9.5× for a $1M EBITDA plumbing company
Real-time intel from the seller-side of the market: PE interest in pure-play residential service is as competitive as it's been in years.
If you're selling a residential service business, make sure it's actually residential
PE heavily discounts the value of residential businesses with even modest commercial exposure — and walks away entirely above 20%. Here's why, and what to do about it.
10 brutal truths about selling your HVAC, plumbing, or electrical company
The good, the bad, and the ugly of selling to private equity or strategics — from the front-line view of running these processes.
Bed Bath & Beyond is getting into home services
Following its F9 Brands acquisition, BBBY has formally established 'Beyond Home Services' as a strategic pillar — and the SEC filing language hints at much bigger ambitions in the trades.
There are three M&A playbooks in HVAC. All three are working.
PE, independent sponsors, and operators are all making money buying and building in HVAC — at radically different scales, with radically different strategies.
Private equity raised $86 billion in Q1 — its slowest start in a decade
Global PE fundraising hit just $86B in Q1 2026. The industry is on pace for its weakest fundraising year in ten. One bright spot: the largest names still clear capital with no trouble.