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Benford Capital Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago-based private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of lower middle market companies, partnering with founders and management to buy, build, and scale businesses.

Focus Areas
Private equity (lower middle market / LBOs), Leveraged buyouts, Recapitalizations

Tracked deals

36

36 tracked deals across 2019-2026.

Recent pace

3

3 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

19 addon · 9 recapitalization · 7 buyout

Benford Capital Partners Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 8 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 8 years for Benford Capital Partners. 3 2019 1 2020 8 2021 5 2022 6 2023 6 2024 5 2025 ~3 est. 2 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

Showing the 12 most recent of 36 tracked deals for Benford Capital Partners.

  • Buyer
    Benford Capital Partners, Nutrition Service Company, LLC
    Target
    Seymour Flour Mill, Inc.
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Type
    Addon

    Benford Capital Partners and Nutrition Service Company, LLC (NSC) acquired Seymour Flour Mill, Inc. Seymour is a third-generation, family-owned feed mill based in Seymour, Wisconsin. After closing, Seymour President Rick Rottier will continue to lead the business and Seymour employees will remain in their existing roles.

  • Buyer
    Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    CGRS, Inc.
    Seller
    Founder and CEO Eric Hick

    Benford Capital Partners recapitalized CGRS, Inc., a Fort Collins, Colorado-based testing, inspection, certification and compliance (TICC) provider serving regulated environmental end markets across the Western United States. The transaction is done in partnership with Founder and CEO Eric Hick, who retains an ownership interest, and Benford plans to expand geographically and pursue add-on acquisitions of complementary environmental compliance and monitoring businesses.

  • Buyer
    Benford Capital Partners, Industrial QC Holdings, LLC
    Target
    Avalon Vision Solutions, LLC
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Benford Capital Partners and its Industrial QC platform have acquired Avalon Vision Solutions, a Lithia Springs, Georgia-based maker of machine vision quality-control systems (including the MoldWatcher product). The deal is an add-on to the Industrial QC platform and expands its capabilities into the plastics and injection-molding/die-casting end markets.

  • Buyer
    BSC Industries, Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    Gipson Bearing & Supply Co., Inc.
    Seller
    Craig Gipson, Eric Gipson
    Type
    Addon

    Benford Capital Partners’ portfolio company BSC Industries has acquired Gipson Bearing & Supply Co., a third-generation distributor of precision bearings and industrial MRO components headquartered in West Homestead, Pennsylvania. The add-on expands BSC’s geographic footprint into Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, creates cross-selling opportunities across both customer bases, and will retain Gipson’s employees; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Turri's Italian Foods, Benford Capital Partners, New Mountain Capital
    Target
    Joseph's Gourmet Pasta
    Seller
    LaSalle Capital
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Type
    Addon

    Turri's Italian Foods, a Fund II portfolio company of Benford Capital Partners, has acquired Joseph's Gourmet Pasta to form a combined frozen pasta, rice and sauce platform serving foodservice, retail and CPG customers. Benford Capital partnered on the transaction; New Mountain Capital participated in acquiring Joseph's real estate assets and Joseph's was acquired from LaSalle Capital.

  • Buyer
    Legacy Bakehouse, Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    Mannon Specialty Foods, Inc. dba Classic Cookie
    Seller
    Mannon Specialty Foods, Inc. (Mannon family)
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Type
    Addon

    Legacy Bakehouse, a portfolio company of Benford Capital Partners, has acquired Mannon Specialty Foods, Inc. dba Classic Cookie, a Sevierville, Tennessee-based baker of premium cookies and brownies. The acquisition adds a 48,000–50,000 sq. ft. production facility, national retail distribution (including Walmart), and expanded sweet-snack capabilities to Legacy's growing bakery platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Benford Capital Partners, R.M. Young Company, LLC
    Target
    SensorLogic Inc.
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Benford Capital Partners and its portfolio company R.M. Young Company have acquired SensorLogic Inc., a Bozeman, Montana–based maker of radar-based environmental sensors including the SNOdar snow-depth sensor. The deal expands R.M. Young's product portfolio and distribution footprint in meteorological and environmental measurement solutions; SensorLogic founder Doug Roberts will remain with the business post-closing.

  • Buyer
    Benford Capital Partners, Argus Monitoring Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Target
    Morgan Construction Services, Inc.
    Seller
    Rob Morgan
    Type
    Addon

    Benford Capital Partners’ portfolio company Argus Monitoring Solutions has acquired Morgan Construction Services, a Kansas City–based provider of seismic and vibration monitoring services for the construction sector. The add-on strengthens Argus' Midwest footprint and service capabilities, with Morgan's employees retained and founder Rob Morgan remaining as a manager focused on regional expansion.

  • Buyer
    BSC Industries, LLC, Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    J.G. Industries, Inc., Warren Pike, Cohen Machinery Co., W.M. Steel Co.
    Seller
    Jim Gibney
    Type
    Addon

    Benford Capital Partners' portfolio company BSC Industries has acquired J.G. Industries, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries — Warren Pike, Cohen Machinery Co., and W.M. Steel Co. The add-on expands BSC's industrial distribution footprint and product offering in New England, with all Warren Pike employees retained and owner Jim Gibney staying on as a Senior Sales Advisor.

  • Buyer
    Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    Turri's Italian Foods
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Type
    Buyout

    Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners has acquired Turri's Italian Foods, a Michigan-based maker of IQF (individually quick frozen) pasta and rice. The Turri family will remain in leadership, and Benford plans to invest in production capacity and capabilities while pursuing add-on acquisitions to grow the business.

  • Buyer
    Legacy Bakehouse, LLC, Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    Angelic Bakehouse (operating assets)
    Seller
    Lancaster Colony Corporation
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Type
    Addon

    Legacy Bakehouse, a Benford Capital Partners portfolio company, acquired the operating assets of Angelic Bakehouse from Lancaster Colony Corporation, including a 42,000-square-foot Cudahy, Wisconsin facility and production equipment. The acquisition roughly doubles Legacy's production capacity, provides redundant capabilities and supports expansion into tortillas and other adjacent snack products.

  • Buyer
    Pasture Brands Holdings, LLC, Benford Capital Partners
    Target
    Pillars Yogurt, LLC
    Seller
    Eric Bonin (Founder of Pillars Yogurt)
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Type
    Addon

    Pasture Brands Holdings, a portfolio company of Benford Capital Partners, has acquired Pillars Yogurt, a better-for-you drinkable yogurt brand launched in 2016. The deal adds Pillars' clean-label, high-protein products (sold in over 4,000 U.S. stores) to the Pasture Brands platform to accelerate retail distribution and new product development.

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