Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Franchise Equity Partners, LP; IMO Car Wash Group Limited
BWB/Z-7163
On 04.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Franchise Equity Partners, LP (United States), intends to indirectly acquire all shares of and sole control over IMO Car Wash Group Limited. The concentration concerns the provision of car wash services."
ÖNACE 2025 Code: Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles.
T - OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES T 95 - Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles, T 95.3 - Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles, T 95.31 - Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 02.01.2026.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 03.01.2026 .