Sell Your Home Services Business Into the Biggest Roll-Up Wave in Service Business History
Home services — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, pest control, landscaping, garage doors, water treatment, and more — is in the middle of the biggest PE consolidation wave in the history of the service sector. Platforms have spent tens of billions of dollars; sponsor capital remains abundant; and multiples are at or near record highs.
Why Home Services Is the Most Active PE Roll-Up Category
Home services combines everything PE buyers want: recurring revenue, non-discretionary demand, fragmented owner-operator base, and operational improvements that show up directly in EBITDA. The result is the most active multi-decade roll-up cycle in any service category — and a sustained seller’s market.
Recurring Revenue and EBITDA Scale Drive the Highest Multiples
Across every home services category, the same operational levers drive multiples: recurring revenue percentage, EBITDA scale, commercial vs. residential mix, labor retention, customer concentration, and geographic density. Optimizing these before going to market often unlocks 2–4 turns of EBITDA in additional value.
Tuck-ins under $1M EBITDA: 3x–5x typical. Mid-tier ($1M–$2M EBITDA): 5x–7x typical. Platform-quality businesses ($2M+ EBITDA, 20%+ recurring revenue, balanced commercial/residential): 6x–14x EBITDA depending on category. Pest control sits at the top; HVAC close behind; plumbing, electrical, roofing, and landscaping all in the 5x–9x range for quality.
Multiples are at or near historic peaks. Some categories (pest control, HVAC) may be at the start of a contraction cycle. We’re not financial advisors — talk to your CPA and M&A counsel.
Home Services Has the Deepest Buyer Pool in Any Trade
Home services benefits from an unusually deep and competitive buyer pool spanning national PE platforms, regional roll-ups, strategic acquirers, and SBA-leveraged operators. Four categories of buyer compete for quality deals:
National PE-backed home services platforms
Apex Service Partners, Wrench Group, Hoffman Family of Companies, Service Logic, BrightView, Rentokil, Anticimex, and dozens of others. These platforms pay the highest multiples for quality assets. Many cross multiple service categories (HVAC + plumbing + electrical).
Regional PE platforms and independent sponsors
Lower-middle-market PE sponsors actively build regional platforms before selling up the chain. Often a faster path to close than national platforms; sometimes pay premium multiples for geographic density they need.
Strategic acquirers (manufacturers, distributors, franchisors)
Equipment manufacturers, distributors, and franchise systems sometimes make strategic acquisitions to lock in installation/service channels.
Search funds and SBA-leveraged operators
For home services businesses under $1.5M EBITDA, individual operators with SBA financing (up to $5M loans) are highly competitive buyers.
What Buyers Look For in Home Services Acquisitions
Six operational levers move home services multiples the most. Working these before going to market is often the highest-ROI work an owner can do.
How We Sell Your Home Services Business
From your first valuation call to the wire hitting your account, we handle every stage of the exit. A typical transaction closes in 4–9 months. You focus on running the business; we run the deal.
Free Business Valuation
We benchmark your financials against current Home Services comparables and active buyer demand to give you a real, defensible valuation — at no cost and no obligation.
Confidential Marketing
We approach the Home Services buyers most likely to bid quickly first — typically PE platforms and strategic acquirers active in your category — then broaden the process.
Buyer Competition
We bring multiple qualified offers to the table — PE platforms, strategics, search funds, SBA buyers — and negotiate them against each other to drive price and terms.
Due Diligence & Close
We coordinate with your CPA, attorney, and the buyer’s diligence team to keep momentum and prevent the deal from drifting. Closings typically happen 60–120 days after LOI.
Home Services Roll-Up Activity Hit Record Levels in 2025
Across all home services subcategories, deal volume reached record levels through 2024 and 2025 — with PE share of activity continuing to grow.
Home Services Sellers Ask Us
Brokers Built From the Operator’s Side of the Table
Our brokers are former business owners themselves. That’s why the process is built around the things that actually matter to sellers — net proceeds, confidentiality, and not having the deal drift for a year.
Find Out What Your Home Services Business Is Worth
Takes 15 minutes. No obligation. Just an honest number, benchmarked against current buyer demand and recent comparable transactions in your industry.
Market Data Sources
Home services market data aggregated from category-specific industry research (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, pest control, landscaping — 2025). EBITDA multiples from First Page Sage, Capstone Partners, AXIA Advisors, Breakwater M&A, and other industry M&A research sources. Active acquirer examples are drawn from publicly disclosed transactions and firm marketing materials and do not imply an exclusive relationship with Business Exits. We are not tax or legal advisors; consult a CPA and attorney before any transaction.