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Roofing and gutter businesses provide essential services homeowners cannot afford to neglect.

Stable Cash Flows

Sector provides consistent demand, high margins (20-30% EBITDA), and insulation from recession.

Highly Fragmented

Highly fragmented industry, with many small, local operators who lack the resources to scale.

Potential for Consolidation

High fragmentation presents a significant opportunity for consolidation and growth.

Industry Trends

Supply & Demand Gap + Aging Housing Stock

  • Current housing shortage of 4.5m homes
  • 1.2m homes need to be built annually
  • Median age of owner-occupied homes is 40 years old

Climate Change & Increase in Extreme Weather Events

  • Increased rainfall intensity has driven a 25% increase in demand for larger-capacity gutter systems
  • 70% of homeowners are willing to invest more in durable andweather-resistant roofing materials

Growing PE Interest in Roofing & Gutter Services

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OUR PROCESS

Establish regional "home base" hubs

Acquire multiple companies within a hub

Integrate them into a single, cohesive operation

By uniting these businesses under one umbrella, we will create a more efficient and scalable operation, allowing us to:

  • Current housing shortage of 4.5m homes
  • 1.2m homes need to be built annually
  • Median age of owner-occupied homes is 40 years old

OUR TARGET INVESTMENT CRITERIA

Positive Free Cash Flow

We seek to invest in roofing and gutter businesses with a history of positive free cash flow and 20%+ EBITDA margins with room for operational improvement.

Motivated Sellers

We exclusively consider acquiring businesses where sellers offer sizable seller financing on reasonable terms and purchase multiples we trust we can augment via our consolidation approach.

Established Customer Base

We look for roofing and gutter companies that have built a loyal and diverse customer base, with a strong community focus and reputation for quality work and customer satisfaction.

Strong Market Dynamics

Our investment focus is on roofing and gutter enterprises in markets where we can leverage our hub and-spoke model to secure dominant market share.

Value Add & Growth Strategy

Offer Additional Services

When we buy a gutter company, we start offering roofing services and vice versa. It allows us to generate more revenue per customer. It also allows us to sell the customer multiple services.

Increase Average Tickets

We implement a sophisticated sales process and increase value to the customer that allows us toincrease prices on day one. So even with no increased lead flow we are able to in most cases double average ticket prices per customer.

Specialized Local Marketing Plan

With unique, mostly unknown marketing strategies we are able to increase lead flow both organically and paid leads, significantly increasing total lead flow.

Bolt On Acquisitions

By executing a “hub and spoke” model, we are able to acquire a company in a market then acquire other companies in the area thus eliminating competitors and adding revenue and profit quickly.

Our hands-on experience has given us a key advantage: we know how to streamline operations, optimize pricing, and implement effective marketing strategies that drive growth.

Call (208) 544-4850