Industry Expertise

Home contracting services, our most proven vertical.

HVAC, overhead door, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and adjacent trades. These are durable, cash-generating businesses that finance well and attract serious buyers, provided the recurring revenue and the crew are properly understood.

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Home services is EDGE's most established industry vertical.

What Drives Value

Service agreements and technicians. In that order.

Two contracting businesses with identical revenue can be worth very different amounts. The difference usually comes down to how much revenue is contracted and whether the crew stays.

Recurring maintenance agreements

Contracted maintenance plans are the single strongest value driver in this vertical. They convert a project business into a predictable one.

Service versus install mix

Service and repair work typically carries better margins and more repeat behavior than new installation or construction work.

Technician retention

Licensed, experienced technicians are the constraint in this industry. Crew stability is a genuine asset and a real diligence focus.

Customer concentration

Heavy reliance on a few builders, property managers, or commercial accounts is a risk buyers price, especially where contracts are informal.

Fleet, equipment, and licensing

Vehicle condition, tooling, and whether licenses transfer or require a qualifying individual all affect what a buyer can operate on day one.

Seasonality and geography

Demand patterns, weather exposure, and service radius shape both cash flow planning and how a lender views the business.

Both Sides of the Deal

Whether you are acquiring or exiting.

For Buyers

Acquiring a contracting business

These businesses finance well and reward operators. The risks are concentrated in people and in whether the revenue is as recurring as it first appears.

Verification of maintenance agreement counts, renewal rates, and actual contracted value
Technician retention planning built into the deal, not left to chance after closing
Licensing and qualifying-party requirements confirmed before you commit
SBA and seller financing structures modeled against real debt service coverage
Every offer reviewed by our Managing Director before it goes out

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For Sellers

Selling your contracting business

You built a book of customers and a crew that can serve them. The process should protect both, because a leaked sale in a tight labor market can cost you technicians before it ever costs you a buyer.

A valuation that gives proper weight to contracted recurring revenue
Blind marketing so competitors and technicians do not learn it from the market
Documentation of agreements, crew, and systems that stands up in diligence
Buyers screened for capital, financing, and the ability to actually operate
Value building first if strengthening recurring revenue would change your outcome

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