BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a General Contractor Residential to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up buyers
Private equity firms and PE-backed platform consolidators acquiring for roll-up, add-on, or platform plays. Pricing tends to lead the market for fee-viable scale, with multi-bidder competitive processes above the EBITDA floor.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 11.48x across 7 disclosed deals (P25: 7.91x, P75: 19.18x). Median EV/Revenue 0.96x across 10 deals. Median deal value: $166.06M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 10 deals total (4 from 2018+), filtered to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquirers of general contractor residential businesses.
- Most active buyers
- Sumitomo Forestry America Inc. (1) · Cavco Industries, Inc. (1) · Apollo Global Management, Inc. (1) · Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (1) · Peerless Systems Corp. (:PRLS) (1) · H.I.G. Capital, LLC (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquisitions of general contractor residential businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. | Sumitomo Forestry America Inc. | $4417.1M | 11.5x | 1.27x |
| 2025 | American Homestar Corporation | Cavco Industries, Inc. | $190.0M | 10.7x | 0.98x |
| 2021 | The New Home Company Inc. | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | $328.5M | — | 0.70x |
| 2018 | AV Homes, Inc. | Taylor Morrison Home Corporation | $814.6M | 19.2x | 0.93x |
| 2014 | Deer Valley Corporation | Peerless Systems Corp. (:PRLS) | $1.2M | 3.6x | 0.15x |
| 2010 | All American Group, Inc. | H.I.G. Capital, LLC | $3.3M | — | 0.25x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Private equity acquirers price for scale and roll-up arbitrage. They pay up for businesses that fit a platform thesis — recurring revenue mix above 30%, technician/professional depth, clean financials, and a management layer that survives integration. The same general contractor residential can command 1.5x to 2x the multiple of an individual-buyer transaction simply because the PE buyer is acquiring a platform piece, not an owner-operated shop.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to general contractor residential businesses acquired by private equity / pe-backed roll-up buyers. EV/EBITDA outliers outside the [0.5x, 60x] band and EV/Revenue outliers outside [0.05x, 25x] are excluded from medians. Where available, post-2018 transactions are weighted; otherwise the all-time sample is used. Deal counts shown reflect deals with disclosed financials only — total transaction count for this buyer pool is typically 2-3x larger. Full methodology
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