Plumbing Industry News

HVAC & Plumbing Unlimited Joins Liberty Platform in Mid-Atlantic Entry

The NorthCurrent Partners-backed home services company adds a 20-year-old Lorton, Virginia, heating, cooling and plumbing contractor founded by John Cunningham. The release gives no financial terms.

Fourth-Generation Bender Plumbing Supply Joins Hills Distribution Platform

The Grove Mountain Partners-backed Northeast distributor adds a New Haven plumbing and HVAC supplier with six Connecticut locations and Gold Coast showrooms. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Blackstone's Perpetual PE Strategy Acquires Champions Group

Odyssey Investment Partners, which announced its acquisition of the business as Service Champions in January 2021, sold to Blackstone and kept a significant minority stake alongside management. Terms were not disclosed.

Howerton Plumbing Acquired by Blackthorn Capital in Two-Company Closing

Founder Tony Blackthorn, formerly in a New York investing role, closed on Howerton and New Carlisle's Kirkwood Heating & Cooling on the same day in February 2026.

Goldman Sachs-Backed Sila Buys Coblentz Plumbing Solutions in NEOH Deal

The Hartville, Ohio plumber is the lone plumbing company among the five NEOH businesses Sila bought, alongside three heating and cooling brands and a duct cleaner. Terms were not disclosed.

Founders Home Service Group Buys AAA City Plumbing in First Carolinas Deal

Majority-owned by family office Kompass Kapital, the platform's third acquisition adds a plumber founded more than three decades ago, with offices in Rock Hill and Charlotte. Terms were not disclosed.