FORM 10-K ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 OR ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For The Transition Period FromTo Commission file number: 001-40698 CADRE HOLDINGS, INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware38-3873146(State of Other Jurisdiction of incorporation or Organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)13386 International Parkway, Jacksonville, FL32218(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (904) 741-5400 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically; every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.0405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit suchfiles).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or anemerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growthcompany” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Accelerated filer☒Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☒ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any newor revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm thatprepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in thefiling reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensationreceived by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the shares of Cadre Holdings, Inc. common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2025 was$577,497,860 based on the closing price of $32.70 as reported by the New York Stock Exchange. As of March 6, 2026, there were 42,726,564 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, outstanding Documents Incorporated by Reference Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholder, or the Proxy Statement, to be filed within 120days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, are incorporated by reference in Part III. Except with respect toinformation specifically incorporated by reference in this Annual Report, the Proxy Statement shall not be deemed to be filed as part hereof. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Item 1. BusinessItem 1A. Risk FactorsItem 1B. Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 1C. CybersecurityItem 2. PropertiesItem 3. Legal ProceedingsItem 4. Mine Safety Disclosures PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases ofEquity Securities34Item 6. [Reserved]36Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations37Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk46Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data48Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure84Item 9A. Controls and Procedures84Item 9B. Other Information85Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections85PART IIIItem 10. D