UniFirst - M&A Summary and Business Overview

Apparel/textilesCompany

UniFirst M&A Summary

UniFirst has acquired 2 companies.

UniFirst’s largest acquisition to date was in 2003, when it acquired Textilease for $178M. UniFirst has acquired in 1 US state. The Company’s most targeted sectors include apparel/textiles (100%).

UniFirst Business Overview

Where is UniFirst headquartered?

UniFirst is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

What is UniFirst’s revenue?

UniFirst disclosed revenue of 2,233M USD for 2023 and 2,001M USD for 2022.

How many employees does UniFirst have?

UniFirst has 16,000 employees.

What sector is UniFirst in?

UniFirst is an apparel/textiles company.

When was UniFirst founded?

UniFirst was founded in 1936.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity2
    • M&A Buy Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1

UniFirst

UniFirst Corp.

68 Jonspin Road,
Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887
United States,
(978) 658-8888
www.unifirst.com

UniFirst is a provider of workplace uniforms, protective clothing and facility services products in North America. The company partners who serve over 250,000 customer locations in 45 U.S. states, Canada and Europe from over 200 customer service, distribution, and manufacturing facilities. UniFirst was founded in 1936 and is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $300M $300M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  2

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Arrow Uniform-Taylor LLC 2016-09-19 122M USD Add-on Acquisition
Taylor, Maryland · www.arrowuniform.com
Textilease 2003-09-02 178M USD Add-on Acquisition
Beltsville, Maryland
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Apparel/Textiles 2 (100%) 300M (100%) - -
Total 2 $300M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 2 300M - -
  Maryland 2 300M - -
Total 2 $300M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $300M
TOTAL $300M
Largest Textilease
$178M (2003-09-02)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Apparel/Textiles

Revenue

2,233   12% 2023
2,001   10% 2022
1,826   2% 2021
1,804   1% 2020
1,809   7% 2019
1,696   7% 2018
1,591   9% 2017
1,468   1% 2016
1,457   5% 2015
1,395   3% 2014
1,355   2013
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Employees

16,000

Established

1936

Public

NYSE: UNF

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