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Business Services Holding Companies

433

Active Firms

8,830

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$18M

Core Revenue Range

$800K-$3M

Core EBITDA Range


Florida 14%
California 14%
Texas 11%
New York 6%
Illinois 4%

Focus: Long-Term Ownership | Capital Source: Committed Capital | Operating Approach: Buy & Hold

Showing 81-100 of 433 Holding Companies

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Mack Growth Partners

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Our vision is to build a portfolio of companies, each of which serves its customers, employees, suppliers and community in important ways. We believe the growth of existing businesses is the shortest path to the sustained economic growth of our region. We are accomplishing this through the acquisition of manufacturing companies in Northeast Ohio.

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  • Jan 2024 Acquired Dott Products
  • Sep 2022 Acquired Day Piston Company

Crescent Peak

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
At Crescent Peak, our expertise lies in identifying and securing exceptional, yet often overlooked, family-owned enterprises. We concentrate on privately-held entities with EBITDA ranging from $3 to $10 million USD, guiding these organizations towards greater achievements and success, all while maintaining a deep respect for their founding principles and visions.

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  • Sep 2025 Acquired Federal EC
  • Aug 2023 Acquired MAD20 Technologies

Davidson Buyer

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Southwest Calibration Service - closed June 2022Texas Fire and Communications - closed June 2024Searching for calibration/instrumentation/testing/inspection businesses that provide business to business services, distribution, and manufacturing.Searching for low voltage installation/service businesses with a focus on fire alarm installation.Searching for other businesses that are mature, profitable, have a layer of management, and in Texas/Louisiana.https://www.linkedin.com/in/reid-davidson/www.davidsonbuyer.com

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  • Jun 2024 Acquired Texas Fire and Communications
  • Jun 2022 Acquired Southwest Calibration Service

Sagamore Mountain Inc

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Sagamore Mountain Inc. is a long-term holding company focused on acquiring and operating enduring small businesses in essential industries. We provide business owners with a permanent home for their company—offering continuity for employees and customers, and honoring the legacy they’ve built. Our team brings hands-on operational expertise and a flexible, founder-friendly approach to succession planning. We are not flippers or financial engineers—we buy to hold, not to sell.

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  • Apr 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jan 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

Retego

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Retego acquires digital businesses and uses data analytics and innovative strategies to produce unprecedented growth. We work with founders and the fantastic teams they’ve built to scale their companies. Our approach leverages the latest technology while never losing sight of the heart and soul of every thriving business: people.

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  • May 2017 Acquired AskGMS
  • Mar 2016 Acquired Savvy Event Rental

&Capital Inc.

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
&Capital is a private investment firm headquartered in Toronto. Our model focuses on partnering with talented entrepreneurs in the lower and mid-market to build large-scale acquisition platforms. Our view is one of “Permanent Capital”, where our capital has no term. Our Managing partners have strong expertise in growth initiatives (sales, marketing), operations (streamlining processes), and capital allocation.

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  • Sep 2022 Acquired Industrial Safety Trainers
  • May 2022 Acquired Safety Design Strategies

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Sundial

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Sundial Holdings is an evergreen Holding Company built to be the most founder-friendly buyer in the lower-middle market.We focus on preserving legacy, protecting teams, and providing true continuity by keeping companies unlevered, maintaining the same team and name, and making fast, fair decisions.What we offer: A growth team to work on operations, long-term capital, bolt-on acquisition support, and a full back office that includes accounting, legal, and fractional resources like marketing. We offer sellers flexible post-close roles, the ability to roll equity into either the fund or their…

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  • Oct 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Nov 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

JSW Media Inc

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
JSW Media, Inc, is a holding company with several ecommerce brands under management, including Artisan Owl, Pierced Owl, and Aloha Earrings. Combined with our exclusive wholesale relationships, the company has approximately $25 million in annual revenue. Our primary warehouse is located at 1150 South St in Suffield, CT.

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  • Apr 2024 Acquired Luxillia
  • May 2023 Acquired Aloha Earrings

Ex Nihilo Capital

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Ex Nihilo Capital is an invitation-only strategic private equity investment firm actively focused on leveraged buy-out opportunities in stable or growing lower middle market businesses. Our team acquires firms that have proven their success and are primed for the next level of their evolution. By bringing our expertise, energy, enthusiasm, and capital to the table, we identify and aggressively pursue value-enhancing growth opportunities. We generally seek niche service businesses within the healthcare industry, but also currently have portfolio holdings in family entertainment centers and…

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  • Jul 2022 Acquired Amtran Medical Transport
  • Sep 2020 Acquired H&M Transport

Grupo PDC

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
Grupo PDC is a private operating company with an interest in small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies and lever our existing platform to accelerate their growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive significant quantifiable value for all stakeholders.

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  • Aug 2014 Acquired Magia Blanca

Ventus LLC

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
Ventus is an infrastructure investment and asset management firm that focuses on investing in air cargo and renewable energy infrastructure in Europe and North America.Our Global Strategies:Focus on investment in innovative industrial infrastructure. We target opportunities at the in either real assets or associated operations and technologies. We currently focus on three distinct investment strategies:Acquisition or development of Air Cargo real infrastructure: on or off airport.Acquisition of Air Cargo Handling Operation: on or off airport.Acquisition or development of Biogas plats in…

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  • Apr 2021 Acquired Skyport a.s.

Baseline Enterprise LLC

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
Baseline Enterprises is a parent company interested in acquiring businesses in the healthcare space. We previously made acquisitions of assisted living facilities and are looking to expand into the same and any adjacent verticals.

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  • Mar 2021 Acquired Elizabeth Care Homes

AMS Partnership

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
AMS Partnership (AMS) was founded in 2022 with the goal of acquiring and operating profitable product and services-based companies to create value for our employees, customers, and communities. AMS stands out from the crowd of traditional financial acquirers by leveraging the founders' years of hands-on small business operational and technical experience.AMS plans to acquire and hold vs the traditional approach of acquire, grow, and sell. We feel that acquiring businesses at fair valuations and continuing to own and operate these businesses indefinitely will provide the best outcome for the…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Confidential Company

Plantation Investments

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
Plantation Investments focuses on businesses that compliment each other. I started down this path with a machine shop founded in 2007, and in 2019 acquired a motorsports manufacturing company in Oklahoma. My primary focus is to try and add additional companies that can compliment each other.

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  • Jan 2019 Acquired Stroud Safety

K4 Holdings

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
K4 Holdings is dedicated to partnering with, actively operating, and growing a small portfolio of complimentary lower middle market manufacturing businesses in the Greater Delaware Valley and Northeast region.

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  • Apr 2021 Acquired Philadelphia Dry Ice / Jim's Ice

Highmount Madison

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
Highmount is an investment partnership that invests capital on behalf of high-net-worth individuals and family offices. We are focused on acquiring and building businesses in fragmented spaces through a long-term buy-and-build strategy (not subject to a 3-5 year holding period). Our backgrounds are in investment banking (Goldman Sachs), private equity (Centerbridge Partners, Apollo Global Management, Clearsky, and Whale Rock Capital Management), and company operations (Berkshire Hathaway).Prior to Highmount Madison, Dan was the Head of Corporate Development for Pampered Chef (a Berkshire…

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  • Oct 2023 Acquired 4Ever Young

JDA Advisors, LLC

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
JDA Advisors believes that investment success requires more than just access to capital. Our firm provides a unique combination of financing along with a deep commitment to advising our portfolio companies over the long term.After over 20 years of working at some of the largest private equity firms in the country, Benjamin Kahn founded JDA Advisors as a holding company to invest in a diversified set of privately held businesses. While JDA has significant consumer expertise in franchising, health & wellness, beauty products & services, and food & beverage, we also look to selectively acquire…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired BigBlue Swim School

Rouge River Capital

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
Founded in 2008, Rouge River Capital invests its own capital to acquire majority positions in small to mid-sized North American businesses. We own a diversified portfolio of strong operating businesses in Canada, across three platform sectors (Consumer, Logistics, and Industrials) generating in excess of $400 million in sales. Our Managing Partners are owners, investing their own capital for long-term capital appreciation, and do not raise nor manage external funds. We partner with management that wants to remain active and that want to build long-term value in partnership with Rouge River…

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  • Dec 2022 Acquired Brookdale Treeland Nurseries

Haywood Lane

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
At Haywood Lane, we seek to build great companies through a distinct platform, allowing us to focus on a single, large and fragmented market at a time. By immersing ourselves in the industry alongside our management partners we best position ourselves to build relationships, increase knowledge and our ability to effectively scale our platform. We value cash generation and quality managers as primary criteria, followed by growth prospects and opportunities to increase value through operational improvements. Founded in mid-2022, we have completed three acquisitions to date and are actively…

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  • Mar 2022 Acquired Joss Growers, Inc.

GovSoft Holdings

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals
GovSoft Holdings is a holding company focused exclusively on government and public safety technology. It acquires and partners with software and IT-enabled businesses serving government agencies, operating on a patient capital model rather than the fixed timelines of traditional private equity or venture capital.

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  • Mar 2013 Acquired FastSpring

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Holding Companies in this directory ordered?

Firms in the Business Services Holding Companies directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

What information is included in each Holding Company profile?

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

What company sizes are most common for Business Services Holding Companies?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Business Services Holding Companies is $3M-$18M, with a core EBITDA range of $800K-$3M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

How important is Business Services experience when evaluating Holding Companies?

Relevant Business Services experience can be an important consideration when evaluating a firm. Familiarity with the sector can provide a stronger understanding of its business models, market dynamics, valuation considerations, and transaction environment. The 433 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Business Services.

Do all Holding Companies in this directory focus exclusively on Business Services?

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Business Services Holding Companies directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Business Services, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

How do I compare Holding Companies with experience in Business Services?

When comparing Holding Companies with experience in Business Services, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 433 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with Business Services Holding Companies?

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Business Services Holding Companies directory, you can request information here.


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