Home Services & Trades
Sell your HVAC, plumbing, or electrical business
Home services is the most actively consolidated category in the country right now. Private equity has spent years building regional trade platforms, which means a well-run HVAC or plumbing company has more competing buyers than it did a decade ago.
Request a Confidential ValuationThe Buyer Pool
Who is buying businesses like yours
Knowing which buyer is right for your business is what turns a single offer into competing ones.
Private Equity Platforms
Funds building regional trade platforms, typically the most aggressive bidders where recurring service revenue exists.
Regional Trade Groups
Multi-location operators adding a market, a trade, or a technician base in a territory they already want.
Strategic Competitors
Established local companies buying customer relationships and trained technicians rather than recruiting them.
Owner Operators
Licensed tradespeople stepping into ownership, generally financing through SBA on the smaller end.
What Moves Your Number
What drives value in this industry
Two businesses with identical revenue can be worth very different amounts. These are the factors buyers in your sector actually underwrite.
- Recurring service agreements and how many customers are under contract
- Technician count, licensing, and retention
- Service mix between replacement, new construction, and maintenance
- Reviews, brand recognition, and inbound call volume
- A service manager or dispatcher running daily operations
- Clean job costing that shows margin by service line
Before You Go To Market
What quietly lowers your value
None of these are fatal, and every one of them is easier to address before a buyer finds it than after. That is the entire argument for getting a valuation early rather than late.
Request a Confidential Valuation- Revenue dependent on new construction rather than service and replacement
- Owner who still runs calls or sells every large job
- Technician turnover in a market where techs are hard to hire
- No documented service agreement base
How It Works
Three steps, no pressure
Nothing is listed, nothing is published, and nothing happens until you decide it should.
Connect
A short, confidential questionnaire. Nothing is listed, nothing is published, and no one outside our office sees it.
Gain Insight
We value the business against real acquirer demand in your sector and walk you through what we find, privately.
Move Forward
Ready now or three years out, you leave knowing your number and what would raise it before you go to market.
Common Questions
What owners in your industry ask
What is my HVAC or plumbing business worth?
Recurring service agreements, technician retention, and service mix drive the number more than revenue alone. A company with a strong maintenance base and a service manager in place commands a different multiple than one dependent on new construction and the owner's relationships.
Why is there so much buyer interest in the trades?
Home services generate recurring, essential, largely recession-resistant revenue, which is exactly what institutional buyers want. That has produced sustained acquisition activity and, for owners, more competing buyers than there used to be.
Do I need to be licensed after I sell?
License requirements vary by state and trade, and how the license transfers is a real structuring question rather than an afterthought. It is one of the first things we work through, and it can affect both the transition period and the deal structure.
What if I still run service calls myself?
You are not disqualified, but it will affect the price and the structure, often through a longer transition or an earnout. Stepping out of daily production before you go to market is one of the highest return preparations available to you.
Start Here
Know your number first
A confidential Opinion of Value tells you what your business is worth to a real buyer today and what would move that number. No cost, no obligation, and no one learns you asked.
Request a Confidential Valuation