Go Lime Acquires Select Plumbing & Heating, Its Fifth Deal Since August

What happened

Go Lime Inc., a Canadian home and commercial services company, announced on November 10, 2026, that it had acquired Select Plumbing & Heating Inc. Select is a commercial and industrial plumbing and heating contractor based in Mississauga, Ontario. It has served Mississauga and the rest of the Greater Toronto Area for nearly 40 years.

Mike Burke, Select's owner and founder, will remain with the business to lead the transition. The Select name, team, phone numbers, and 24/7 emergency service stay the same. Existing agreements, ongoing projects, and warranties will be honored on the same terms. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The seller

Mike Burke and his wife, Kathleen, started Select in 1988. Before that, Mike Burke spent 10 years in the mechanical contracting business run by his father, Don Burke. He became a licensed plumber and gas fitter there by age 21. The Burkes built Select around service work rather than new construction.

Select's licensed and bonded technicians handle plumbing, drains, heating, process piping, HVAC, and retrofit work, along with emergency calls around the clock. On the industrial side, that runs to steam, compressed air, and stainless steel piping. Its customers are factories, warehouses, plants, retail stores, offices, restaurants, and institutions, across the region, from Mississauga to Toronto.

"Our clients run businesses that can't afford downtime, and they count on us to take care of them," Mike Burke said in the announcement. "I'm staying on because I want to see this company and our team grow."

The buyer

Go Lime was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area. It serves more than 100,000 customers across Canada with more than 225 employees. It sells through retail partnerships, including Home Depot and Walmart, through direct channels, and through local brands.

Funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners acquired Go Lime in December 2025, together with substantially all the assets of Simply Green, a home equipment lease portfolio then in receivership. At the time, Basalt described Go Lime as a lessor of water heaters, HVAC units, and water treatment systems to Ontario homeowners under long-term contracts. The two businesses together held approximately 90,000 leases.

Jeff Schwartz is Go Lime's president and CEO. "We didn't buy a client list. We invested in a team that takes care of small and large commercial clients the right way," he said. Cameron Priske, Go Lime's senior vice president of technical field and operations, said Select "adds deep commercial and industrial plumbing expertise to Go Lime, from boilers and radiant heating to process piping and backflow prevention."

How Go Lime has bought since August

Select is Go Lime's fifth acquisition since August, when it bought Comfort Zone Heating & Air Conditioning in Cobourg. Two Simcoe County businesses followed, and the most recent before Select was Kore HVAC Services in Sudbury. Each of the four kept its name and its team, the same commitment Select's clients were given. Owners in these trades can read more on selling a home and facility services business.

What this means for plumbing and heating owners

For plumbing and heating owners, the buyer of a commercial service shop can come from residential equipment leasing rather than from contracting. A buyer from that side adds the shop's skills through its crew, so the technicians who do the specialized work, and an owner willing to stay through the handover, are the core of what an owner has to sell.

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Source: Newsfile - https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/323248