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Do private equity firms buy electrical contractors?

Last updated 2026-10-20

Yes. In our tracker, 23 of the 40 buyers of electrical contractors are backed by investors.

The buyer mix

Our deal tracker lists 55 public electrical contractor deals. 34 of them were in the 12 months to 2026-10-05. Not every buyer is backed by investors. 16 buyers are firms in the same trade.

What these buyers look for

Our tracker shows who bought and when. It does not show why a buyer picked a company. We track 35915 electrical contractors. The deal tracker only counts public deals.

Who has been buying

Norlee Group made the most deals in our tracker, with 5. Its latest was on 2026-10-05. GreenArrow made 4, with its latest on 2026-09-03. The Waldinger Corporation also made 4, with its latest on 2026-08-24.

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Facts and sources

55 public deals tracked, made by 40 different buyers. Exitr electrical contractor deal tracker, 2026-10-05
34 public deals in the 12 months to 2026-10-05. Exitr electrical contractor deal tracker, 2026-10-05
35915 electrical contractors tracked. Exitr live counts and methodology, 2026-10-20
23 investor-backed buyers and 16 buyers in the same trade. Exitr electrical contractor deal tracker, 2026-10-05
Norlee Group made 5 deals. Norlee Group in the Exitr tracker, 2026-10-05
GreenArrow made 4 deals. GreenArrow in the Exitr tracker, 2026-09-03
The Waldinger Corporation made 4 deals. The Waldinger Corporation in the Exitr tracker, 2026-08-24

Written from our sourced data and checked line by line before it was published. Counts are aggregates of public records; no page says which company may sell. Ranges are estimates, not a valuation of any company.