Acquisition forwarding company in Poland

• The acquired company is a large forwarding company located in Poland
• The company that was bought has revenues of more than 25 million euros
• The buyer is an international online forwarding group that acquires forwarding companies
• CFIE business acquisition input: The CFIE M&A team member, Govert Derks contacted the target company and did the first screening of the company. This acquisition is an important addition to the acquirers group of companies. The forwarding buyer is looking to grow via the purchase of further forwarding companies across Europe

The acquired company focuses on forwarding across Poland. The forwarding company has been built up by the family over several decades. The owners want to grow the business further, but see more possibilities to do this with a larger international forwarding company.

The buyer is a family group of companies. One of their main activities is international forwarding. The company’s plan is to grow a Northern European-based group of firms that is active in forwarding businesses. Here are some of the activities the group performs:

• Air and sea forwarding
• Road forwarding
• Value added logistics services
• Other services in the area of transportation

The CFIE M&A team helps buyers in acquisitions. In this case, most of the work is done upfront and consists of sourcing a large number of interesting targets for an acquisition. CFIE has a broad set of contacts across the Polish and European forwarding industries. These contacts range from business owners to M&A advisers or other specialists in the forwarding field. CFIE communicates with targets and explains to business owners why it is a good decision to grow further with a strong strategic partner. Govert Derks spoke to the forwarding company and elaborated the buyer’s strategy. After initiating the talks and negotiations between the forwarding target company and the buyer, CFIE facilitated the process further by supporting the forwarding buyer. The buyer has some practical experience in the process of acquisitions of forwarding companies and worked reasonably independently on the process further. In this process, they were supported in the background by the CFIE forwarding M&A team

• Both companies are active in the forwarding industry. The growth of the forwarding company can be quicker with support of the financially strong buyer
• The target company has a focus on forwarding activities and will grow its services portfolio with support of the buyer
• The international forwarding buyer can invest further in support to the forwarder

Feel free to contact us for further details about this forwarding acquisition. If you are looking for acquisitions or business sales of forwarding companies in other European countries, do contact us. We know many forwarding targets across Europe and many of these will be open to a sale. For further forwarding companies for sale, please visit the section transportation companies for sale.