We partner with exceptional teams to grow lasting businesses the right way

About Us

Longleaf Group is a private equity firm that invests in commercial and industrial specialty contractors who have demonstrated excellence in their services and markets. We partner with founders, owners, families, and management teams to drive the next phase of growth and turn opportunities into outperformance.

Our expertise is in businesses built around people — estimators performing takeoffs, dispatchers managing the schedule, foremen giving the daily safety brief, and crews executing in the field.

We understand:

Safety comes first
Recruiting, training, and retaining quality labor is hard
Having the right equipment for the right job drives production
Pride in your work matters
There can be a difference between a busy business and a profitable business

We work with our teams to solve the unique challenges their businesses face. If you are thinking about what comes next for your business and your people, let’s talk.

What is a Good Fit?

Being intentional is how we ensure every partnership receives the time, attention, and effort it deserves. That is why we exclusively partner with market-leading commercial and industrial specialty contractors that exhibit the following:

Company Attributes

Skilled, non-union labor with a safety-first culture
Management team that is bought in and wants to grow
Industries where demand is non-discretionary
Clear path to driving further organic growth
Opportunity to acquire complementary businesses with like-minded teams
Revenue > $10mm
EBITDA > $2mm with margins > 10%
Located in the Southeast, South, or Midwest

Goals & Objectives

Owners want to take some chips off the table
Shareholders looking to reward key team members with ownership in the business
Next chapter requires additional resources: talent, technology, and capital
Deal types: majority recapitalizations, family successions, and management buyouts