We work with trade and service company owners in pool, HVAC, pest control, lawn, and plumbing to build operations that run without them, and sell for what they're actually worth.
You're good at the work. You know your trade. What you didn't sign up for was being the HR department, the operations manual, and the exit strategy all at once.
We don't come in telling you how to run your industry. We come in knowing what makes a service business sellable, what keeps good people around, and how to document what's in your head so it doesn't walk out the door with you.
If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, this whole thing falls apart and nobody would know where to start.
What most owners tell us in the first callWe work with established service businesses across these trades:
Most owners don't find out until they're in due diligence. By then, it's too late to fix.
Buyers don't want to buy a job. If the business depends on you showing up every day, they'll pay half what it's worth, or walk away entirely.
Your process lives in your head and your best tech's head. That's not a business; it's a set of habits. Habits don't transfer. Systems do.
Every tech you lose costs $6,000 to $9,000 in real terms. And without a retention system, the next one leaves too, for the same reasons.
Owner expenses, irregular draws, and mixed personal costs make your real earnings look half of what they actually are to a buyer.
A business that runs without you, and sells for what it's actually worth.
A two-week diagnostic that tells you exactly where the gaps are and what they're costing you. Most owners learn more in this report than they have in years.
Your outsourced recruiting and retention function. We find the right people for your trade, build the systems to keep them, and guarantee the first 90 days.
We document your operation, clean up your financials, and package your business to sell at the top of its range, not the bottom.
Buying a service company? We do the operational due diligence that brokers and accountants skip. Know exactly what you're buying before you close.
Brokers are paid to close deals. Accountants verify the numbers. Nobody tells you whether the business will actually run once the owner leaves.
That's the question that matters most, and it's the one most buyers don't ask until it's too late.
Buyers who benefit from our advisory
Every engagement has a clear scope, a clear price, and a clear deliverable. You own everything we produce.
20 minutes. We ask five questions. Most owners learn something useful in this call alone.
Two weeks. One report. Specific gaps, specific costs, specific fixes, ranked by impact.
Based on what we find, we recommend the right next step: people systems, exit readiness, or both.
We do the work. You review and approve. Everything we create belongs to you permanently.
Take your sale package to a vetted broker, or stay on retainer and keep building value.
Select your situation. We review every submission personally and respond within one business day.
Three minutes. Helps us come prepared with the right questions for your specific situation.
We match qualified buyers with vetted seller engagements and support you from targeting through close.