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Liquidity Services - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Liquidity Services M&A Summary

Liquidity Services has acquired 6 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

Liquidity Services’ largest acquisition to date was in 2012, when it acquired GoIndustry DoveBid for $31M. Liquidity Services has acquired in 4 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (50%) and internet software and services (34%).

Liquidity Services Business Overview

Where is Liquidity Services headquartered?

Liquidity Services is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

What is Liquidity Services’ revenue?

Liquidity Services disclosed revenue of 363M USD for 2024 and 314M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Liquidity Services have?

Liquidity Services has 781 employees.

What sector is Liquidity Services in?

Liquidity Services is a business services company.

When was Liquidity Services founded?

Liquidity Services was founded in 1999.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity6
    • M&A Buy Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

Liquidity Services

Liquidity Services, Inc.

6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
United States,
(202) 467-6868
www.liquidityservices.com

Liquidity Services is an online auction marketplace for wholesale, surplus and salvage assets. LSI enables its corporate and government sellers to enhance their financial return on excess assets by providing a liquid marketplace and value-added services that integrate sales and marketing, logistics and transaction settlement into a single offering. Liquidity Services was founded in 1999 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 3 - - - 1 2 6
vol $65M $65M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Auctionsoftware.com 2025-02-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Richardson, Texas · www.auctionsoftware.com
Simple Auction Site 2025-02-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Durham, North Carolina · www.simpleauctionsite.com
Sierra Auction Management, Inc. 2024-01-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Phoenix, Arizona · www.sierraauction.com
Machinio Corp. 2018-07-10 20M USD Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.machinio.com
National Electronics Service Association (NESA) 2012-11-01 14M CAD Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario
GoIndustry DoveBid, plc 2012-05-09 31M USD Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.go-dove.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 3 (50%) 45M (69%) - -
Internet Software and Services 2 (33%) 20M (31%) - -
Software 1 (17%) - - -
Total 6 $65M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 20M - -
  Illinois 1 20M - -
  Arizona 1 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
Canada 1 14M - -
  Ontario 1 14M - -
United Kingdom 1 31M - -
Domestic 4 (67%) 20M (31%) - -
Cross-border 2 (33%) 45M (69%) - -
Total 6 $65M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 3 $65M
TOTAL $65M
Largest GoIndustry DoveBid, plc
$31M (2012-05-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
17%
1 (17%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Business Services

Revenue

363   16% 2024
314   13% 2023
280   9% 2022
258   26% 2021
206   10% 2020
227   1% 2019
225   17% 2018
270   15% 2017
316   21% 2016
397   20% 2015
496   2014
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Employees

781

Established

1999

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