Financial Management
How to Sell Your Roofing Business: What PE Buyers Actually Look For
The Roofing M&A Market Is the Hottest in Home Services Right Now At the start of 2023, there were 17 private equity-backed...
Financial Management
Roofing Profit Margins: Benchmarks From Real P&Ls Across Residential and Commercial Operations
Across the hundreds of home services P&Ls we’ve reviewed — including dozens of roofing companies — roofing profit margins look fundamentally different...
Exit Preparation
How to Sell Your Electrical Business: Valuation, Timeline, and What Buyers Want
Electrical contracting businesses are increasingly on the radar of private equity firms and strategic acquirers — but the market is different from...
Exit Preparation
How to Sell Your Plumbing Business: What Buyers Actually Look For
After reviewing over 200 home services acquisitions on the buy side — including time at Apex Service Partners — I can tell...
Financial Management
How Much Should HVAC Business Owners Pay Themselves?
HVAC owner compensation benchmarks by company size. How to structure salary vs. distributions and avoid the mistakes that cost owners during due...
Financial Management
Home Services Overhead Rate: How to Calculate and Benchmark Your Operating Costs
How to calculate and benchmark your home services overhead rate. Category-by-category targets and the five most common overhead problems contractors face.