Acquisitions in Maryland in 2026

ADT has acquired Origin AI for $170 million in cash to integrate Origin's AI sensing platform and related IP into ADT's smart home and security offerings. The deal brings Origin's sensorless ambient-intelligence technology and more than 200 patents to ADT to enhance presence detection, reduce false alarms, and enable new aging-in-place and occupancy-based automation use cases.

Office Movers Express (OMX) has acquired two Baltimore-based firms — Hoffberger Moving Services and Re-form — more than doubling OMX's size and expanding its moving, storage and used office furniture capabilities across the Baltimore–Washington corridor. The deal brings healthcare and laboratory relocation expertise and an established office-furniture resale/refurbishing and inventory-management capability into OMX's Beltsville-based corporate platform while maintaining current Baltimore staffing.

Promise Holdings led an investor group to acquire Beauty4U, a multi-location wig and beauty supply retail chain serving the Washington, D.C. metro area, from the Seok family. Newport LLC and GROW and SELL Advisors acted as exclusive advisors to the sellers; the buyer intends to provide operational support and resources to grow the brand and preserve its specialty retail positioning.

Patton Electronics acquired Practical Technologies Inc. (PTI), adding PTI's 20,000-square-foot Baltimore-area electronics manufacturing facility to expand Patton's Maryland production footprint and manufacturing capabilities. The deal strengthens Patton's contract manufacturing platform by adding PCB assembly, wire-and-cable harness, electro-mechanical assembly, and potting/encapsulation capabilities to support defense, aerospace, and industrial customers.

Evermay Wealth Management, a fee-only fiduciary RIA based in Arlington, Virginia, has merged with Novotny, Larash, Venters & Wolf (NLVW), a tax preparation and business advisory firm headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. The deal brings roughly 25 NLVW professionals into Evermay (operating the tax practice as Evermay Tax LLC under Brandon Wolf, CPA, CFP) and expands Evermay’s capabilities to provide integrated wealth, tax, and business advisory services to NLVW’s ~1,000 clients.

AMETEK, Inc. has acquired LKC Technologies, a Germantown, Maryland-based maker of portable ophthalmic diagnostic devices, including the RETeval handheld ERG system. The seller was DW Healthcare Partners, which had owned LKC as a portfolio company; AMETEK said the deal expands its ophthalmic product portfolio and complements its Ultra Precision Technologies Reichert business.

Japan's Meiji Yasuda Group has completed the acquisition of the Banner Life family of companies (Banner Life Insurance Company and William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York) from Legal & General, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion (with $2.6 billion transferred at closing reflecting purchase price adjustments). The deal strengthens Meiji Yasuda's U.S. presence by adding a leading term life franchise and a pension risk transfer (PRT) business, and establishes a long-term strategic PRT partnership with Legal & General.

Konovo, a healthcare intelligence platform based in Watertown, Massachusetts, has acquired Rare Patient Voice, a patient recruitment community with more than 200,000 registered patients and caregivers across rare, chronic, and complex conditions. The acquisition expands Konovo's ability to deliver integrated patient and healthcare provider insights, strengthening its recruitment capabilities and reach into rare-disease patient populations.

Odeko has acquired District Distribution, a specialty food and beverage distributor serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, broadening Odeko's Mid‑Atlantic presence and local product assortment. Alongside the acquisition, Odeko entered a partnership with Union Kitchen to source and scale emerging local food and beverage brands across Odeko's national network.

Auria, a Colorado Springs-based C3 software and solutions provider and portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, has acquired RKF Engineering Solutions and Kythera Space Solutions, both headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The add-on acquisitions expand Auria's SATCOM engineering, spectrum management, and autonomous payload software capabilities to deliver end-to-end command, control, and communications (C3) solutions for U.S. Space Force, other government customers, and commercial SATCOM operators.

Diligent Inc has acquired Quasi Robotics, a US-based developer of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) including the Model C2, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition expands Diligent's portfolio into industrial automation and intralogistics, integrating Quasi's user-focused AMR technology to accelerate deployment and operational efficiency across customer facilities.

Cerity Partners has merged with SOL Capital Management, with SOL operating under the Cerity Partners name. The combination expands Cerity’s footprint in Maryland and the greater Washington, D.C. area and strengthens its investment and advisory capabilities for high- and ultra-high-net-worth clients; Houlihan Lokey advised SOL Capital and Nelson Mullins served as legal counsel.

Sheridan Capital Partners completed an investment in ICANotes, a purpose-built electronic health record (EHR) and practice management platform serving behavioral health providers. Financial terms were not disclosed; Sheridan said it will support ICANotes' product development and nationwide expansion to scale the company's behavioral-health-focused EHR and practice management capabilities.

System One has acquired Cypress Consulting, a Bethesda, Maryland-based technology consulting firm specializing in cloud architecture, data engineering, cybersecurity, and data center network engineering. The acquisition expands System One's data center and critical infrastructure capabilities in network engineering, automation, and security; terms were not disclosed.