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Grant & Stone Group

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Leading independent home counties merchants supplying building, plumbing and electrical products through a multi-branch network across the UK.

Focus Areas
Builders' merchants, Plumbers' merchants, Electrical wholesalers / electrical distribution

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2020-2021.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

4 addon

Grant & Stone Group Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 2 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 2 years for Grant & Stone Group. 1 2020 3 2021

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Grant & Stone, Cairngorm Capital Partners
    Target
    Devondale Electrical Distributors
    Seller
    Paul Wood (owner and Managing Director)
    Location
    Devon, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Grant & Stone, a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners, has acquired Devondale Electrical Distributors, the largest independent electrical wholesaler in the South West of England. The add-on expands Grant & Stone's electrical division with nine additional branches based in Somerset and Devon, providing geographic expansion, product extension and securing succession for Devondale's owner and managing director, Paul Wood.

  • Buyer
    Cairngorm Capital Partners, Grant & Stone Group
    Target
    RGB Building Supplies (Rawle Gammon & Baker Holdings Limited), Buildit Gloster Limited, Total Plumbing Supplies Limited
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Cairngorm Capital’s portfolio company Grant & Stone Group has completed three add-on acquisitions—RGB Building Supplies, Buildit Gloster and Total Plumbing Supplies—creating the largest independent builders’ merchant group in southern England with 74 branches, combined revenues approaching £250m and more than 1,000 employees. The transactions expand Grant & Stone’s geographic footprint across Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire as part of a roll-up growth strategy supported by Cairngorm Capital.

  • Buyer
    Grant & Stone, Cairngorm Capital Partners
    Target
    CRS Building Supplies Limited
    Seller
    Chris Waelchli, Richard Liddle
    Location
    Somerset, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Cairngorm Capital-backed Grant & Stone has acquired CRS Building Supplies Limited, merging the Somerset-based builders merchant into the Grant & Stone group as part of its buy-and-build strategy. The deal adds CRS’s 12 branches and local brand to Grant & Stone’s footprint, creating an enlarged group with 44 branches, over 500 employees and revenues in excess of £140m; the transaction was driven by the CRS owners' succession planning.

  • Buyer
    Grant & Stone, Cairngorm Capital Partners
    Target
    3Counties Timber & Building Supplies Limited
    Seller
    3Counties' owners
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Grant & Stone, a portfolio company of Cairngorm Capital Partners, has acquired 3Counties Timber & Building Supplies Ltd in a bolt-on transaction triggered by the seller's succession planning. The acquisition expands Grant & Stone's geographic footprint in the Thames Valley/Home Counties and strengthens its timber and building materials offering across Aylesbury and Hemel Hempstead.

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