Consolidators running out of M&A targets

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IMAS analysis highlights “sobering conclusions” for buyers as potential targets diminish but broker M&A still reports record year in 2020.

Consolidators in the UK broker market may be forced to rethink their strategy as the number of acquisition targets runs out.

This is according to a sector report by M&A experts IMAS which examined the market’s ownership structures, private equity influence and number of sales in 2020.

The report showed that there are few businesses left of a size and scale to add growth for consolidators.

Targets
The analysis predicted that by 2025 there could be just 151 commercial broker targets with a

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