Private equity land rush into the service trades framed as best thing since 1990s consolidation

Opinion piece argues private equity has rushed into the home-service trades, acquiring many established contracting businesses, and frames this consolidation wave positively.

“Private equity has rushed into the service trades, acquired a number of legendary contracting businesses, and caused no shortage of consternation on industry message boards and forums. Frankly, the private equity land rush is the best thing to happen to the HVAC industry since the 1990s consolidation.”

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