Perceived Positives of PE Ownership for Contractors

The hosts outline the perceived benefits of private equity investment in the trades, including providing an exit strategy for mom-and-pop shop owners at an attractive price, infusing capital for faster growth, and potentially lowering fixed and operating costs through economies of scale.

“So here are the perceived positives of private equity coming into the space. The first one is it offers an opportunity for mom -and -pop shops to exit the business at probably an attractive price. You know, who knows what they would have been able to sell their business for locally. And so having this bigger company come in and offer them what they perceive is the worth of their business, that gives them a potential out. So that's one. Potential to infuse capital into a business to make it grow faster. Right. And so if you're a small company and you want to retain the ownership, but you know you want to grow. And there's this outside company that's willing to take a stake in the company and potentially fund some of that growth. That's potential upside there. And then potentially you could have a lower fixed cost and operating costs with larger scale.”

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