Private Equity Is Buying Up Home Service Companies. We Watched Wall Street Try This in the 1990s.
Private equity has bought roughly 800 HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies since 2022. A South Florida contractor that lived through the 1990s public-company roll-up compares the two waves, and what each one cost customers and technicians.
The home service/trade roll-up is real. We’re not giving in.
If you’re in the HVAC, appliance, electrical, or plumbing industry, you already know what’s happening: consolidation. Independent service companies are getting acquired […]