What we look for

Does this sound like your business?

See below for the qualities we look for in a partner.

The scorecard

Eight things we pay attention to

  1. 01

    It’s a commercial services business

    The kind of work customers need doing rather than something they buy once: service, maintenance, inspection, compliance, collection, repair.

  2. 02

    It’s in Georgia

    Most often within a couple of hours of Atlanta, though we will travel further for the right business.

  3. 03

    The work comes back around

    Contracts, routes, scheduled visits, or work required often enough that customers return without being sold to again.

  4. 04

    There’s a crew who knows the job

    People who have been there a while and intend to stay. They are as much of what we are buying as anything else.

  5. 05

    The customers belong to the business

    Relationships that carry on after the owner steps back, rather than living in one person’s phone.

  6. 06

    The owner is thinking about what’s next

    Retirement, a change of pace, more time back, or simply curiosity about what it is all worth.

  7. 07

    They’d stay on a while

    Most owners stay a few months so nothing gets dropped. We would rather spend the time than rush the handover.

  8. 08

    There’s room to grow it

    Something obvious nobody has had time to chase: another truck, a neighboring county, a service you keep turning away.