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An M&A advisory firm focused exclusively on residential and commercial service businesses. We help owners sell, acquirers buy, and operators figure out what their company is worth — through sell-side and buy-side advisory, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Three buckets our work falls into.
Most of our work falls into one of three categories. Each is built around the operational realities of running, buying, or selling a service business in the trades — not generic M&A frameworks repurposed from other industries.
Sell-Side Advisory
Helping owners prepare for, run, and close a sale process. We start with what you're trying to accomplish — for the business, for your team, and for what comes next for you — and work backward from there.
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Helping buyers evaluate, structure, and close on the right acquisition — strategic acquirers building platforms, sponsor-backed groups executing bolt-ons, and independent operators making their first acquisition.
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Independent valuations, quality of earnings preparation, and ongoing advisory for operators focused on long-term value creation — well before any transaction is on the horizon.
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Analysis, commentary, and explainers on M&A across the trades — plus what we're posting across X, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Browse everything →
GHK Capital completes its acquisition of USA Hometown Experts, closing the Southeast multi-trade platform sale reported last week
GHK Capital Partners announced October 15 that it has completed its acquisition of Memphis-based USA Hometown Experts, an eight-brand HVAC, plumbing and electrical platform…
Citation-backed Gallo Mechanical adds Cherokee Mechanical, extending its Southeast commercial HVAC footprint into Northwest Georgia
New Orleans specialty mechanical contractor Gallo Mechanical, majority-owned by Citation Capital since June 2025, adds a Calhoun, Georgia commercial and industrial HVAC contractor…
Blackford-backed Habco acquires Norfolk's E.G. Middleton, adding a century-old shipyard and utility electrical contractor in Virginia
Blackford Capital's Habco Partnership MEP platform adds E.G. Middleton, a third-generation Norfolk electrical contractor founded in 1920 whose roughly 120 workers handle…
TruTemp Services acquires D&D HVAC and Sandhills Heating & Refrigeration, building a homebuilder-facing corridor from Raleigh to the Sandhills
Centre Partners– and Baldwin Creek–backed TruTemp adds a Sanford HVAC contractor and a 50-year-old Aberdeen HVAC and electrical shop, its first add-ons since launching on Maynor…
Northrim Horizon acquires Seattle’s Cressy Door and Fireplace, putting permanent capital into Pacific Northwest garage doors
A Mesa, Arizona permanent-capital firm buys a Seattle overhead-door, pedestrian-door and fireplace installer-servicer founded in 1952, names a CEO from McKinsey & Company…
USA Hometown Experts nears majority sale to GHK at a reported low-double-digit multiple, as commercial construction exposure weighs on its valuation
Homepros reported October 12 that GHK Capital Partners is set to take a majority stake in MSouth-backed USA Hometown Experts at a valuation north of $400 million, citing unnamed…
Carlyle-backed Sciens Building Solutions adds The Wilkins Company and Scherer Lock & Supply, extending into Western Pennsylvania
Sciens announced October 12 that it has welcomed Erie-based The Wilkins Company and Pittsburgh-based Scherer Lock & Supply, its fourth Pennsylvania acquisition. The deal adds fire…
Private equity-backed Apex Service Partners raises $3.9 billion in debut institutional debt financing
Apex Service Partners, Alpine Investors and Apollo Hybrid Value closed a $3.9 billion package of term loans, a revolver and senior secured notes, moving the residential HVAC…
Kian Capital acquires Integrity Landscape, a three-brand Bay Area roll-up, as a West Coast commercial landscaping platform
Kian Capital Partners announced on October 8 that it has acquired Integrity Landscape, a commercial landscaper built from CityLeaf, Medallion Landscape and Serpico Landscaping…
Exuma Capital-backed American Service Partners launches a national residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical platform
The Fort Lauderdale-based platform launched October 7 by acquiring brands from Platform Partner Holdings and Air Today Holdings, with an institutional capital raise sponsored by…
Bertram Capital invests in Percopo Coatings, launching a Southeast commercial coatings and restoration platform from its Ignite fund
Bertram Capital has made Longwood, Florida–based Percopo Coatings Company the fifth platform in its Ignite fund. The 2003-founded contractor self-performs painting, coatings…
Trivest-backed LMC Landscape Partners adds Nash Landscaping in Houston and enters Central Florida with Helping Hand Lawn Care
The commercial landscaping platform announced two deals on October 6: Nash Landscaping's team and customers fold into LMC Houston, and Helping Hand Lawn Care keeps its brand as…
Waldinger acquires United Mechanical Group, adding Champaign to its Central Illinois footprint
The Des Moines-based mechanical, electrical, and sheet metal contractor has acquired United Mechanical Group, a commercial plumbing, HVAC, and process piping contractor founded in…
Gridiron Capital invests in Weed Man, putting PE capital behind North America's largest lawn care franchisor
Gridiron Capital has made an investment in Weed Man, the Ontario-based lawn care franchisor that serves more than 800,000 households across about 1,000 exclusive territories. CEO…
Heartwood-backed Norlee Group acquires IEM Electric, entering North Carolina with a Hickory industrial electrical contractor
The Jacksonville-based electrical and technology contracting platform, backed by Heartwood Partners since October 2024, buys a Hickory industrial electrical, controls, automation…
26North-backed ArchKey acquires US Communications & Electric, adding a Cleveland technology integrator to its Eastern Region
The St. Louis–based electrical and technology systems contractor, owned by an affiliate of 26North since 2024, buys a Cleveland integrator founded in 1996 with more than 130…
West Shore Home acquires Wonder Windows, Showers & Baths, expanding into Western and Central New York
The Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania remodeler, founded in 2006 and operating in 32 states, buys a second-generation Rochester company founded in 1962, with locations in Buffalo and…
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