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
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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.
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It’s in Georgia
Most often within a couple of hours of Atlanta, though we will travel further for the right business.
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03
The work comes back around
Contracts, routes, scheduled visits, or work required often enough that customers return without being sold to again.
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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.
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05
The customers belong to the business
Relationships that carry on after the owner steps back, rather than living in one person’s phone.
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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.
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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.
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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.