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Mergers and Acquisitions

JOIN THE HORTON AUTOMATICS TEAM AND OPEN THE DOOR TO SUCCESS

Horton Automatics is actively pursuing strategic acquisitions worldwide to expand the most trusted commercial door service platform in the industry.

Our focus is on partnering with established commercial door companies that share our commitment to exceptional customer service, superior quality, rapid response, safety excellence and an experienced workforce.  If you are a business owner considering a sale and looking to align your legacy with a global leader built on integrity, performance, and long‑term growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect.

 

Building the Future of Pedestrian Access - Together

Horton partners with exceptional access solutions businesses to build long‑term value, expand capabilities, and preserve the legacy of what founders have created.
Our approach to acquisitions is simple:

  • Grow stronger together, without losing what makes your company special.
  • Maintain Brand Identity, hold on to what makes your company unique with collaboration rather than absorbtion

  • Cash, credit, factory direct pricing, field resources, and footprint allows your brand to take risks on large or low-margin projects

  • Access to Horton Pedestrian Access and Overhead Door Corp resources and contacts

  • Access to Horton's global marketing capabilities

  • No pressure to pay down debt used to finance, your business wont have to cut any corners

  • Keep the team you've built and let us add to it!

  • Guaranteed priority on OEM support

  • Large range of promotional opportunity

  • Access to automatic door expertise, support, tech, training, and development

  • Longevity of partnership, rest easy knowing you won't have to worry about random and rapid changes to your company's structure

 

Our Acquisition Philosophy

We don't acquire companies to strip them down or absorb them into a corporate template. We acquire businesses that:

  • Are leaders in their markets
  • Share our commitment to safety, quality, and service
  • Want to recognize the value in their people
  • Our goal is long‑term growth - not short‑term transactions.

Who We Partner With

We are interested in companies that align with Horton's mission and values, including:

  • Automatic and specialty door manufacturers
  • Service and installation organizations
  • Access solutions innovators serving commercial, healthcare, transit, or industrial markets

Whether you're planning years ahead or actively exploring next steps, we're open to confidential conversations.

What Partners Can Expect

When a company joins the Horton family, we focus on continuity, growth, and respect. Our partners typically experience:

  • Preservation of brand, culture, and customer relationships
  • Investment in people, systems, and operational excellence
  • Access to expanded resources, engineering, and market reach
  • A collaborative leadership approach - not forced integration
  • We believe the best results come from empowering great teams, not replacing them.

Let's Start a Conversation

If you're considering the future of your business - now or down the road - we invite you to connect with us.
All discussions are:

  • Confidential
  • Exploratory
  • Founder‑to‑founder in tone
  • No pressure. No obligations. Just a conversation about possibilities.

 

A Proven Track Record

Horton is part of Horton Pedestrian Access Solutions, a division of Overhead Door Corporation - a global leader in access solutions with a decades‑long history of thoughtful growth.  Our portfolio includes respected brands that continue to thrive within the organization, benefiting from shared expertise while maintaining their identity.

Get in touch with a Horton Representative today for an insightful and confidential conversation about the possibilities we can explore as partners!

Testimonials

Your Automatic Door Company

"Horton's stability, culture, and long‑term commitment to employees gave us confidence that our team's future will be supported," said YADC's Jay Lasiter. "For us, the priority wasn't an exit. We wanted a long‑term home where people want to stay - not a place driven by short‑term financial pressures." Added co‑owner Nancy Lasiter: "Horton's approach is steady, respectful, and focused on developing teams. That's the future we wanted for our employees."

- Jay Lasiter 

Door Controls

"Horton has been what we needed here at Door Controls to shoot for the moon! With access to selling the highest quality sliding doors and providing service, business is booming and we're able to flourish alongside Horton and provide utmost care to our customers. Not only have we increased customer satisfaction tenfold, but we've made buildings safer and with the times of modern and advanced entrance control."

- Trey McDaniel

Pasco Doors 

"After partnering with Horton, things have never been better at Pasco Doors! We were searching for growth and expanding our reach, Horton gave us all the right tools for the job and let us stay us. With the help of Horton in our corner we've been able to go for bigger and better projects, their marketing and resources have given us HUGE gigs and the ability to promote ourselves alongside a large repitoire of products to ensure we have as many doors as possible in new construction."

- Joe Sain

Door Control, Inc.

"Horton's influence and contacts have given us a myriad of opportunities to promote ourselves and sell doors more than ever, all while keeping our team and even adding to it! We've held our autonomy and truly partnered with one of the biggest names in Automatic Doors rather than being absorbed, this collaboration is everything we could ever hope for when it comes to business growth!"

- Joe McCune

HORTON PEDESTRIAN ACCESS SOLUTIONS

Horton Pedestrian Access Solutions is a division of Overhead Door Corporation. With three manufacturing locations, multiple service locations, and more than 200 value-adding distribution partners across North America, Horton Pedestrian Access Solutions addresses a broad range of pedestrian specialty door and access applications under the brands Horton Automatics, Won-Door and Door Services Corporation. For more information about Horton’s brands and solutions, visit www.hortondoors.comwww.wondoor.com and www.doorservicescorporation.com

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Contact Our Experts

For help selecting the right products for your application or for additional product information please contact us using the form on the right or by calling our Toll Free number:

1-800-531-3111
  • Main Office
    Horton Automatics
    2501 S. State Highway TX-121 Bus,
    Suite 200
    Lewisville, TX 75067

  • General Inquiries
    Toll Free: 800.531.3111
    Phone: 361.888.5591

  • Customer Care
    Phone: 866.245.7170
    Fax: 888.283.3880

  • Horton OEM Parts
    Fax: 800.531.3109
    https://ohdparts.com

  • Transit Inquiries
    Phone: 361.866.6642

For Specification And Architect Support, Please Contact Your Regional Business Manager.