Your business deserves a buyer who will run it, not just own it.
A Southeast service business acquisition platform. We acquire fragmented, recession-resilient service businesses and hold them for 7 to 15 years.
Recession-Resilient Verticals
The service trades we acquire carry recurring service and maintenance revenue that holds through cycles. We avoid discretionary categories.
Documented Operating Playbook
Every acquisition will run through the same first-100-day playbook: structured employee intake, wage transparency, codified SOPs, and a documented General Manager scorecard.
7 to 15 Year Hold
We optimize for compounding free cash flow across decades, not for an exit multiple. Sellers know on day one that their company is not being staged for resale.
Two operators.
Capital is a tool.
Ridge and Valley Holdings is a husband-and-wife company. We run it together, and our names are on the door.
Ridge and Valley Holdings is led by two founders whose combined backgrounds span clinical operations, people management, technology systems, CRM implementation, marketing, and startup leadership. These skills are directly transferable to running and growing any service business. Learn about our acquisition process.
We are operators first. Capital structure is a tool, not an identity. Your life's work will be in careful, committed hands. When you sell to us, you are handing your business to the people who will actually run it, with our names on the door and our reputations on the line.
Sierra Fidler
Sierra is a Registered Nurse with Director of Nursing experience, leading clinical teams through high-stakes work where compliance, retention, and quality are non-negotiable. Years of one-on-one navigation with patients in complex transitions translate directly to the legacy-minded sellers, employees, and customer bases at acquisition. She brings the discipline, process design, and people management that make any service business stronger after transition than before it.
Zachary Wright
A career spanning CRM systems, digital marketing, loyalty programs, and startup founding gives Zachary the toolkit to modernize operations and drive revenue growth in any acquired business. He builds the infrastructure that makes compounding possible.
Built on Real Operating Experience.
Two operators with directly transferable experience in regulated clinical operations, CRM systems, and revenue infrastructure.
Every acquisition is evaluated against a written scorecard before any offer.
Four advisors covering M&A law, exit planning, principled negotiation, and operating systems.
We are not career investors learning on the job. We built careers managing teams, designing processes, and running operations in high-stakes environments. We bring that same discipline to every business we acquire.
Recession-resilient service trades
we acquire.
We focus on fragmented service trades where owner relationships and community trust are central to the business, and where recurring service and maintenance revenue holds through cycles.
HVAC
Residential and light commercial heating and cooling contractors. Recurring service and maintenance revenue.
Pest Control
Residential and commercial pest, termite, and wildlife operators. Subscription-driven recurring revenue.
Lawn Care
Lawn maintenance, landscaping, and grounds management with seasonal recurring contracts.
Plumbing
Service plumbing operators with recurring residential and commercial demand.
Electrical
Service electrical contractors with residential and light commercial focus.
See what we look for in an acquisition and start a confidential conversation.
Sell your small business to a service business buyer who operates, not just invests.
Every small business acquisition we pursue is guided by a simple principle: the business should be stronger after the transition than before it. Your company, your team, and the customers you have built relationships with will be in thoughtful, attentive hands. If you have been searching for the right partner for your company's next chapter, we welcome the conversation.
- Three or more years of continuous operation
- $7M to $30M in annual revenue
- $1.5M to $6M in adjusted EBITDA (SDE considered for smaller owner-operated targets)
- Clean, verifiable financial records
- Established and loyal customer base
- Owner willing to support a smooth transition period
- Enterprise value of $7M to $50M per acquisition
- Valuations benchmarked to recent comparable transactions in your trade and size; we do not publish blanket multiples because they do not reflect the recurring revenue, retention, and management depth that drive real value
- Capital structure chosen for each deal: senior debt, equity, seller financing, or a blend
- Seller financing welcomed as a mutual confidence signal
- Target close within 90 to 240 days, depending on deal size and complexity
Questions owners ask first.
Will you keep my employees?
How long does this take?
How do you determine price?
How long will you hold the business?
Are you focused on specific industries?
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Ready to talk? There's no pressure
and no obligation.
Whether you're exploring the idea of selling or ready to start the process, we welcome the conversation. Every inquiry is confidential.
Start a ConversationServing Business Owners Across the Southeast.
Ridge and Valley Holdings acquires small service businesses across the Southeast United States. We are based in Summerville, Georgia. Our primary markets are Georgia and Florida. Secondary markets include Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina. We selectively evaluate adjacent markets in Virginia and Kentucky, and we actively pursue acquisitions in Texas where deal flow and fit warrant.