Benefitting from supply chain disruptions and the “great resignation,” M&A activity in manufacturing automation soared to a record high of over 10,000 deals and $786 billion raised in 2021. With trends pointing to a healthy deal market in 2022, this industry is showing no signs of slowing down.  

Our Best of Bootstrapped: Manufacturing Automation list includes up-and-comers that may not be on your watch list yet. Our list was built from SourceScrub’s unmatched database of founder-owned businesses, and ranked using our Custom Scoring capability, balancing 12-month growth rate with company size measured by headcount.