M&A Deal Summary

Transcat Acquires Essco

On August 5, 2025, Transcat acquired business services company Essco for 84M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Transcat’s 10th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Transcat’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Transcat’s 21st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Transcat’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-08-05
Target Essco
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Transcat
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 84M USD

Target

Essco

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States
Essco is a calibration laboratory that provides both in-house and onsite services to a wide range of customers in the medical, life science, aerospace & defense, and industrial sectors. Essco is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

Transcat

Rochester, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1964
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees1,104
Revenue 259M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Transcat is a provider of accredited calibration and compliance services and distributor of professional grade handheld test, measurement and control instrumentation. Transcat was founded in 1964 and is based in Rochester, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 26
Sector: Business Services M&A 10 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 25 of 25
State: Massachusetts M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 21 of 21
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-12-10 Martin Calibration

Burnsville, Minnesota, United States

Martin Calibration is an ISO-17025 Accredited calibration laboratory network. Martin serves customers in the highly regulated Medical, Life Science, Aerospace, and Nuclear sectors, providing in-lab and onsite services across a broad range of disciplines. Martin Calibration was founded in 1980 and is based in Burnsville, Minnesota.

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