabilities for retail and foodservice channels; financial terms were not disclosed.

TELEO Capital Management has acquired SOFTRAX, a Boise-based provider of cloud revenue management and billing software, from TELUS Corporation. TELEO says the investment will accelerate product innovation, integrate advanced analytics/AI capabilities, and support organic and strategic growth initiatives for SOFTRAX.

Pelco Products, a portfolio company of River Associates, acquired PedSafety, a Boise-based pedestrian safety products manufacturer; the transaction closed on February 7, 2025. The add-on expands Pelco's product portfolio by integrating PedSafety's pedestrian-focused technology with Pelco's traffic management hardware to deliver more comprehensive intersection and mid-block safety solutions across North America.

BoardCo has acquired Mark's Marine Inc., a long-standing boat dealership in Hayden, Idaho. Aaron Thykeson will remain as partner and president while owners Merlin and Karen Thykeson retire; the acquisition expands BoardCo's dealer footprint in North Idaho.

Aftermarket parts supplier RANDYS Worldwide has acquired Van Compass, a manufacturer of high-end suspension components for Sprinter, Transit and ProMaster vans. The deal expands RANDYS' portfolio and strengthens its position in the adventure/overlanding and commercial van markets by adding Van Compass's specialty suspension products and expertise.

B&R Auto, a portfolio company of Highview Capital, has acquired Idaho Falls-based Marler Auto Supply. The acquisition gives B&R a gateway into Idaho and the broader Mountain West region, expanding its recycled auto parts inventory, delivery capabilities and service coverage.