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Home services groups: who is PE-backed?

67 HVAC, plumbing and electrical platforms and franchisors we have researched, grouped by label, with backers and sources.

PE-backed 57   Not PE, corporate-owned 4   Group practice 6

PE-backed 57 groups

A private-equity firm holds a majority or minority stake in the practice or in the company that manages it, including the PE arms of sovereign and pension funds. Partial stakes count.

GroupOwner / backersSince Known locations
American Residential Services (ARS/Rescue Rooter)GI Partners; Charlesbank Capital Partners and management202055
TurnPoint ServicesOMERS Private Equity202055
Sila ServicesGoldman Sachs Alternatives; management202450
Heartland Home ServicesThe Jordan Company; Cobepa; North Branch Capital202041
Apex Service PartnersAlpine Investors; Apollo funds buying a minority stake201933
Wrench GroupLeonard Green & Partners; TSG Consumer Partners and Oak Hill Capital; management201931
Legacy Service PartnersGridiron Capital202330
Leap PartnersConcentric Equity Partners, the direct-investing arm of Financial Investments Corp.202225
Champions GroupBlackstone: agreement 2026-02-17, ~$2.5B, close expected H1 2026; seller Odyssey Investment Partners202624
Blue Cardinal Home Services GroupPercheron Capital202322
Redwood ServicesAltas Partners with Union Main Group202521
Royal House PartnersCPS Capital; 1801 Holdings202118
Southern Home Services
part of North American Essential Home Services (NAEHS)
Gryphon Investors; management202118
The SEER GroupGenstar Capital202317
Air Conditioning Specialist (ACS)Hidden Harbor Capital Partners202113
Cascade ServicesTrive Capital; LP First Capital202213
Any Hour GroupKnox Lane202112
Granite ComfortTiger Infrastructure Partners201812
ResiXpertsFoW Partners12
Seacoast Service PartnersWhite Wolf Capital Group202312
Strikepoint Group Holdings (formerly Horizon Group Holdings)New Mountain Capital201912
Fix-It Group (Fix-It 24/7)Two Parks Capital202511
The Chill BrothersForum Asset Management202011
P3 Services (Peltram Plumbing Holdings)Stellex Capital Management202210
Liberty Service PartnersNorthCurrent Partners20209
Ally ServicesWatchtower Capital Partners; Aldine Capital Partners20238
Del-Air Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing & ElectricalAstara Capital Partners20228
Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing (Goettl Home Services)Cortec Group20218
The Master Trades Group (MTG)L Catterton20227
Service Experts
part of Brookfield Infrastructure (via Enercare)
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and its institutional partners20186
Radiant Plumbing & Air ConditioningThe Riverside Company20215
Panther Service GroupPearl Street Capital Partners20264
Silver Spur Air, Heating & PlumbingPrimrose Equity Partners4
T3 Services GroupThe Riverside Company20214
Columbia Home Services (CHS)Tenex Capital Management20233
Frontier Service Partners
part of Apex Service Partners
Alpine Investors via Apex Service Partners20243
Airtron Heating & Air ConditioningGamut Capital Management20242
Flint Group (home services)General Atlantic20232
Kimbel Mechanical SystemsGood Springs Capital20242
Repipe SpecialistsGryphon Investors20222
Air Pros USA (legacy Florida operations)Exuma Capital Partners20251
USA Hometown ExpertsGHK Capital Partners20261
Authority BrandsApax Partners funds; British Columbia Investment Management Corp.2018
Baker Brothers Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
part of Wrench Group
Leonard Green & Partners2017
Berkeys Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Electrical
part of Wrench Group
Leonard Green & Partners2016
Clockwork brands (One Hour Heating & Air, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, Mister Sparky)
part of Authority Brands
Apax Partners and BCI via Authority Brands2019
Dallas Plumbing & Air Conditioning
part of Columbia Home Services (CHS)
Tenex Capital Management2025
ExigentHuron Capital, with The Stephens Group2022
Frymire Home Services
part of Granite Comfort
Tiger Infrastructure Partners
InnoVen ServicesNot disclosed2022
Jon Wayne Heating & Air Conditioning
part of Apex Service Partners
Alpine Investors
NeighborlyKKR2021
Northwinds Services GroupTruArc Partners
Paschal Air, Plumbing & ElectricColtala Holdings2023
Pinnacle MEP (searched as Pinnacle Home Services)Blue Point Capital Partners2024
Stellar Service BrandsMPK Equity Partners; Princeton Equity Group2020
Zoom DrainMPK Equity Partners2021

Not PE, corporate-owned 4 groups

Owned by a company that isn’t a PE fund: public companies and insurers, large family- or founder-owned companies whose owners aren’t the clinicians, family investment firms, and nonprofit insurers.

GroupOwner / backersSince Known locations
Ace Hardware Home Services
part of Ace Hardware Corporation
Ace Hardware Corporation202213
Unique Indoor Comfort
part of Ace Hardware Home Services (Ace Hardware Corp.)
Ace Hardware Corporation20237
Roto-Rooter (Chemed)
part of Chemed Corporation (NYSE: CHE)
Chemed Corporation19965
FrontdoorFrontdoor, Inc.20183

Group practice 6 groups

A multi-office group owned by its dentists, doctors or vets, or a clinician-owned co-op, with no outside investor.

GroupOwner / backersSince Known locations
Lee CompanyIts owners1
Rooter Hero Plumbing & AirIts owners1
ABC Home & Commercial ServicesIts owners
John Moore ServicesIts owners
Milestone Electric, A/C & PlumbingIts owners
Reliant PlumbingIts owners

Groups whose owner we couldn’t confirm are left out. A group with no known locations may still operate many offices under local names.