Fragmented HVAC market ripe for PE consolidation

The US HVAC market is large and highly fragmented, with many family- or founder-owned businesses approaching retirement without succession plans, creating numerous investment targets for private equity.

“The need to maintain, repair and eventually replace essential heating and cooling systems drives steady growth for the HVAC sector, which in the US is a large and highly fragmented market divided between scores of businesses.”

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