Private equity firms buy businesses to sell them. They're working toward a 3-to-7 year exit, which means their decisions are made with a buyer in mind, not with your customers or your team in mind. Trades Mosaic is privately held with no outside fund and no exit timeline. We buy businesses because we want to own and operate them. That's a fundamentally different posture, and it shows up in every conversation we have with sellers.

We keep them. Your team is a big part of what we're paying for. It took you years to find, train, and hold onto good technicians and office staff. We're not going to replace them with cheaper people the moment the deal closes. Our job is to give your employees a more stable platform and better resources than you could provide as an independent operator.

No. Your brand has local recognition that took years to build. Customers know the name, they trust it, and they refer it to their neighbors. We have no reason to touch that. Our portfolio companies operate under their original names. If that ever changed for some reason, it would be a conversation with you, not a decision handed down after you've already left.

We look at your actual financials. Typically a multiple of EBITDA, adjusted for things like how concentrated your revenue is, what your customer retention looks like, and the quality of your team. We walk you through the math and explain every line. We're not trying to lowball good businesses. We need sellers to feel good about the deal, because the alternative is starting a partnership on a sour note, which benefits nobody.

No. Some owners want a clean exit and are done the day the deal closes. Others want to stay on for six months or a year to make sure the transition goes smoothly for their team and customers. We've done both. Because we're not funded by private equity, we don't have to structure deals with earn-outs or long-term commitments that keep you tied to the business after you've decided you're ready to move on. We work out terms that fit your situation.

We focus on residential plumbing, HVAC, and electrical companies with revenues between $1M and $10M in the Mid-Atlantic or Southeast. Beyond the numbers, we want to see a business with real customers, a service culture people are proud of, and less than 10% of revenue in new construction. You don't have to be running a perfect operation. We're operators ourselves and we're willing to work. What we're looking for is a business with a good foundation and an owner who's ready for what comes next.