Zerix acquires established plumbing, HVAC, electrical and other essential trades businesses from owners who are ready to step back, and builds them into one nationwide company.
Thousands of profitable trades businesses are owned by people in their 60s with no one to take over. Fewer young people are entering the trades, the work cannot be done by software, and every home and building still needs it.
Most owner-operated trades businesses have no succession plan. The next generation does not want to take over, so good companies close instead of changing hands.
A burst pipe, a failed compressor, a rewired panel. Licensed, physical, local work with constant demand and rising prices as the labour pool shrinks.
Small trades businesses sell for a low multiple of earnings. Grouped under one brand with shared systems, the same earnings are worth far more.
We buy established trades businesses from retiring owners on terms that work for them: full buyout, majority stake, or partnership.
Each business joins one national brand while keeping its crew, its customers and its local reputation.
Shared back office, dispatch, purchasing, marketing and finance turn a group of small shops into one professionally run company.
The combined company is sold to a private equity buyer. Sellers who kept a stake and investors in each deal share in the result.
We acquire nationwide, so location does not matter. What matters is a business that has been running for 10+ years, employs its own technicians, and has an owner who is ready for the next chapter.
Up to around $2M
Proven, repeat customers
Beyond the owner
Quality over geography
Every conversation is confidential. Sellers hear back within 48 hours. Investors receive our deal overview on request.