Items Tagged with 'private equity'

Exterior Solutions Group, or ESG, is a commercial roofing contractor headquartered in Edmond, Okla., serving K-12 school districts, colleges and commercial property owners.

Private equity has brought capital, technology and new opportunities to roofing, but Ken Kelly’s decision to buy back the company he founded underscores something harder to acquire: a founder’s understanding of the people, culture and relationships that make a business work.

Kelly Roofing founder Ken Kelly discusses returning to the roofing industry after rescuing his company from a failed private equity sale, sharing advice on profitability, budgeting and preparing a roofing business for sale.

Canopy Services CEO Tim Russell is betting that roofing businesses can share technology, data and successful ideas while retaining the local culture and operating practices that made them successful in the first place.

Bertram Capital-backed Ridgeline Roofing & Restoration has acquired Kalamazoo-based Advantage Roofing & Exteriors, expanding its growing roofing and restoration platform into Southwest Michigan.

The agreement reflects the growing emphasis among multi-brand roofing platforms on standardized technology and operating systems as they acquire and integrate contractors.

How U.S.-Canada tariffs could affect roofing material costs and what contractors can do to protect themselves

The Freedom Roofing deal further builds out a Midwest footprint that now reaches Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and Illinois.

Eskola Roofing & Waterproofing evolves into a regional roofing powerhouse.