A&B Business Solutions buys 50% stake in Oklahoma's JD Young Technologies

What's the deal? Sioux Falls-based A&B Business SolutionsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has acquired a 50% ownership stake in JD Young TechnologiesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an Oklahoma-based provider of office technology and workplace services. The deal pairs two family-owned companies with a combined history stretching back to 1949, when JD Young was founded. A&B was founded in 1981 and acquired by the Aanenson family in 1993.

JD Young serves markets including Oklahoma City and Tulsa. A&B has grown to 14 locations across six states.

Why now? The partnership followed more than two years of planning and conversation, according to A&B president Dennis Aanenson. The company has been looking to expand its territory across the Midwest, and the two ownership teams have been friends for more than 25 years.

"It was critical to align with a company that shared our values, culture and commitment to customers," Aanenson said. "JD Young is a perfect fit."

What could go wrong? Integrating two family-owned businesses — each with deep local roots and long-standing customer relationships — carries the usual risks of cultural friction and operational overlap. Both companies stressed that existing relationships, contracts, and service teams will remain in place, backed by expanded support and shared resources. Whether that holds as they align brands and best practices remains to be seen.

The signal: Both A&B Business Solutions and JD Young Technologies are classified as mature-stage companies on Dealroom, underscoring that this is a consolidation play between established operators rather than a growth-stage bet. The 50-50 ownership structure is notable in a sector where full acquisitions are the norm; it signals that family-owned office technology firms may increasingly favour partnership models that offer scale without surrendering control.

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