M&A Finance & Banking Outlook Report 2025 by Ansarada

Intera Partners-backed vehicle-damage services provider Suvia Group has acquired AutoRepairGroup from PE firm Standard Investment.

Extantia Capital, with Norrsken Evolve, backs Europe’s labour shortage solution: Motion’s HaaS model.

Prompt-first dealmaking and semantic search are streamlining due diligence, allowing M&A professionals to focus on strategic value rather than dredging through documents.

Reverz merges with the Belgian enterprise hardware specialist, Ker Bolton, to become a global leader in IT lifecycle management.

Digital used-car leasing company Lizy plans to accelerate its ARR and European expansion with new investment.

Marc Coucke's investment firm, Alychlo has acquired a majority stake in famous ribs restaurant chain, Amadeus, to accelerate its nationwide rollout.

Belgian cultivated seafood startup Fishway has been acquired by Israel-based industrial technology company, Ever After Foods.

Benelux’s authorised Toshiba HVAC distributor, Intercool, has been acquired by Carrier Global Corporation.

Esprit ICT has acquired local specialist in integrated health tech and access control, Act with Care.

Smile Invest’s bets are paying off as the Benelux private equity firm celebrates realising its first seven investments.

According to Aon’s 2026 Transaction Solutions Global Claims Study, the ability to transfer risk directly to the insurance market has unlocked a massive segment of the Belgian mid-market.

As more organisations turn towards strategic M&A opportunities – rather than just chasing scale – there’s been a notable increase in dealmaking activity in Belgium’s legal industry as it tries to keep up with rising costs and regulations, especially around AI.