M&A Deal Summary

Echo Acquires Command Transportation

On April 21, 2015, Echo acquired transportation company Command Transportation for 420M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Echo’s 12th transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Echo’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Echo’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Echo’s 4th transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-04-21
Target Command Transportation
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Echo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 420M USD
Advisor(s) Much Shelist PC (Legal)

Target

Command Transportation

Skokie, Illinois, United States
website
Command Transportation LLC is a privately held truckload ("TL") brokers and non-asset based transportation providers in the United States.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Echo

Chicago, Illinois, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Transportation
Employees2,736
Revenue 2.5B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Echo is a provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Echo maintains a proprietary, web-based technology platform that compiles and analyzes data from its network of over 50,000 transportation providers to serve 35,000 clients across a wide range of industries and simplify the critical tasks involved in transportation management. Echo was founded in 2005 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 17
Sector (Transportation) 12 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 17
State (Illinois) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 15 of 17
Year (2015) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-05 Xpress Solutions

Frankfort, Illinois, United States

Xpress Solutions, Inc. ("Xpress"), is a transportation brokerage firm.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-05 Roadtex Transportation

Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Roadtex Transportation is a provider of integrated temperature-controlled supply chain solutions to the confectionery, food, nutrition, and pharmaceutical mass retailer end markets. Roadtex Transportation was founded in 1992 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey.

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