155 PE-backed HVAC platforms and 517 add-on acquisitions cited (residential)

Energy Circle CEO Peter Trost cites a report counting 155 PE-owned platform companies plus 517 add-on acquisitions in residential HVAC, using Sila Services as the canonical roll-up platform example.

“there's 155 of these kind of platform companies that are, uh, you know, owned by private equity”

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