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Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Announces Fortress Security Acquisition, Marking Over 20 Texas Locations
Add-on acquisitionclosedadd-onannounced Sep 23, 2025closed Sep 23, 2025Fact
What happened
- Target
- Fortress Security
- Platform
- Pye-Barker Fire & Safetyadd-on basis: Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is held by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (holding evidence https://www.leonardgreen.com/portfolio/)
- Control
- Control
- Share acquired
- unknown
- Industry
- unknown
- Target location
- unknown
- Seller kind
- unknown
- Rollover
- unknown
Values, only where disclosed
- Enterprise value
- Not disclosed
- Purchase price
- Not disclosed
- Equity value
- Not disclosed
- Target revenue
- Not disclosed
- Target EBITDA
- Not disclosed
- Multiple
- Not disclosed
Parties and roles
5 named
Buy side
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is held by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (holding evidence https://www.leonardgreen.com/portfolio/)”
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is held by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (holding evidence https://www.leonardgreen.com/portfolio/)”
Sell side
- ““Fortress has always been driven by protecting lives and property, maintaining top-tier, quality customer service every step of the way,” said Jerrod Smith, founder and owner of Fortress Security.”
Advisory side
- Nelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughLegal adviserconfirmed“Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP represented Pye-Barker in the transaction.”
Side not stated
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety — the largest fully integrated and full-service fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States — has acquired Fortress Security, bringing the company to over 20 locations in Texas.”
Evidence
“Pye-Barker Fire & Safety — the largest fully integrated and full-service fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States — has acquired Fortress Security, bringing the company to over 20 locations in Texas.”
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