Ownership and acquisition activityAbout this listWhat changed hands, what probably did, and what moved without a known cause, on the public record of privately held employers.Four classes that are never conflated, and on every row: what changed, the buyer if one is known, whether the line is a fact or an inference, the rule and its measured precision when it is inferred, the source, and when it was last verified.
18,153 rows of activity across the first three classes; 3,532 unresolved departures are listed only when asked for. 1,300 rows name a buyer. The full event tape, every source and every event type, is at Event tape.
The company left the observable Form 5500 universe with no final filing and no successor EIN. Absence is observed; the cause is not, and a late filer can still reappear. Never counted as a transaction.
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- SteelPro, LLC (LFM Capital platform)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20241014095904NAL0014733267001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Steel Fab Inc.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240819115804NAL0001570049001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- McCormick & Company
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240912145449NAL0010290913001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Tony Powe, Epoch Capital Management (private investment firm)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20260715101546NAL0001954163001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Dynamo Specialty Distributing
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240624132224NAL0008846736001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Solesis (Altaris portfolio company)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240425121620NAL0019393184001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- BradyIFS (Kelso & Company platform)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240705100438NAL0010027249001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Gravitee
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240509094456NAL0016492275001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- undisclosed private equity firm (Cincinnati Business Courier, Oct 2024); Aquiline Capital Partners had held a majority stake since June 2021
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240708225838NAL0027984450001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Grupo de Diagnostico Aries (Empresas Aries)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240614090544NAL0031892145001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- new owner (manager buy-out to Devin McCovery, then a 2026 sale)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240522101322NAL0003731329001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- OnLine Transport Inc.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240621124830NAL0003794272001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Stonebridge Partners / Hydraulex International (later Hydraulex Global)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20250226171944NAL0002153618001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- CJ Spray
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240404100545NAL0008338147001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- H.I.G. Capital (DazPak Flexible Packaging)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240829110348NAL0006392275001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Airtron Heating and Air Conditioning
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240409083735NAL0024183905001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Accenture
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240718113029NAL0009490048001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Limbach Holdings, Inc.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20250310133742NAL0031898210001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-06-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20241 Jan 2024Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Holladay Design House
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20240711051649NAL0010129747001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2023-01-01; Checked against: every 2024 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Fortis Solutions Group (Harvest Partners platform)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20230919174036NAL0000615091001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- DWK Life Sciences (One Equity Partners portfolio)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20231012100534NAL0021060099001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Dometic Group (strategic)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20230519162145NAL0006777888001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Enghouse Systems Ltd.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20230502120353NAL0025583520001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- RIST Transport Ltd. (Wadhams Enterprises)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20231204165255NAL0010059939001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-06-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- American Welding & Gas
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20231009121047NAL0026160177001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Schneider Electric
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20230906112041NAL0029575442001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Sysco Corporation (Greco)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20231005150226NAL0014546787001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- DecisionHR
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20230821092824NAL0006275856001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Titan Holdings (Renuity)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20230124170748NAL0007032787001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
- plan year 20231 Jan 2023Departure: Left the record
Evidence
- Class
- Unresolved record departure
- Sub-rule
- Left the record
- Rule
- a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not
- Buyer
- Alkami Technology (NASDAQ: ALKT)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Note: a late filer can still appear in a later edition of the file; absence from the record is observed, the cause is not; Ack id: 20231013130139NAL0067152482001; Edition: 2026-09-11; Final filing: no; Last plan year: 2022-01-01; Checked against: every 2023 to 2024 Form 5500 and 5500-SF, any size, any industry, EIN and successor EIN
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