Services / Sell Your Service Business
Sell your service business to a buyer who knows the work.
RockHaven Capital buys service-based businesses directly from owners across the continental United States.
No broker, no listing, and no fee charged to you as the seller.
Who We Buy From
The service businesses we buy
Most of the businesses we buy do the same work for the same customers on a set schedule. That repeat work is what holds value after a sale.
Size matters less than the work itself, so a smaller business with steady routes and a reliable crew gets a serious look.
Commercial cleaning and janitorial
Office buildings and other accounts cleaned on nightly or weekly schedules are what we look for. Contracts that have renewed for years carry the most weight.
Landscaping and lawn care
Weekly and monthly maintenance routes carry the value. Cleanup and install jobs add work around those routes.
Painting
We look at house repaints and commercial painting contracts. The strongest sign is a foreman who runs jobs while the owner is elsewhere.
Pressure washing
Storefronts, fleets, and parking areas washed on a regular schedule count for more than one-time house jobs.
Pool service
A weekly cleaning route with the same pools week after week is the base. Repairs and equipment work bring in added revenue.
Garage doors
We want a lead tech who handles installs and repairs without the owner on site. Repeat calls from property managers and builders add to that.
Pest control
Monthly and quarterly treatment routes are a good match. The business works for a buyer when a licensed tech on the team holds the required license.
Other route-based services
If your crews go back to the same customers week after week, we want to hear about it. Tell us how the routes are set up.
Other contract-based services
Signed agreements with set terms tell us what revenue a buyer can count on. Send the contracts and we will read every one.
What We Look At
Five things we check first
We ask the same five questions at the start of every conversation. Clear answers early keep the rest of the process short.
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Revenue of $1M to $10M a year
That is the range we buy in. If your numbers sit just outside it, a short call will tell us whether there is a fit.
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Cash flow of $300K and up
The cash flow has to show up in the tax returns. We ask for the returns early so neither side wastes time.
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Recurring or repeat revenue
Signed contracts and set service routes are the strongest form of it. Memberships and standing weekly or monthly schedules count too.
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A crew that runs the day to day
A lead tech or foreman runs the jobs day to day without the owner on site. If you have trained someone to run the crew in your place, the handover is much simpler.
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No license wall
The business does not hinge on a special license or credential, so a new owner can step in cleanly.
The Principals
A track record built in operating businesses
The record below belongs to our principals, from companies they founded and ran themselves.
Companies founded or co-founded by our principals
Exits to date, including one sale to a publicly traded company
In sales driven by our teams
In capital raised
Why Owners Talk To Us
A direct buyer changes the conversation
Most owners who call us have already heard the broker pitch. The differences below are why they call.
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We are the buyer, not a broker
You talk to the firm that would own your business. Nobody shops your company around to a list of strangers.
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Sellers are charged no fees, ever
A brokered sale usually takes a cut of your price at closing. Our sellers keep their full price.
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Everything stays confidential
Your crew and your customers hear nothing from us while we talk.
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A straight valuation from real numbers
We value the business from your tax returns and your books, then show you the number and how we got it.
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Your team stays in place
The crew that built the business stays on and keeps running it. We are buying their work as much as the name on the trucks.
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One decision maker
The people on the call can say yes. There is no committee waiting behind them.
How It Works
Four steps from first call to close
Four steps, and you deal with us directly at each one. No broker or listing sits between you and the buyer.
A private conversation
We talk through your business and your reasons for selling. The call stays between us.
A straight valuation
We read your tax returns and recent financials and come back with a value. If the number is not there, we will tell you that too.
A structure that fits
Most deals are majority buyouts, with cash paid at close and seller financing used where it fits.
A clean close
The paperwork is short and written in plain language. Once terms are agreed, we aim to close in four to eight weeks.
Working with an advisor or broker? They hear back from us within two business days, and their fee is protected.
Contact
Start a conversation about your service business
Tell us a little about the business and we will take it from there. Plain facts about the work and the crew help more than a polished pitch.
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Confidential from the first message. Nothing you send us is shared with your crew or your customers.
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No fees for sellers. The price we agree on is the price you keep.
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Anywhere in the continental United States. We buy across state lines and look at the routes, not the zip code.
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