Expert information and news about the sale of HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, and refrigeration businesses

Curbing inflation has been the name of the game in the last year or two and so interest rates have continually crept higher and higher....

Measuring the success of the current wave of HVAC consolidation is difficult as the answer varies depending on who you ask. For our...

Letting the buyer pay the fees sounds like a terrific idea. Everyone hates fees so just let someone else pay them. And since it sounds...

There's something universal about rooting for the underdog. It's hard to articulate exactly why — maybe it's the audacity of someone who refuses to accept the odds stacked against them. Maybe it's because most of us have our own story of outworking a circumstance we were never supposed to beat. Or maybe we just enjoy watching the overconfident stumble. Whatever the reason, the underdog has a way of pulling at something deep in us. We see it most clearly in sports, but the dyn

As the pace of commercial HVAC industry consolidation increases, owners receive more and more letters, calls, and emails from brokers and...

For many HVAC owners, it’s never too late to sell a business, which is the case in the current sellers’ market. But selling a business is...

In its March 2022 issue, Contracting Business included an article in its Rant section entitle “Why HVAC Private Equity Will Crash and...

The majority of HVAC companies are local businesses. Ownership and management know their market, maintain strong customer relationships,...

Why would a business owner sell part of their business? Particularly when they have been the 100% owner for many years. Certainly, the...

Noah Greenbaum is a partner in Canal Capital Management , which he co-founded in 2011. The firm has over $500 million in assets under...