{
  "title": "Who Is Buying Low Voltage Businesses in 2026? PE and Strategics",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/who-is-buying-low-voltage-businesses/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-10-29",
  "updated": "2026-10-29",
  "section": "Private equity",
  "keyword": "who is buying low voltage businesses",
  "short_answer": "Three groups are buying low voltage businesses. Security and fire platforms such as Convergint and Sciens buy cabling and systems firms as add-ons. Public companies such as IES Holdings and Hexatronic buy for data center work. Private equity firms and independent sponsors such as Hudson Glade and Armory Capital buy platforms and then add smaller firms.",
  "facts": {
    "Convergint": [
      "Large systems integrator",
      "Fiber Solutions, Fort Myers, Florida, May 2025",
      "Not disclosed",
      "Convergint release"
    ],
    "Sciens Building Solutions": [
      "Fire and life safety platform",
      "Low Voltage Integrated Systems, Vista, California, Aug 2024",
      "Not disclosed",
      "Sciens release"
    ],
    "IES Holdings": [
      "Public company (Nasdaq: IESC)",
      "Qypsys, Tampa, Florida, 2025",
      "Not disclosed",
      "IES results filed with the SEC"
    ],
    "Hexatronic": [
      "Public company (Sweden)",
      "Superior Fiber and Data Services, Texas, 2026",
      "Not disclosed",
      "Hexatronic release"
    ],
    "Hudson Glade, with New State Capital Partners": [
      "Independent sponsor and PE firm",
      "ComNet Communications, Bethel, Connecticut, Sep 2025",
      "Not disclosed",
      "Press release"
    ],
    "Westnet (owned by Armory Capital)": [
      "PE-backed public safety tech company",
      "Low Voltage Installations, Colorado, Apr 2026",
      "Not disclosed",
      "Westnet release"
    ],
    "26North Partners": [
      "Private equity firm",
      "Controlling stake in AVI-SPL, June 2025",
      "Not disclosed",
      "rAVe PUBS"
    ],
    "Business Communications Inc. (BCI)": [
      "IT and managed services company",
      "NetLink Cabling Systems, Mississippi, 2025",
      "Not disclosed",
      "Industrial Cyber"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.securityinfowatch.com/industry-news/press-release/55289758/convergint-technologies-llc-convergint-expands-security-and-av-business-in-southeast-us-with-fiber-solutions-acquisition",
    "https://www.securityinfowatch.com/integrators/press-release/55130558/sciens-acquires-california-based-voltage-integrated-systems",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048268/000104826825000107/q32025pressrelease-june.htm",
    "https://www.mfn.se/a/hexatronic-group/hexatronic-completes-acquisition-of-superior-fiber-and-data-services.iframe",
    "https://digital-release.wowktv.com/business/press-releases/cision/20260408SF29783/westnet-llc-acquires-low-voltage-installations-inc",
    "https://ravepubs.com/26north-acquires-avi-spl/",
    "https://www.vcaonline.com/news/2025091031/hudson-glade-acquires-comnet-communications/",
    "https://industrialcyber.co/news/bci-acquires-netlink-cabling-systems-to-enhance-integrated-building-technology-solutions/",
    "https://www.securitysales.com/news/knox-lane-acquires-majority-stake-in-kent-ohios-sage-integration/620556/"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}