M&A Deal Summary

GFL Environmental Acquires Robert Cooke Trucking

On November 21, 2019, GFL Environmental acquired environmental company Robert Cooke Trucking

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GFL Environmental’s 13th transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is GFL Environmental’s 13th transaction in Canada.
  • This is GFL Environmental’s 5th transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-11-21
Target Robert Cooke Trucking
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) GFL Environmental
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Robert Cooke Trucking

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Robert Cooke Trucking, Inc. is a full-service roll-off disposal container company for all bin rental needs in Kitchener, Ontario. Robert Cooke Trucking, Inc. is a MOE licensed carrier for standard waste disposal and have the Certificate of Approval in place to transport and dispose of contaminated soil, bulk asbestos, spill clean-up materials, liquid industrial waste, and liquid hazardous waste.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

GFL Environmental

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Environmental
Employees20,000
Revenue 7.5B CAD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

GFL Environmental is a diversified environmental services company providing a comprehensive line of solid waste, infrastructure & soil remediation, and liquid waste management services through its platform of facilities across Canada and in Southeastern Michigan. GFL has a workforce of more than 5,000 employees and provides its broad range of environmental services to more than 60,000 commercial and industrial customers and its solid waste collection services to more than 2.5 million households. GFL Environmental was founded in 2007 and is based in Vaughan, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 24
Sector (Environmental) 13 of 22
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 17
State (Ontario) 5 of 7
Country (Canada) 13 of 15
Year (2019) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-21 Ground Force Environmental

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Ground Force Environmental, Inc. is a full-service soil and groundwater remediation company completed projects throughout the province of Ontario. Ground Force Environmental, Inc. offers a wide range of remediation services as well as an excellent project management team that can draw from their varied remediation backgrounds (consultant, water specialist, abatement, waste management, etc... ) and technical expertise to offer cost-effective remediation options to meet our client's project needs.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-10 County Waste of Virginia

Troutville, Virginia, United States

County Waste of Virginia LLC offers solid waste management services, including collection, transportation, transfer, recycling and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste for municipal, residential and commercial and industrial customers in Virginia and Eastern Pennsylvania. The company's collection and hauling operations utilize a fleet of over 410 trucks that service over 410,000 residential customers and 19,000 commercial customers. County Waste owns six transfer stations and one material recovery facility and operates a landfill in Troutville, Virginia.

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