Top Canada Holding Companies with Recent Private M&A Activity

Active Firms

491

TTM Deal Inquiries

$4M-$18M

Core Revenue Range

$1M-$3M

Core EBITDA Range

Top Sectors by Activity

Industrials 53%

Technology 20%

Transportation 9%

Business Services 8%

Consumer Goods 2%

Key Attributes

Focus: Long-Term Ownership | Capital Source: Committed Capital | Operating Approach: Buy & Hold

Noverra Capital Group

3 Closed Deals via Axial

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Noverra Group of Companies is an actively owned, and strategically led family of construction and industrial services companies founded and led by three Owners, Omar Ladak, Steve Lux, and Suzanne Boyd. We are focused on strategically supporting the continued success of our group companies, proactively developing the leaders and people within our businesses; and, pursuing growth through further acquisitions aligned to our approach.

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Jan 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Invested in Troy Forming Concrete
Aug 2023 Invested in Victory Fire Protection
Aug 2023 Invested in Brighter Mechanical

AYCE Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

15 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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AYCE Capital acquires and partners with Managed Service Providers in the lower middle market. Founded in late 2022, the firm completed 7 acquisitions over its first 24 months of operations. Backed by Ashbridge Equity Partners (a family office), AYCE will look to continue to acquire more MSPs over the coming years.

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May 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Apr 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Feb 2026 Acquired Solid Technology Solutions
Jan 2026 Acquired Acendex

FirstService Corporation

1 Closed Deal via Axial

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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FirstService Corporation is a North American leader in the essential property services sector serving its customers through two industry-leading platforms:FirstService Residential - North America's largest manager of residential communities; andFirstService Brands - one of North America's largest providers of essential property services to residential and commercial customers delivered through individually branded franchise systems and company-owned operations.

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Jul 2024 Acquired Sentry Fire Protection
Jul 2024 Acquired Citadel Fire Sprinkler, Inc.
Jun 2024 Acquired Hamilton Roofing
Jun 2024 Acquired Crowther Roofing and Cooling

Quadshift Inc.

1 Closed Deal via Axial

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Quadshift acquires and builds durable, defensible and category-defining vertical platform businesses in regulated and essential industries.What Quadshift brings to the table...Vertical B2B software is all we do. The Quadshift team are experts at overcoming the challenges common in most small software companies because we see them everyday. Among other things, we offer financial and administrative expertise like reporting, monthly budgeting, key performance indicator tracking, SaaS metrics, and back-office support. We bring experienced B2B SaaS creatives and marketers to refine your brand and…

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Oct 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
Jun 2021 Acquired Braintree Marketing Inc.
Aug 2019 Acquired Stockade Consulting Group Inc.

Vencora

19 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Vencora is an operating group under Constellation Software Inc., launched by Volaris Group in 2022. The company specializes in acquiring and nurturing vertical market software companies within the financial services industry. Vencora emphasizes customer success and growth, strategically investing in businesses of varying sizes to enhance its portfolio. With a global presence, Vencora operates in 70 locations and serves 1,800 clients, supported by a workforce of over 1,300 employees. The company is committed to expanding its dynamic portfolio, which includes 20 brands, by focusing on strategic…

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May 2025 Acquired Data Action
Mar 2024 Acquired SERIVA
Feb 2024 Acquired CREALOGIX
Feb 2023 Acquired SSP

Helios Software Group

15 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Helios Software Group invests in mission-critical, vertical market software companies. We partner with businesses that deliver specialized solutions and hold strong, defensible positions in their niches. Our model is long-term ownership—not flips—so we can compound product strength, customer loyalty, and operating excellence.

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Aug 2025 Acquired Polygon
Aug 2025 Acquired Carrus
Aug 2025 Acquired The Broker Forum
Jun 2025 Acquired Alessa

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Tiny Capital

14 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Tiny Capital is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

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Mar 2025 Acquired Serato
Sep 2023 Acquired Letterboxd
Aug 2023 Acquired Pixel Union
Aug 2023 Acquired Stamped

Lynx Equity Limited

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Lynx Equity buys small and medium-sized businesses from owners looking to retire. With our buy-and-hold strategy in mind, we seek to acquire businesses with long track records of stability in industries that will continue to thrive. Explore our portfolio of businesses in North America, Denmark and the UK.

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Jun 2023 Acquired Henry's
Feb 2023 Acquired Buse Timber & Sales Inc.
Oct 2021 Acquired Lighthouse Market
Mar 2020 Acquired arkas

KCM Holdings

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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KCM Holdings is a long-term investment partnership offering founders and owners a unique alternative to traditional private equity.We acquire and take a hands-on approach to growing businesses with $1M to $7M in EBITDA, primarily focusing on companies across North America.Our mandate is flexible: whether an owner-operator is looking to retire or seeking to de-risk their asset base while continuing to run the business, KCM Holdings can actively participate in either scenario. We focus on majority investments, ranging from 51% to 100% while preserving the owner's legacy over a long-term…

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Sep 2024 Invested in TrueFoam Limited
Apr 2023 Invested in Sabrepak Ltd.
Feb 2023 Invested in Confidential Company
Jul 2022 Invested in Progressive Countertop

Market Maker Agriculture

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Business succession is a growing issue in North America's agriculture sector. A generation of entrepreneurs have built successful operating companies and are ready for the next stage in their lives, while some are keen to expand. That’s where Market Maker Agriculture can help.- We help owners finance their succession planning or retirement respecting the history and values created over the years; and- We provide capital to help grow the business.- We help investors exit, realizing the returns on their investment.We are a long-term hold, private equity company that invests in agri-businesses…

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Aug 2023 Acquired Manderley
Aug 2023 Acquired Radius
Feb 2022 Acquired Dehy Alfalfa Mills
Jan 2019 Acquired Arkansas Valley Seed

Lab One Capital Corp

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Lab One Capital is a permanent holding company dedicated to acquiring exceptional founder-led and family-owned businesses in Western Canada. Founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, we partner with proven mid-career operators to buy, build, and hold businesses permanently creating lasting value for our partners, employees, and the communities we serve. We are a team of self-made, lifelong entrepreneurs passionate about identifying and unlocking value in every business we acquire. Our first-hand founder, operator, and private equity experience allows us to place our own dedicated CEOs armed…

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Mar 2023 Acquired Bottle Depot
Mar 2023 Acquired Birch Bark Asset Management

&Capital Inc.

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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&Capital is a private investment firm headquartered in Toronto. Our model focuses on partnering with talented entrepreneurs in the lower and mid-market to build large-scale acquisition platforms. Our view is one of “Permanent Capital”, where our capital has no term. Our Managing partners have strong expertise in growth initiatives (sales, marketing), operations (streamlining processes), and capital allocation.

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Sep 2022 Acquired Industrial Safety Trainers
May 2022 Acquired Safety Design Strategies

Rouge River Capital

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 2008, Rouge River Capital invests its own capital to acquire majority positions in small to mid-sized North American businesses. We own a diversified portfolio of strong operating businesses in Canada, across three platform sectors (Consumer, Logistics, and Industrials) generating in excess of $400 million in sales. Our Managing Partners are owners, investing their own capital for long-term capital appreciation, and do not raise nor manage external funds. We partner with management that wants to remain active and that want to build long-term value in partnership with Rouge River…

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Dec 2022 Acquired Brookdale Treeland Nurseries

Union Software Group

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Union Software Group provides a forever home for the best vertical market software businesses. We are experienced investors and operators having built, scaled, and grown some of the most successful software businesses in North America such as AutoLeap and FieldEdge.Our goal is to provide a simple, friendly, and long-term solutions to owners, while helping grow and develop our acquired businesses over an extended period of time. We are an operator-led acquirer of software businesses with a focus on long-term value creation and preserving the legacy of our acquired businesses.…

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Dec 2015 Acquired FieldEdge

Follis Management Partners

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Founded in 2021, FMP is a value-oriented holding vehicle focused on long-term value creation across its portfolio companies. We aim to deploy medium-to-long duration capital across the capital structure, primarily focused on controlling equity stakes.Our experience is rooted from structuring and executing complex public markets transactions, but we have always gravitated towards entrepreneur-led private enterprises. Given our expertise, we can get up-to-speed and comfortable on unique opportunities. No financial engineering. No games. We are interested in the success of valuable…

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Fuze Corporate

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Fuze Corporate is a privately held investment company looking to acquire and partner with industry leading companies in the Supply Chain & Human Resource verticals. We operate through our two brands Fuze HR and Fuze Logistics.Fuze Logistics Services is a next-generation third party logistics (3PL) firm leveraging cutting edge technologies and decades of industry expertise to facilitate the transport of freight globally.Fuze HR is a fast-growing recruitment and staffing firm servicing North America’s largest companies in multiple disciplines and at all levels within an…

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Novo Holdings

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I’m seeking a small business with stable cash flows, recurring or re-occurring revenue, and strong margins in a fragmented market. It should have defensible positioning, limited customer concentration, and opportunities for operational improvement or growth.

Recent Transactions

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Pearl West Group

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The Pearl West Group (PWG) is a boutique family office that acquires small-to-medium sized businesses. PWG invests its own capital and has no pre-conceived investment time horizon. This allows the businesses we own and acquire to plan and execute strategies with a long-term focus and growth perspective. In addition to relying on our deep experience with mergers & acquisitions and with strategy development, we are specialists in online direct marketing channels. We believe tremendous scale and brand affiliation can be achieved online by many businesses.• PWG can move as swiftly as any…

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Lioncrest Industries Inc.

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Lioncrest is a Canadian-owned industrial company focused on acquiring and growing strong, specialized businesses in the manufacturing and distribution sectors. At Lioncrest, we combine operational excellence with long-term vision, empowering our companies to scale, innovate, and serve customers better.

Recent Transactions

This member has no reported closed transactions.

Runtime Enterprises Inc.

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Runtime is a permanent capital vehicle with a singular focus on perpetually owning and nurturing profitable vertical market software businesses. It is not a fund and has no fund life, meaning it does not have a defined date by which it is required to return capital to its investors. It is backed by a number of family offices with long investment time horizons, along with our own capital. We operate our businesses on a decentralized basis and help them achieve their goals through software operating best practices. Our core team has a combined experience of over 60+ years working with…

Recent Transactions

This member has no reported closed transactions.

Firms in the Canada Holding Companies directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Canada Holding Companies is $4M-$18M, with a core EBITDA range of $1M-$3M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

Location can be an important consideration, but it does not necessarily define where a firm is active. Firms based in Canada may bring regional knowledge, local relationships, and experience with businesses in the area, while many also pursue opportunities across a broader geographic footprint. Geography is best considered alongside sector focus, company size, and relevant transaction activity.

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many Holding Companies based in Canada are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the Canada market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

When comparing Holding Companies in Canada, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 58 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

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