{
  "title": "Who Is Buying Fire and Life Safety Businesses in 2026? Active Buyers",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/who-is-buying-fire-life-safety-businesses/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-10-24",
  "updated": "2026-10-24",
  "section": "Private equity",
  "keyword": "who is buying fire and life safety businesses",
  "short_answer": "Two kinds of buyer are buying fire and life safety businesses. Public companies such as APi Group and Johnson Controls, and private-equity-backed platforms such as Pye-Barker, Marmic, Summit, Sciens, Encore, PSI and AI Fire. The platforms buy local fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression and extinguisher companies as add-ons, often dozens a year, because inspection and testing work is required by code and repeats every year.",
  "facts": {
    "APi Group (NYSE: APG)": [
      "Public company",
      "Fire protection, life safety and specialty services companies; bought Chubb (2022) and Elevated (2024)",
      "APi Group press releases and SEC filings"
    ],
    "Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI)": [
      "Public company",
      "Builds and services fire detection and suppression systems (Simplex, Ansul, Grinnell); no 2025 fire acquisitions described in its 10-K",
      "Johnson Controls 10-K, fiscal 2025"
    ],
    "Pye-Barker Fire & Safety": [
      "PE-backed: Altas Partners, Leonard Green & Partners, with minority stakes held by GIC and a subsidiary of ADIA (January 2025)",
      "Fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression and security companies; 57 bought in 2025",
      "Pye-Barker release, March 2026; Kirkland & Ellis, January 2025"
    ],
    "Marmic Fire & Safety": [
      "PE-backed: KKR (bought from HGGC, July 2024)",
      "Code-required fire equipment inspection, testing and maintenance companies",
      "Latham & Watkins, July 2024"
    ],
    "Summit Companies": [
      "PE-backed: BlackRock Long Term Private Capital; BDT & MSD Partners agreed to buy a majority stake in August 2025",
      "Fire and life safety service companies; locations across 37 states",
      "Summit press release, August 2025"
    ],
    "Sciens Building Solutions": [
      "PE-backed: Carlyle (majority, since 2021), Huron Capital a minority holder",
      "Fire detection, clean-agent suppression and security companies",
      "Huron Capital release, November 2021"
    ],
    "Encore Fire Protection": [
      "PE-backed: Permira (bought from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, March 2025)",
      "Fire alarm, suppression, extinguisher and sprinkler service companies in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic",
      "LLCP release, March 2025"
    ],
    "Performance Systems Integration (PSI)": [
      "PE-backed: The Riverside Company (since 2019)",
      "Fire and life safety companies in the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West and Northern California",
      "Riverside release, February 2024"
    ],
    "AI Fire / Impact Fire": [
      "PE-backed; TruArc Partners sold a stake in February 2025 and kept one. New majority owner not confirmed from public sources",
      "Fire protection and security companies \"across the country\"",
      "TruArc release, February 2025; Impact Fire's own site"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://pyebarkerfs.com/?p=19317",
    "https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2025/01/kirkland-advises-pye-barker-and-altas-on-sale-of-minority-stakes",
    "https://lw.com/en/news/2024/07/latham-watkins-advises-kkr-in-acquisition-of-marmic-fire-safety",
    "https://www.securityinfowatch.com/integrators/press-release/21211262/marmic-fire-safety-acquired-by-private-equity-firm",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796209/000119312522000650/d251823dex991.htm",
    "https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/api-group-completes-acquisition-elevated-facility-services-group-2024-06-04",
    "https://nfsa.org/2021/12/13/member-monday-davis-ulmer-installs-maintains-fire-sprinklers-in-rochester-ny/",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344425000097/jci-20250930.htm",
    "https://www.huroncapital.com/news/sciens-announces-majority-investment-from-carlyle/",
    "https://summitcompanies.com/?p=8003",
    "https://fireandsafetyjournalamericas.com/truarc-partners-announces-that-ai-fire-has-sold/",
    "https://www.impactfireservices.com/partnerships",
    "https://riversidecompany.com/currents/fire-safety-pros-add-on-news-release",
    "https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/peterson-partners-sells-performance-systems-integration-riverside-company/",
    "https://www.llcp.com/news/levine-leichtman-capital-partners-sells-encore-fire-protection/",
    "https://www.ibba.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/market-pulse-highlights-q4-2025.pdf"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}