Quarton Partners advises Power Stop in its sale to Sterling Investment Partners.

Power Stop is the #1 supplier of performance-upgrade aftermarket brake products with a focus on selling its products online. Power Stop’s products include pads, rotors, calipers, shoes, and pad wear sensors, but the Company is most well-known for its “1-Click Brake Kit,” which revolutionized the online buying process by enabling consumers to easily and confidently select the appropriate combination of brake components to fit their vehicle. The Company offers kits and components for a broad range of vehicles, including daily driver, sports car and truck and tow vehicles.

Sterling Investment Partners, headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, is a private equity firm that has been investing in and building middle-market companies for almost 25 years with a highly experienced, cohesive team of senior investment professionals. Sterling acquires businesses that the firm believes have strong, sustainable competitive advantages and significant opportunities for value creation. Sterling has $1.25 billion of equity capital under management. Over its history, Sterling has completed platform investments, strategic or add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations and liquidity events with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $10.0 billion, representing more than 100 transactions.