Residential and commercial plumbing is consolidating fast. The buyers who built the HVAC platforms are looking at plumbing with the same thesis — and Good Hope Advisors knows them all.
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Private equity has spent the last decade buying HVAC businesses at scale. The roll-up model works, the returns have been strong, and the major platforms are still acquiring. But the most sophisticated buyers are also looking ahead.
Plumbing is where HVAC was eight years ago. The fragmentation is high, the recurring revenue model translates directly, and the demand for essential services is recession-resistant. Investors are moving in, and the first wave of platform-building acquisitions is underway.
For plumbing business owners, that timing matters. The buyers who pay the highest multiples are the ones building platforms, not the ones adding the fifth or sixth acquisition to an established roll-up. Right now, you have options, you have leverage, and you have buyers who need you more than they need the next deal that comes across their desk.
Good Hope Advisors is working in this market actively. We know which PE firms are building plumbing platforms, which family offices have capital to deploy, and which strategic buyers are looking to expand their service territory. We know what they pay, what they avoid, and how to structure a process that works in your favor.
If you want a quick, no-obligation read on how buyers would underwrite your business today — what it’s worth, where the gaps are, and whether a process makes sense right now — that’s exactly what the first call is for.
Talk About Selling Your BusinessGood Hope Advisors got into the trades early, before the HVAC wave crested and long before the advisors who followed the money in showed up. We built relationships with the PE firms, family offices, and strategic buyers who drove that consolidation. Those same buyers are now actively looking at plumbing.
That means we aren’t introducing ourselves when we call them about your business. We already know their investment criteria, their hold periods, what they need to see in a management team, and what kills a deal for them before it starts.
Eric, Josh, and Gregg are on your deal personally. Every call, every diligence session, every negotiation. You don’t get handed off. Our fee is a success fee. We only get paid when you do.
Our best clients are plumbing business owners who built something real. A fleet they are proud of, a reputation in their market, and a customer base that comes back. They are thinking about what comes next, whether that means a full exit, a partial sale, or rolling equity alongside a PE platform.
We work with plumbing businesses in the $2M to $50M revenue range with EBITDA of $1M or more. If you aren’t sure whether you are in the range or what your business might be worth in the current market, the first call costs you nothing and tells you a lot.
We will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. If a process makes sense, we will tell you. If it doesn’t, we will tell you that too.
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