{
  "title": "Buying or Selling a Restoration Business: Prices, Buyers, How to Sell",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/buying-or-selling-a-restoration-business/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-11-02",
  "updated": "2026-11-02",
  "section": "Sector guide",
  "keyword": "buying or selling a restoration business",
  "short_answer": "Buyers of water, fire and mold restoration businesses pay for steady everyday claim work, many referral sources, clean receivables and a team that runs jobs without the owner. The buyers are large strategics such as FirstService and BELFOR, PE-backed platforms such as BluSky, and individual buyers using SBA loans.",
  "facts": {
    "Public strategic": [
      "FirstService (First Onsite, Paul Davis)",
      "Regional firms in weather-exposed markets, commercial and large-loss work"
    ],
    "Global restoration group": [
      "BELFOR",
      "Regional firms that add cities and services"
    ],
    "PE-backed platform": [
      "BluSky (Partners Group and Kohlberg)",
      "Commercial restoration firms that add offices and states"
    ],
    "Individual buyer": [
      "First-time owners, often with an SBA loan",
      "Smaller residential firms, sometimes a franchise location"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637810/000117184319003631/exh_991.htm",
    "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/01/10/2807019/36351/en/firstservice-adds-restoration-tuck-under-acquisitions.html",
    "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/10/2860664/36351/en/First-Onsite-Restoration-Enhances-Geographic-Footprint-in-Growing-Southeast-U-S-Region.html",
    "https://www.partnersgroup.com/news-and-views/press-releases/investment-news/detail?news_id=1afb676b-e9e8-4441-b359-7c4168fa1250",
    "https://www.prweb.com/releases/blusky-restoration-contractors-announces-merger-with-utah-based-liberty-restoration-302002836.html",
    "https://belforfranchisegroup.com/about/history-of-belfor-franchise-group/",
    "https://www.prweb.com/releases/belfor_property_restoration_acquires_first_call_restoration_in_san_antonio_tx/prweb13903764.htm",
    "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibba-m-source-announce-market-090000240.html",
    "https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/7a-loans"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}