PE consolidation likened to vet clinics; one PE firm owning every company within 50 miles

Bergmann and host describe PE consolidation as taking all companies in a geography (within 50 miles owned by one PE firm) and raising prices with no improvement for technicians or homeowners.

“All they did was consolidate, take all these companies. Now you call within 50 miles and one”

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