Home Services M&A Advisory · Vol. I, 2026
Quick Answer
CT Acquisitions matches founder-owned home services businesses with $1M to $5M in EBITDA to qualified acquirers through a confidential, off-market process with no upfront fees. Rather than listing your business or running an auction, we make direct introductions to one of 40+ active capital partners, including PE platforms, family offices, strategic acquirers, and search funds, keeping you in control throughout the process. You pay nothing; the buyer covers our success fee at closing.
For founder-owned home services businesses with $1M–$5M in EBITDA. No listings. No auctions. Direct introductions to acquirers actively deploying capital in the lower middle market.
An independent M&A advisory matching founder-owned home services businesses with the right acquirer. We maintain active relationships with more than 40 capital partners across private equity platforms, family offices, strategic acquirers, independent sponsors, and search funds. Confidential engagements. No upfront fees.
Our Position
Most founders don’t need a broker.
They need the right partner.
Brokers list your business and take a commission regardless of outcome. We know what each of our 40+ capital partners is actively acquiring, and we make one warm introduction when your business fits. No public listing. No auction dynamics. You stay in control of the conversation from the first email to the final wire.
Four Commitments
Every conversation under NDA. Your employees, customers, and competitors don’t find out unless you decide they should.
PE platforms, family offices, strategic acquirers, and search funds — all pre-qualified, all ready to transact.
Service agreement density, technician retention, route economics. We know the industries we advise in.
Success-fee only. We earn when your deal closes on terms you approve.
Our Partner Network
Private equity platforms, family offices, strategic acquirers, independent sponsors, and search funds — all placing capital into home services businesses in the $1M–$5M EBITDA range as of April 2026.
From the Managing Partner
They don’t want a cold process. They want to know that whoever buys their business is going to take care of their people.
Reader Questions
Home services businesses typically trade at 3x–10x EBITDA depending on industry, recurring revenue mix, and buyer competition. HVAC and pest control command the highest multiples. See our 2026 Multiples Report.
Four to nine months from first call to wire. Clean financials and preparation speed it up; buyer diligence and tax structuring slow it down.
Not unless you decide to tell them. Every buyer signs an NDA. We don’t publicly list or market your business.
No. Many transactions include founder rollover equity — you stay invested alongside the new buyer. Especially common with PE platform deals where founders keep 10–30%.
Nothing upfront. Success-fee model consistent with Lehman Scale structures, disclosed and negotiated transparently before we begin.
Talk to us anyway. Most founders sell one to three years after our first conversation.
Research & Commentary
Begin
Start with a free, confidential conversation. A preliminary valuation range in thirty minutes. No commitment.
About the Author
Christoph Totter is the founder of CT Acquisitions, a buy-side partner headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming. We work directly with 76+ buyers — search funders, family offices, lower middle-market PE, and strategic consolidators — including direct mandates with the largest home services consolidators that other intermediaries can’t access. The buyers pay us when a deal closes, not the seller. No retainer, no exclusivity, no contract until close. Connect on LinkedIn · Get in touch
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