Wall Street is quietly buying your local plumber. Private equity firms — backed by names like Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Alpine — have purchased nearly 800 plumbing, HVAC, and electrical companies since 2022, one small shop at a time, keeping the old family names on the trucks so you'd never know the owner changed.
In this video: how the rollup strategy works, why the "six-figure plumber" doesn't survive Wall Street's buyout.
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