Acquisition brief
Active demandCommercial HVAC, refrigeration and mechanical maintenance businesses
Buyers separate planned maintenance from project installation and pay very differently for each.
This is a buyer requirement, not a company for sale. DealFlowAgent acts for owners. Briefs describe what registered acquirers are looking for.
What buyers are asking for
Revenue band sought: £2M to £12M
Registered demand
Registered demand is published once this brief clears three acquirers.
Geography: United Kingdom and United States, roughly 60% of registered demand is US
What makes a business a fit
- Planned maintenance contracts with reactive callout attached
- Refrigeration capability alongside air conditioning
- Engineer retention and an apprenticeship pipeline
- Service revenue that survives the loss of any one project
What buyers have ruled out
- Project installation businesses with no service book
- Domestic-only work
Consideration and structure
What acquirers registered against this brief have stated they can offer. Nothing here is an offer, and no structure is guaranteed to any owner.
- Planned maintenance revenue is valued materially above project revenue
- Earn-outs common where project revenue is a large share of the total
Stage one of two
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This is a buyer requirement, not a company for sale. DealFlowAgent acts for owners. Briefs describe what registered acquirers are looking for.
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