For Sellers
When PE offers 7× for your HVAC company, that's not all cash at close.
A 7× offer on a residential HVAC platform typically lands as ~50–60% cash at close, ~20–30% rolled equity, and ~10–20% earn-out. The structure matters at least as much as the…
If you're selling a residential service business, make sure it's actually residential.
Private equity heavily discounts the value of residential service businesses with even modest commercial exposure — and walks away entirely above 20%. The economics behind why are…
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. Owners who internalize these going in tend to get…