Sector
Financial Services
1,337 verified investors state a focus on financial services, and 726 transactions in the sector are on record with a disclosed value. Everything below comes from investors’ own disclosures and reported deals.
Across 726 recorded transactions. Multiples appear only where the underlying deal disclosed revenue or EBITDA, so they rest on a smaller sample than values.
Activity
Most active acquirers
Buyers appearing most often in recorded transactions in this sector.
| Acquirer | Recorded deals |
|---|---|
| AFH Financial Group | 11 |
| HTLF | 8 |
| Seacoast Bank | 8 |
| AXA | 7 |
| The First Bank | 6 |
| Simmons Bank | 5 |
| Glacier Bank | 5 |
| Pacific Premier Bank | 5 |
| First Bank | 5 |
| AmTrust Financial | 5 |
Evidence
Recent transactions
A sample of published transactions in the sector.
| Target | Acquirer | Consideration | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BankProv | Needham Bank | $212m | 2025-06-05 |
| Colonial Federal Savings Bank | bankHometown | $44m | 2025-05-20 |
| H&T Group | FirstCash | $457m | 2025-05-14 |
| Burroughs | Loomis | $72m | 2025-05-06 |
| R.J. O'Brien & Associates | StoneX | $900m | 2025-04-14 |
| Old Point National Bank | Towne Bank | $203m | 2025-04-03 |
| iCG Pay | CSG | $17m | 2024-06-03 |
| Home Federal | Alerus Financial | $116m | 2024-05-15 |
| Territorial | Hope Bancorp | $79m | 2024-04-29 |
| Integrated Financial Holdings | Capital Bank | $66m | 2024-03-28 |
| Link Group | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | $854m | 2023-12-18 |
| EquiLend | Welsh | $800m | 2023-12-07 |
Buyers
Who invests here
Verified investors stating a focus on this sector, by strategy.
Investors in this sector that publish what they own:
- 1843 Capital 8
- 369 Growth 12
- 519 Growth Fund 11
- 645 Ventures 108
- 8090 Industries 11
- 83NORTH 72
- ABRY Partners 1
- ABSeed Ventures 21
- AE Industrial Partners LP 33
- AEON Foundry 19
- ALAYA CAPITAL 53
- ALLVP 35
- ALSTIN Capital 8
- ANZ Capital 8
- AQC Capital 75
- AV8 Ventures 34
- Abbey International Finance 9
- Access Capital Partners 4
- AccessTurkey Capital Group 13
- Acrew Capital 100
- Activant Capital 106
- Acton Capital 80
- AdFirst 38
- Adams Street Partners 5
- Adelis Equity Partners 46
- Adenia Partners 31
- Admiralty Partners 1
- Advent Morro Equity Partners 26
- Advisors & Partners 1
- Aeterna Capital Partners 15
Common questions
- What does a financial services company typically sell for?
- Across 726 recorded transactions in financial services, the median deal value is $107m, with most deals falling between $35m and $267m. The median EBITDA multiple is 9.55×.
- Who buys financial services companies?
- 1,337 verified investors state a focus on financial services, most commonly venture capital (439), buyout pe (318), growth equity (179). The most frequent acquirers on record include AFH Financial Group, HTLF, Seacoast Bank.
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