Profitability Partners in the News
Profitability Partners in the News
A fractional CFO and accounting firm built for home services businesses — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors scaling toward their next stage — or an exit. Our partners are regularly quoted by journalists and industry publications on contractor profitability, job costing and pricing, profit margins, private-equity consolidation, and exit planning.
Featured In
How Home Service Businesses Hit 20% Net Margin, According to Two Former Private Equity Buyers
Partners Matthew Mooney and Raymond Gong join hosts Tersh Blissett and Josh Crouch of Relentless Digital to break down gross-margin benchmarks by trade, the fully loaded labor mistake that hides real margin, why discounting costs more than marketing, and how overhead cuts compound at an 8–12x exit multiple. Watch the episode and read our recap →
How PE Firms Are Investing in AI Amid a Once-in-a-Generation Boom
Senior Partner Raymond Gong is the featured expert voice in Carta’s data story on how private equity is approaching AI — explaining why AI-native startups don’t fit the PE buyout model, and how PE-backed home-services companies are deploying AI to drive efficiency and increase exit value.
The first 90 days: What a new CFO actually walks into
Senior Partner Raymond Gong is quoted throughout Pleo’s feature on what new CFOs really inherit — making the case that AR, AP and payroll have to work before strategy, and that the unglamorous basics are where the first 30 days actually go.
A founder raised $40M to put AI to work for plumbers, electricians, and HVAC crews
Fortune’s Term Sheet cited Profitability Partners’ private-equity HVAC analysis — including our finding that PE acquisition activity grew 88% year over year — in its coverage of an a16z- and Sequoia-backed home services startup.
What Happens When Private Equity Buys Up Local Home Contractors?
Senior Partner Matthew Mooney explains to the NewsGuard-rated outlet how private-equity ownership reshapes local contractors — modernized systems and training tend to lift service quality, but, as he notes, the price will go up, too.
Plumbing Business Profitability: 11 Ways to Improve Profit Margins
Housecall Pro cites Profitability Partners’ benchmarks — drawn from P&L data across 200-plus home services acquisitions — for what healthy plumbing net margins and operating overhead actually look like.
Q2 Is Your Runway: How to Use It to Win the Rest of the Year
Founder Raymond Gong breaks down where contractors quietly lose margin — stale price books, incomplete job costing, and creeping overhead — and why being busy is not the same as being profitable.
The 522 Billion Dollar Renovation Market Is Growing — But Slowing
Raymond Gong on softening big-ticket demand, the squeeze of rising material costs on install jobs, and the bulk-purchasing edge that private-equity-backed firms hold over independents.
Additional Coverage
What’s Actually on Your Desk Right Now: 3 Business Leaders on April 2026
Raymond Gong is featured on the K-shaped consumer squeeze, describing a blended decline in job ticket size as homeowners trade big installs for lower-cost maintenance work.
Improve Forecasts When History Stops Helping
Raymond Gong on forecasting through uncertainty — modeling positive variables conservatively so a home services business never has to hit the best case just to stay staffed and solvent.
Payment Processing Fees: 3 Proven Fixes for SMEs in 2026
Raymond Gong quantifies how renegotiating and restructuring payment processing can return tens of thousands of dollars a month to a high-volume small business.
Research Citations
Renovation Market 2026 for Contractors
Quotes our analysis of contractor cost structures.
Plumbing Business KPIs That Drive Growth
References our plumbing benchmarks from 200+ acquisitions.
How Much Can an Electrical Contracting Business Make Per Year?
Cites our electrical contractor margin benchmarks.
Homeowner’s Field Guide to the Roll-Up
Cites our home services PE guide across three articles.
How to Run a Successful Electrical Business
Cites our electrical contractor margin benchmarks.