What We Buy

What we look for in a business.

We buy US and Canadian based essential B2B products and services companies in markets with many small operators and steady demand. If your business fits our criteria below, we would like to hear from you.

Industry: Essential B2B products and services Work other businesses cannot put off. Current focus: fleet services and commercial plumbing, though we consider other essential B2B businesses as well
Market: Big markets with many small operators Growing at least as fast as the economy, with plenty of good companies to buy
Geography: North America United States and Canada
Business Size: Under $10 million a year in profit Measured as EBITDA. No minimum size once we own a company in your industry and are adding to it
How Much We Invest: $25–75 million per business Invested over time as the company grows, not all at once
Ownership: We buy a majority stake We buy most of the company, and we welcome owners who want to keep a piece and invest alongside us

Situations

Where we are the right partner.

Founder & family-owned businesses

Owners ready to sell the business they built, to someone who will look after it and the people who helped build it.

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Succession & retirement

Owners nearing retirement without a plan in place. They want a deal that actually closes, and steady footing for their employees and customers.

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Managers ready to take over

Strong managers ready to lead the company, backed by an owner who has built and sold businesses like this before.

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Companies that want to grow by buying others

We partner with strong companies in our focus areas and fund the purchases that help them grow faster than they could alone.

Our Current Focus

Why these industries.

We are actively looking to buy companies in fleet services and commercial plumbing. Both are large markets made up mostly of strong local companies. The work has to get done in good times and bad, customers come back regularly, demand is growing, and there are many good buyers down the road. These two are our focus today, not a fence: if you own a strong essential B2B business outside them, we still want to hear from you.

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Referrals

We pay fees for qualified referrals.

If you introduce us to a business we end up buying, we pay you a referral fee at closing. The introduction can come from anyone: a banker, an attorney, an accountant, an operator, or simply someone who knows a good business and its owner.

To qualify, the referral must be approved by us in writing before the introduction is made. Reach out first with the company and your relationship to it; if we confirm it is a fit and not already known to us, we will approve the referral and take it from there.

We keep every referral confidential, and we keep you posted along the way.

Refer a Business

For Bankers & Referral Partners

We reply to everything we receive.

Send us anything that fits what is above. We move quickly and give you a straight answer, every time.

Share an Opportunity

For Business Owners

Every conversation is confidential, and there’s no obligation.

Whether you’re ready now or simply planning ahead, we’re glad to talk about what a partnership could look like.

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