For Business Owners

Sell your HVAC, Plumbing, or Electrical company without selling your soul to private equity.

We buy and operate trades businesses long term, keep your name and team, and install trained leaders so you can retire in under 6 months.
Sell your company (confidential)
Long-term, privately held operator. No roll-up and flip. No outside equity.
For Skilled Talent

Build your future here

Step into leadership, own equity, and build real wealth while doing work that matters.
  • Multi-level pay plans & clear promotion paths
  • Real PTO, holidays, and time-off sell-back
  • Path from tech → lead → GM → potential owner
Careers: Join the Gold Collar Team Learn about our leadership track →

Your 4 Real Exit Options

Most trades owners only see three ways out. None of them are great. We exist to be the fourth.

Private Equity: Big Check, Bigger Strings

  • Must be big enough to interest a fund
  • 3–5 years as an employee in your own company
  • Pressure for rapid changes in pricing, staffing, and culture
  • Your name and way of doing things often disappear

Sell to a Tech: Great Wrench, Untested CEO

  • You need a licensed operator who can qualify to own
  • Usually strong at the trade, weak at business systems
  • Often relies on heavy seller financing – your retirement depends on their learning curve
  • Risk they default or drag down the reputation you built

Shut It Down: Legacy and People Scattered

  • Work until you can’t, then close the doors
  • Liquidate trucks and tools for pennies on the dollar
  • Good employees forced to start over at a new shop
  • Any debts tied to you personally follow you into retirement
Best Option

Sell to Stoneburgh: Exit Clean, Protect Your Legacy

  • We are a long-term holding company, not a PE roll-up
  • We keep your brand and your people, and install our own trained leadership
  • You can step out of the operator seat in months, not years
  • Your business becomes part of a platform built to turn blue collar into gold collar
How Selling to Stoneburgh Works

How Selling to Stoneburgh Works

1

Intro & Fit Call

15–30 minutes. Confidential, no heavy data room. We learn who you are, where the business is, and what you care about in a sale.

2

Light Info & Indicative Range

You share basic numbers under NDA. We give you a realistic value range and structure, not a fantasy multiple.

3

LOI → Diligence → Closing

If we both like the range, we move to a Letter of Intent, focused confirmatory diligence (60–90 days), and a Day‑1 plan so you can step out.

See Full Seller Process

Who's Behind Stoneburgh

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Jeremy O. Spann

CEO

United States Marine Corps veteran. TCU undergrad and MBA. Has started, bought, grown, and sold companies including taking one to ~$300M in sales. Leads business and acquisition strategy.

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Trent Clark

Leadership & Performance

Former MLB coach with three World Series appearances. Specializes in building high-performing teams and leaders. Runs leadership and goal-setting curriculum for our Candidate Program.

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Mike Mashburn

COO

15+ years in the trades, over a decade in HVAC. Started in the attic like everyone else and worked his way up. Leads technical and field operations across the platform.

Careers: Join the Gold Collar Team

If you're tired of bouncing between shops every 2–3 years for another $1–3 an hour, we built a place you never have to leave. Clear pay ladders, real PTO and benefits, and a path from tech → lead → AGM → GM → potential owner across multiple companies.

  • Multi-level pay plan and clear promotion paths
  • PTO, holidays, sick time, and time-off sell-back
  • AGM and Candidate Program paths for future leaders
  • Mission: turning blue collar into gold collar
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