BMC Sells Guardian Access Solutions to CenterOak Partners

Guardian Access Solutions, a portfolio company of Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC), has been acquired by CenterOak Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm.

Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL) served as lead financial advisor to Guardian in the transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Based in Nashville, Guardian provides complete design, installation, service and preventative maintenance solutions for all major access control systems, including commercial gates, overhead doors, parking systems and video surveillance services.

Guardian serves a diverse base of commercial and high-net-worth residential customers across the Southeastern U.S., with current locations in Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. Under BMC's ownership, Guardian experienced rapid growth through key organic initiatives, in addition to executing on an established M&A playbook, including three complementary acquisitions since 2021 within the highly fragmented access control industry.  

CenterOak Partners is a private equity firm with a focus on making control-oriented investments in middle-market companies organized or operating in the U.S. The firm specializes in three key industry sectors: industrial growth, consumer and business services.

The acquisition marks a transition into Guardian’s next phase of growth under CenterOak, which will support the company through continued investments in both organic and inorganic growth initiatives as Guardian expands its leading presence in the access control industry throughout the Southeast and nationally.