4M Building Solutions Acquires Brokate Janitorial

May 2025

St. Louis, Missouri

O2 Investment Partners (www.o2investment.com) is pleased to announce that 4M Building Solutions (“4M”), a leading full-service commercial cleaning and janitorial services platform, has completed the acquisition of Springfield, Missouri based Brokate Janitorial (“Brokate”). Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Brokate has been serving the Midwest since 1995 and cleans more than 3 million square feet per day in buildings ranging from 1,000 to 300,000+ square feet. The Company specializes in janitorial services, disinfection services, hard floor cleaning, carpet cleaning, day porters, window cleaning, exterior cleaning, and maintenance services.

Brokate marks 4M’s ninth acquisition since partnering with O2 Investment Partners in January 2023. Tim M. Murch, 4M CEO, said “We are thrilled to welcome Brokate Janitorial into the 4M platform. There is strong chemistry and a cultural fit between the businesses. This partnership will honor the Brokate legacy while providing a strong foundation to support their employees and continue delivering exceptional service to their customers.”

Mark Heneman at O2 commented, “Brokate represents a strategic addition to 4M’s platform by bridging a geographic gap between St. Louis, MO and Kansas City, MO. This partnership enables Brokate to leverage 4M’s operational infrastructure to scale efficiently. The team at Brokate also brings with them long-standing customer relationships and expands our existing presence in favorable end markets.”

About Brokate Janitorial:

Brokate is a provider of commercial janitorial services in Southern Missouri, cleaning 3 million square feet of space daily across a diverse, long-tenured customer base and a variety of end markets. 

About 4M Building Solutions:

Founded in 1978, 4M Building Solutions is a full-service cleaning, janitorial, housekeeping, and disinfection services company headquartered in St. Louis, Mo. The company’s operations span 27 Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Western states. More than 7,000 Team Members provide daily environmentally friendly cleaning to 215 million square feet of space in corporate owner-occupied facilities, multi-tenant office buildings, and facilities supporting industrial and manufacturing, logistics, distribution, education, healthcare, and senior living.

About O2 Investment Partners:

O2 Investment Partners is a Midwestern-based private equity firm that seeks to acquire majority interests in lower middle market niche services, technology, and select industrial companies. The firm invests in businesses with earnings growth potential and a clear path to the creation of shareholder value. O2 invests with a view toward partnering with management to build and grow the business and take it to its next stage of development. This requires not only a clear vision and strategic plan to create shareholder value, but a close partnership and alignment of interest with management.

Additional information is available at www.o2investment.com; www.4-m.com; www.brokatejanitorial.com

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