This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Private equity firms are ramping up their investments in middle market companies in the North American fire and security systems market. Although PE funding has declined for the leading physical security manufacturers, according to the latest Memoori report on the Security industry, private equity continues to act as a key driver of growth and consolidation in the fragmented commercial security and life safety systems integration and services sector. Through a Buy & Build strategy, private investors are acquiring platform companies, which form the basis for executing further add-on acquisitions that fuel revenue growth, optimize operations, and significantly increase equity value. Companies being targeted generally have revenues in the range of $15 – $100 million. Investors are targeting the fire and security services market as it is large, stable and benefiting from critical infrastructure spending and high growth forecasts. We have already seen […]