Fundz

Liquidity Services Acquires Sierra Auction, A Leading Auctioneer Of Vehicles, Equipment, And Surplus Assets For Government And Commercial Organizations

PUBLIC · LQDTJan 03, 2024

Acquiring Company

Liquidity Services

Acquired Company

Sierra

BethesdaPhoenixTransportationLogisticsGovernment

Description

Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT), a leading global commerce company powering the circular economy, today announced it has acquired Sierra Auction, a full-service auction company specializing in the sale of vehicles, equipment and surplus assets for government agencies, commercial businesses, and charities. Sierra hosts the largest weekly public online auctions in Arizona. The transaction accelerates Liquidity Services’ penetration of the southwest US market for municipal government surplus and expands the size of Liquidity Services’ overall transportation and used equipment footprint.

Quick answer

Liquidity Services is acquiring Sierra, announced January 3, 2024. Liquidity Services is based in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

How much did Liquidity Services pay for Sierra?
The deal value was not disclosed.
What does Liquidity Services do?
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT) operates the world’s largest B2B e-commerce marketplace platform for surplus assets with over $10 billion in completed transactions to more than 5.1 million qualified buyers worldwide..
Where are Liquidity Services and Sierra based?
Liquidity Services is based in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Sierra is based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Who are the decision-makers at Liquidity Services?
Fundz holds 1 contact at Liquidity Services. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Other recent acquisitions in Transportation and Logistics

Deals where the buyer or target shares a sector with this one, within 45 days, from Fundz verified event records.

Who to call at Liquidity Services, and when

When Liquidity Services changes hands, the new owners review vendors, systems and leadership. That is when the door opens.

  • An alert the day Liquidity Services raises, hires an executive or expands, scored against what you sell
  • The decision-makers there, with verified emails
  • Who you already know at Liquidity Services, from your own LinkedIn network

Works inside ChatGPT and Claude. Ask who to call at Liquidity Services. With Fundz connected, it knows.

Watch Fundz in
See plan options
Trusted byOracleSnowflakeCloudflareLinkedInGoogleSalesforce 4.8/5 on G2

Company Information

Company

Liquidity Services

Location

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

About

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT) operates the world’s largest B2B e-commerce marketplace platform for surplus assets with over $10 billion in completed transactions to more than 5.1 million qualified buyers worldwide and 15,000 corporate and government sellers. It supports its clients’ sustainability efforts by helping them extend the life of assets, prevent unnecessary waste and carbon emissions, and reduce the number of products headed to landfills.

AI made execution free. Knowing first is the whole game now.

Fundz sees it the moment Liquidity Services makes an acquisition, hires an exec or expands, usually minutes after it happens, and tells you who to reach.

Related People

William
Likely contact at this company
••••••••@••••••••

See William's verified email →

Create an account to reveal verified emails
Predictive Intelligence
Strategic

ML-powered predictions for Liquidity Services's next move

Learn about Strategic plan

Frequently asked

Who acquired Sierra?

Sierra was acquired by Liquidity Services, based in Bethesda. The deal was reported on January 3, 2024. Liquidity Services is publicly traded (LQDT) and operates in Transportation.

When did Liquidity Services acquire Sierra?

Liquidity Services's acquisition of Sierra was reported on January 3, 2024. Liquidity Services, Inc. Fundz records the date the transaction was first publicly reported, sourced from filings and company announcements.

What does Sierra do?

Sierra is a full-service auction company based in Phoenix, Arizona. The privately held company auctions vehicles, equipment and surplus assets for government agencies, corporations, bankruptcy trustees, financial institutions, and charities. It is privately held, operating in Government, and is based in Phoenix.

This company was part of an acquisition. Fundz tracks who bought whom, and who to call on both sides.

145 of these a day, filtered to the companies you pick, with the decision-maker attached.

5 screens from a live account. No signup.

Fundz is a real-time business intelligence platform powered by agentic AI that proactively delivers personalized daily signals, including funding rounds, executive changes, M&A activity, 13F institutional filings, SEC 8-K events, investor activity, and website modifications, based on each user's watchlist and ICP. A trusted data source at firms such as BlackRock, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, LinkedIn, HubSpot, and Cloudflare, Fundz democratizes the institutional-grade intelligence that previously required a PitchBook or Bloomberg terminal. Features include Daily Briefing for AI-powered daily briefings, and unified cross-signal alerts across 281,000+ organizations. Developers and data teams can access these signals programmatically via the Fundz Funding Data API, with transparent published pricing.