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This playbook provides 2026 valuation multiples by home services vertical, factors that adjust your multiple up or down, worked examples of EBITDA normalization, pre-sale improvement ROI rankings, and deal structures tailored to service businesses, all updated for current market conditions and designed for founders considering a sale in the next 6 to 36 months. The guide is free to download and created by CT Acquisitions, a buy-side M&A advisor where buyers pay fees at close, not sellers.
A complete, professionally formatted PDF you can read offline, share with your team, or reference throughout your sale preparation process. Updated for 2026 market conditions.
CT Acquisitions is a lower-middle-market M&A advisory specializing in home services businesses. We work with a curated network of 40+ institutional capital partners including PE platforms, family offices, strategic acquirers, independent sponsors, and search funds.
Our fee structure is simple: we are paid by the buyer at close. Sellers pay no retainers, no listing fees, no success fees. Our incentives are aligned with yours — we only get paid when the right match is made for your business.
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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