S. Freedman & Sons, Inc.
What matters now
- $1M to $5.5Mprobable EBITDA
Probable EBITDA $1M to $5.5M on revenue of $26.1M to $60.9M, estimated from 87 employees.
Inside the $1M to $15M EBITDA range most independent sponsors state they buy.
InferenceDFX estimate from headcount on Form 5500, 45% confidence - 96dealability of 100
Why it fits: operating tenure +20, 71 years since earliest plan effective date (floor on age); ownership +10, family owned (from research); sector demand +10.5, specialty distribution: sponsor demand index 0.70 (anonymised market prior).
The largest contributions to its dealability score, each with the fact it rests on.
DerivedDFX score, 26 Sep 2026 - 93data confidence of 100
How sure the record is: 3 independent sources; latest effective observation 13 Sep 2026; size estimate at 45% confidence.
How much of this page rests on independent sources rather than on our estimates.
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At Imperial Brady, our purpose is to help our customers thrive because their success drives ours. Rooted in a family-owned legacy built over generations, we believe lasting partnerships are earned through trust, reliability, and solutions that fit the way our customers work.
- +40Size band fitEstimate
- +20Operating tenureFact
- +5Benefit footprintFact
- +10Workforce stabilityInference
- +10.5Sector demandInference
- +10Ownership typeFactfamily owned (from research)
- -47.3Plan final filingPossibly resolved
- 0Market pullMarket pullInference
- 1955 to 2026Long establishedmoderate weightFactHas run a benefit plan since 1955, at least 71 years, so the business is older than that.Form 5500 · read Sep 17, 2026
- 2022 to 2025Workforce on the planflatcontext weightFactCovered headcount has been within 15% of 115 people since 2022, at 103 on the latest filing.Form 5500 · read Sep 17, 2026
- Probable revenue
- $26.1M to $60.9M Estimate
- Probable EBITDA
- $1.0M to $5.5M Estimate
- Workforce proxy
- 103 plan participants
- Estimate computed on
- 87 employees, the headcount the size estimate used
- Method
- employees x sector revenue/employee band x sector EBITDA margin band
- Confidence
- 45%
- +40Source breadthFact3 independent sources
- +29.5FreshnessFactlatest effective observation 2026-09-13
- +13.5Size estimate qualityEstimate
- Jan 14, 2025announcedConfirmed transactionFactAdd-on acquisitionconfidence 90%Add on by Imperial DadeDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) imperialbrady.com · last verified Sep 12, 2026
- Jan 1, 2025plan year 2025Company transitionFactFinal filing, next year unpublishedconfidence 80%Final Form 5500 for 1 plan; the following plan year is not yet on the recordRule: On the 2022 and 2023 tapes, 79 to 80% of sponsors that marked a return final were absent from the RAW Form 5500 record the following plan year (any size, any industry, EIN and successor), against 1.8 to 2.1% of sponsors that did not; that is next-year absence, not a sale rateDOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets efast.dol.gov · last verified Sep 11, 2026
- Jan 14, 2025Add onconfidence 90%
Imperial Dade announced the acquisition of S. Freedman & Sons, Inc., a Landover, Maryland distributor with a nearly 120-year history, its 96th acquisition.
Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) imperialbrady.com
- Every dated event
- Jan 1, 2025Final benefit plan filingFactTransaction preparationS. Freedman & Sons, Inc. filed a final Form 5500 for 1 planDOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets efast.dol.gov
- Jason Tillis
- Travis Brady
- Fareed Kahn
- Founded
- benefit plan since Sep 27, 1955 (age floor 71 years)
- Ownership
- Family owned
- Plans on file
- 2
| Fact | Value | Class | Effective | Source | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active participants | 87 | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| EBITDA band | $3.3M | Estimate | 2026-09-12 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL | |
| EBITDA band | $3.3M | Estimate | 2026-09-11 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL | |
| HQ location | Landover, MD | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| NAICS code | 424990 | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Ownership type | Family owned | Fact | 2026-09-13 | Company websites (about, team, news pages) | |
| Plan assets eoy | $18.0M | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan count | 2 | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan effective date earliest | Sep 27, 1955 | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 103 | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 109 | Fact | 2023-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 115 | Fact | 2022-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Subsector | Misc nondurable wholesale | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Vertical | Specialty distribution | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets |
Investors it fits
- score 90confidence 89%Why: observed vertical; direct propensity; classification; geographyWatch: no check size
- score 85confidence 89%Why: observed vertical; direct propensity; recent deployment; classification
- score 85confidence 89%Why: observed vertical; direct propensity; recent deployment; classificationWatch: no check size
+4 more investors it fits
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