Regional HVAC roll-up density: one PE firm owning every company within 50 miles

Bergmann describes the degree of regional consolidation where a single PE firm can end up owning every home-service company within a 50-mile radius, raising prices with no improvement for technicians, homeowners, or anyone.

“Now you call within 50 miles and one”

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