Of all the trades businesses in metro Atlanta, electrical contracting companies are the ones most likely to be undervalued — not because the businesses are weak, but because most sellers and most brokers do not understand the specific factors that drive value in this industry. The licensing structure is more complex than HVAC or plumbing. The revenue mix matters more than in almost any other trade. The buyer landscape is narrower but the strategic premium available to qualifi

If you own a plumbing business in metro Atlanta and you are thinking about selling, two things are true right now that were not true five years ago. First, the buyer landscape has changed dramatically. Private equity-backed home services platforms are actively acquiring Atlanta-area plumbing companies at multiples that would have seemed unrealistic in 2019. The competition among buyers for quality Atlanta plumbing businesses — particularly those with recurring service revenue

Twenty minutes north of Buckhead, on a 110-acre campus in Marietta, Georgia, sits the largest chiropractic college in the world. Life University graduates more Doctors of Chiropractic annually than any other institution on the planet. Its graduates fan out across metro Atlanta, across Georgia, and across the country — but a significant number stay right here, in the market where they trained, looking for an established practice to acquire rather than starting from scratch. If

If you own an HVAC company in metro Atlanta and you have ever asked yourself what it is worth, you have probably gotten one of two answers: a number from a competitor who wanted to buy you cheap, or a number from a broker who wanted to impress you enough to sign a listing agreement. Neither answer is the right one. What your HVAC business is actually worth in Atlanta in 2026 depends on a specific set of factors — your adjusted earnings, your maintenance contract book, your te

There is a demographic wave moving through the skilled trades in metro Atlanta right now. It is quiet, it is slow-moving, and most of the business owners caught in it do not yet realize how much it is going to change their options in the next two to three years. The average owner of an HVAC company, plumbing business, electrical contracting firm, or landscaping operation in the United States is 58 years old. Most built their companies through the 1980s and 1990s. Most have no

Your chiropractic office lease is one of the most overlooked valuation factors in a practice sale. Here is what Atlanta DC owners need to know before going to market.