M&A Deal Summary

Grafton Group Acquires Garvey s Builders Merchants

On December 5, 2005, Grafton Group acquired building materials company Garvey s Builders Merchants for 3M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Grafton Group’s 2nd transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Grafton Group’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Grafton Group’s 3rd transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-12-05
Target Garvey s Builders Merchants
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Grafton Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 3M EUR

Target

Garvey s Builders Merchants

Roscommon, Ireland
Garvey's Builders Merchants Limited is a fourth generation builders merchant based in Roscommon town. The business has a leading position in the Roscommon market where it services the repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) and residential construction markets.

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Buyer

Grafton Group

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Building Materials
Employees10,000
Revenue 2.3B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Grafton Group operates business-to-business (B2B) distribution formats for building materials and construction-related products in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland. Grafton Group was founded in 1902 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 18
Sector: Building Materials M&A 2 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 18
Country: Ireland M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-05 Davies

Dublin 5, Ireland

Davies is a Dublin based specialist plumbing, heating and drainage business trading from two locations in the Greater Dublin area. The business also incorporates two quality retail bathroom showrooms. The plumbing and heating division principally services new building projects in the commercial and domestic markets. The drainage division supplies a broad range of drainage products into the infrastructure, civils and Local Authority markets nationally.

Buy €25M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-21 Binje Ackermans S.A.

Brussels, Belgium

Binje Ackermans S.A. retails construction materials with a six branch builders merchanting business based in Brussels and trading under the MPRO brand.

Buy €21M