{
  "title": "Who Is Buying Restoration Businesses? PE Platforms and Strategics",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/who-is-buying-restoration-businesses/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-11-06",
  "updated": "2026-11-06",
  "section": "Private equity",
  "keyword": "who is buying restoration businesses",
  "short_answer": "Most buyers of restoration businesses are private-equity-backed platforms such as BluSky, ATI, American Restoration, Fortify, Guardian and HighGround, plus public FirstService (First Onsite and Paul Davis) and PE-owned BELFOR. Individual buyers, often with SBA loans, buy smaller firms.",
  "facts": {
    "BluSky Restoration Contractors": [
      "Partners Group and Kohlberg & Company",
      "Bought in October 2021"
    ],
    "ATI Restoration": [
      "Moore family, with TSG Consumer Partners",
      "TSG invested in August 2020"
    ],
    "American Restoration": [
      "Morgan Stanley Capital Partners",
      "Bought in July 2024"
    ],
    "Fortify Companies (Insurcomm, Rytech)": [
      "Summit Partners",
      "Bought Rytech in December 2025"
    ],
    "Guardian Restoration Partners": [
      "Alpine Investors",
      "Launched in April 2024"
    ],
    "HighGround Restoration Group": [
      "Knox Lane (majority)",
      "Bought from Trivest in March 2025"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/14/3273223/36351/en/firstservice-completes-two-tuck-under-acquisitions.html",
    "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/firstservice-adds-restoration-tuck-under-123000298.html",
    "https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/89813-blusky-restoration-contractors-announces-merger-with-illinois-based-jc-restoration",
    "https://www.roofingcontractor.com/articles/98663-blusky-restoration-contractors-announces-merger-with-ohio-based-j-and-r-restoration",
    "https://atirestoration.com/press-releases/ati-restoration-announces-first-acquisition/",
    "https://atirestoration.com/press-releases/ati-acquires-mackenzie-restoration/",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637810/000117184319003631/exh_991.htm",
    "https://www.morganstanley.com/press-releases/mscp-completes-acquisition-of-american-restoration",
    "https://www.partnersgroup.com/news-and-views/press-releases/investment-news/detail?news_id=1afb676b-e9e8-4441-b359-7c4168fa1250",
    "https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/89682-blusky-restoration-announces-new-investment-partners-kohlberg-company-and-partners-group",
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fortify-companies-acquires-rytech-restoration-expanding-national-restoration-platform-to-over-30-states-302630556.html",
    "https://alpineinvestors.com/update/guardian-restoration-partners-acquires-quick-dry-restoration-and-spartan-emergency-water-removal",
    "https://knoxlane.com/news/knox-lane-partners-with-highground-restoration-group",
    "https://peprofessional.com/2025/03/trivest-exits-highground-restoration/",
    "https://atirestoration.com/press-releases/ati-announces-investment-from-tsg-consumer-partners",
    "https://american-securities.com/en/companies/belfor",
    "https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/88388-update-servpro-acquired-by-blackstone",
    "https://courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=392360"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}