Centre Partners: Buy Box & Recent Acquisitions

At a glance

Deal types	Platform, Add-on S2
Geography	North America S2
Sectors	Consumer & Food, Healthcare Services, Landscaping, HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical, Roofing, Transportation & Logistics

What Centre Partners buys

Centre Partners, founded in 1986 with offices in New York and Los Angeles, buys control of North American middle market companies, mostly consumer and healthcare businesses. On the consumer side it looks at food and beverage, residential and commercial services, household and personal care products, and multi-unit franchises. In healthcare it targets outsourced services for health plans and providers, regulatory and clinical compliance services, physician practice management, behavioral health, and health and wellness. The firm reports about $2.8 billion of equity invested across 93 platform companies and more than 175 add-ons, and it says founder and family owned companies are a particular strength.

Centre does not publish revenue or EBITDA ranges or fund sizes. Much of its recent work is buy-and-build: United Land Services (Southeast landscaping) has made 25 acquisitions since 2020, and TruTemp launched in 2025 to roll up HVAC, plumbing and electrical services in the Southeast. In 2026 it added a vehicle for independent sponsor deals. Smaller owners usually meet Centre as an add-on to one of its platforms.

Recent deals

Announced in the 24 months before October 20, 2026.

Date	Company	Type	Sector	Source
Oct 2026	Modernized PotteryMaker of 3D-printed planters and home decor added to Nearly Natural, bringing US manufacturing	Add-on	Consumer & Food	Source
Sep 2026	Navajo ExpeditedLakeland, Florida freight logistics firm bought with Altivare Capital Partners, partly through Centre's new independent sponsor vehicle	Platform	Transportation & Logistics	Source
Jan 2026	Wrightsville Beach Landscaping, H&O Grounds, Custom Tree Surgeons and a Florida irrigation service firmFour 2025 acquisitions by United Land Services in North Carolina, Louisiana and Florida, its 25th overall	Add-on	Landscaping	Source
Oct 2025	Chicago Research CenterIndependent clinical trial site for sleep and central nervous system studies added to The IMA Group	Add-on	Healthcare Services	Source
Sep 2025	Maynor Service Company (TruTemp)Raleigh home services firm founded in 1996 became the base of TruTemp, a Southeast HVAC, plumbing and electrical roll-up, with Baldwin Creek Partners	Platform	HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical	Source
Jul 2025	Medical Research NetworkNew York City psychiatry and neurology trial site added to The IMA Group; the founder stays as CEO	Add-on	Healthcare Services	Source

Portfolio by sector

From the firm's portfolio page S3.

Consumer

Captain D's
Golding Farms Foods
Sabrosura Foods
Sun Orchard
Nearly Natural
Gathr Outdoors
Lifetime Brands
One World Fitness
Alliance Mobile
United Land Services
Quick Roofing
TruTemp

Healthcare

The IMA Group
Alerion Advisors

Other

Navajo Expedited
K2 Pure Solutions

Past investments: Bradford Health Services, Vision Innovation Partners, Stonewall Kitchen, KNS International, Environmental Logistics Services

Greymont’s take

How Centre Partners fits a seller

Centre fits owners of consumer brands, food producers, home and commercial service companies and health plan service firms who want a control buyer that keeps building through acquisitions. Founder and family owners without a successor are a stated focus, and Centre can draw on about 50 operating partners to find a chief executive when one is needed. Owners often stay and invest: Maynor's president put his own money into TruTemp and leads it, and Medical Research Network kept its founder as CEO after joining The IMA Group in 2025.

Centre can hold companies for many years; several current holdings date to 2017 or earlier. An owner rolling equity should ask where the business sits in the fund's life and what a likely exit looks like. Landscaping, roofing and HVAC owners should also ask whether they would be a new platform or an add-on, since that shapes both price and role.

Questions owners ask

Does Centre Partners buy landscaping, roofing or HVAC companies?

Yes. Residential and commercial services is one of its consumer focus areas. It formed United Land Services, a Southeast landscaping platform, in 2020, owns Quick Roofing, and launched TruTemp in HVAC, plumbing and electrical services in September 2025.

What kind of healthcare companies does Centre invest in?

Mainly services businesses: outsourced work for health plans and providers, regulatory and clinical compliance, physician practice management, behavioral health and wellness. Current holdings include The IMA Group, which keeps adding clinical research sites, and Alerion Advisors, a group of health plan consulting firms.

Does Centre work with independent sponsors?

Yes. Its September 2026 Navajo Expedited release describes Centre Strategic Solutions I, a new vehicle for backing independent sponsor deals in the lower middle market, which helped fund that acquisition alongside Altivare Capital Partners.

Does the owner stay after Centre invests?

Often. Centre says it offers founder and family businesses ways to handle ownership transition and succession, and when it launched TruTemp in 2025, the president of Maynor Service Company invested alongside Centre and now leads the combined company.

Sources

S1Centre Partners home page Accessed October 20, 2026
S2Centre Partners: Our Firm Accessed October 20, 2026
S3Centre Partners: Our Portfolio Accessed October 20, 2026
S4Centre Partners: News Accessed October 20, 2026
S5Centre Partners Completes Acquisition of Navajo Expedited (September 10, 2026) Accessed October 20, 2026
S6Centre Partners Launches TruTemp with Investment in Maynor Service Company (September 16, 2025) Accessed October 20, 2026
S7United Land Services Completes Four Acquisitions in 2025 (January 13, 2026) Accessed October 20, 2026
S8The IMA Group Acquires New York's Medical Research Network (July 21, 2025) Accessed October 20, 2026

Compiled by Greymont Advisors from public sources, including the firm’s own website and press releases. Greymont is not affiliated with Centre Partners. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and may have changed. Request a correction