Acquire a Austin business,
and grow your
company faster.
Kingdom Broker helps operating owners in Austin, TX find off-market acquisition targets, negotiate creative deal structures, perform due diligence, and integrate the new business after close. Austin growth-market HVAC and plumbing operators, tech-adjacent service businesses, residential roofing meeting the population boom, and emerging manufacturing in the Austin tech corridor. Austin and the Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Central Texas.
Buying a Business is the Fastest Path
Austin operating owners growing through acquisition typically share five things in common. If any of these describe you, we should talk.
Industries we know cold
We bring deep operator knowledge to Austin trades and manufacturing. Austin's population growth has created the same dynamic as Frisco — hundreds of trade businesses scaled with the city and are now ready to exit. The buyer pool here is a mix of California PE money rotating to Texas and local family offices building Texas-centric platforms. Most generalist M&A advisors miss the specific value drivers that make a tuck-in worth 5x EBITDA instead of 3.5x.
HVAC Roll-Ups
Residential service, light commercial, mechanical contracting. The most active roll-up category in trades right now. Recurring maintenance contracts are the swing factor.
Plumbing Platforms
Master plumber depth, commercial recurring routes, residential service. PE platforms are paying premiums for crews that survive day-one post-close.
Roofing Roll-Ups
Storm-vs-steady mix, commercial flat roof recurring, claim management process. Specialty: storm-region operators with insurance partnerships.
Electrical Contractors
Industrial maintenance contracts, master electrician depth, low-voltage data services. The licensed-trade depth determines the premium.
Machine Shops
CNC operators, contract fabricators, precision machining. Customer concentration is the swing factor — diversified shops trade at significant premiums.
Manufacturing Bolt-Ons
Custom fabrication, equipment producers, OEM suppliers. Highest multiple variance in our portfolio — IP, customer mix, and equipment vintage drive the band.
Construction Companies
Commercial general contractors, specialty trades, civil and site work. Backlog quality and crew stability are what the right buyer will pay for.
Landscaping + Pool
Commercial landscape maintenance, residential design-build, pool service routes. Route density and recurring contract mix.
How we work · end to end
From the first conversation to the integration of your new Austin acquisition, we run the entire process. Our typical Austin client closes their deal within 90 to 180 days of engagement.
Strategy + Criteria
We sit down with you and define exactly what you are looking for. Industry, geography, revenue size, EBITDA, customer mix, deal structure. Tight criteria saves months.
Off-Market Sourcing
We tap our network and run a discreet outreach campaign to find targets that are not publicly listed. Most of our best deals never hit BizBuySell. They are families thinking about selling but not ready to announce.
Valuation + Structure
For every target we surface, we run a full valuation, negotiate the LOI, and structure the deal creatively. Seller note, equity rollover, earn-out, SBA 7a — we structure around what makes the deal close.
Due Diligence
We coordinate financial, legal, operational, and technical diligence. Quality of earnings, customer concentration analysis, technician credentials, equipment audit. We catch the deal-killers before they kill the deal.
Close + Integrate
Wire transfer day is not the finish line. We stay engaged through the first 30-90 days post-close to make sure the integration sticks. Crew retention, customer transition, systems consolidation.
Our founder
Eric Skeldon is the founder of Kingdom Broker and a serial entrepreneur with three personal business exits completed as principal. He has been involved with advisors in over $250M of M&A transactions across freight, private equity, B2B services, and trade businesses.
Eric's team specializes in identifying off-market acquisition opportunities in the trades and manufacturing — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, machine shops, and adjacent service businesses where the right tuck-in can transform a platform's growth trajectory.
He built Kingdom Broker to focus his passion and energy on empowering owners who want to grow in life-changing ways through business acquisition. For operating owners looking to acquire your first business, or platforms scaling through creative roll-ups, he is ready to support you across the finish line and beyond.
"Kingdom Broker — delivering growth through acquisition."
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