The last quarter of 2025 for M&A for manufacturing and industrial businesses continues to build momentum.
As one business owner said, “the dust is starting to settle, but there is still a lot up in the air.” Overall, tariffs continue to dampen the M&A activity but there seems to be marginally more clarity going forward. Tariffs normally take a couple of years to settle in and tend to stick around despite changes in Washington administrations so perhaps we have found our ‘new normal.’ There seems to be consensus that the extreme volatility has subsided, at least for the moment.
Similarly, interest are expected to creep down slowly, so the renewed stability is calming both buyers and sellers leading to more capital expenditures being put back on the drawing board.
We are seeing an uptick in activity of manufacturers planning for M&A deals later in 2026 or early 2027 and are encouraged by the trends. We have always preached about being prepared, so we would recommend that owners start considering their options sooner rather than later.
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