Profitability Partners in the News
Profitability Partners in the News
A fractional CFO and accounting firm built for home services businesses — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors scaling toward their next stage — or an exit. Our partners are regularly quoted by journalists and industry publications on contractor profitability, job costing and pricing, profit margins, private-equity consolidation, and exit planning.
Featured In
What Happens When Private Equity Buys Up Local Home Contractors?
Senior Partner Matthew Mooney explains to the NewsGuard-rated outlet how private-equity ownership reshapes local contractors — modernized systems and training tend to lift service quality, but, as he notes, the price will go up, too.
Plumbing Business Profitability: 11 Ways to Improve Profit Margins
Housecall Pro cites Profitability Partners’ benchmarks — drawn from P&L data across 200-plus home services acquisitions — for what healthy plumbing net margins and operating overhead actually look like.
Q2 Is Your Runway: How to Use It to Win the Rest of the Year
Founder Raymond Gong breaks down where contractors quietly lose margin — stale price books, incomplete job costing, and creeping overhead — and why being busy is not the same as being profitable.
The 522 Billion Dollar Renovation Market Is Growing — But Slowing
Raymond Gong on softening big-ticket demand, the squeeze of rising material costs on install jobs, and the bulk-purchasing edge that private-equity-backed firms hold over independents.
Additional Coverage
What’s Actually on Your Desk Right Now: 3 Business Leaders on April 2026
Raymond Gong is featured on the K-shaped consumer squeeze, describing a blended decline in job ticket size as homeowners trade big installs for lower-cost maintenance work.
Improve Forecasts When History Stops Helping
Raymond Gong on forecasting through uncertainty — modeling positive variables conservatively so a home services business never has to hit the best case just to stay staffed and solvent.
Payment Processing Fees: 3 Proven Fixes for SMEs in 2026
Raymond Gong quantifies how renegotiating and restructuring payment processing can return tens of thousands of dollars a month to a high-volume small business.
Research Citations
Renovation Market 2026 for Contractors
Quotes our analysis of contractor cost structures.
Plumbing Business KPIs That Drive Growth
References our plumbing benchmarks from 200+ acquisitions.
How Much Can an Electrical Contracting Business Make Per Year?
Cites our electrical contractor margin benchmarks.
Homeowner’s Field Guide to the Roll-Up
Cites our home services PE guide across three articles.
How to Run a Successful Electrical Business
Cites our electrical contractor margin benchmarks.