Ownership record / HVAC · plumbing · electrical
The recorded finding
The sources support the recorded relationships below, subject to their dates and stated scope. The precise legal ownership chain and percentages may remain undisclosed.
Alpine says Best joined Frank Gay as a founding Apex company and would retain its brand. The source does not call Best an acquisition, so this record uses platform-partnership semantics. Apollo’s announced minority investment remains pending.
Ownership sources: US-S018 US-S020 US-S028 US-S029 US-S030. An observation date is not a guarantee that ownership remains unchanged today.
01 / Relationship map
Best Home Services portfolio company of Apex Service Partners
current · founding platform partnership; exact equity percentage undisclosed · Observed 2026-10-26 US-S018 US-S028 US-S030
Alpine says Best joined as a founding Apex company. The record does not relabel that statement as an acquisition.
Apex Service Partners portfolio company of Alpine Investors
current · current sponsor affiliation; exact post-continuation interest undisclosed · Observed 2026-10-26 US-S018 US-S028 US-S029
Alpine currently lists Apex and reports its 2023 continuation transaction. Apollo’s separate May 2026 minority announcement remains a pending transaction and is not converted into a current edge.
current · founding platform partnership; exact equity percentage undisclosed
Alpine says Best joined as a founding Apex company. The record does not relabel that statement as an acquisition.
Start 2019-07-29 · End not stated · Observed 2026-10-26 · US-R015 US-S018 US-S028 US-S030
current · current sponsor affiliation; exact post-continuation interest undisclosed
Alpine currently lists Apex and reports its 2023 continuation transaction. Apollo’s separate May 2026 minority announcement remains a pending transaction and is not converted into a current edge.
Start 2019-07-29 · End not stated · Observed 2026-10-26 · US-R017 US-S018 US-S028 US-S029
02 / Transactions & changes
Announcements and legal closing dates are separate. Transactions involving a franchise system need not change the local franchisee’s ownership.
pending at snapshot / minority investment
Buyer: Apollo
No Austin-facing Apex house brand was added to the published universe.
Expected close in Q4 2026; included as a warning against premature Apollo ownership labels. S061
closed / founding platform partnership
Buyer: Apex Service Partners
Current Apex brand; transaction structure and exact interest undisclosed.
Alpine says Best joined Apex as a founding company; this is not relabeled as an acquisition. US-S018 US-S028
03 / Research limits
US-U004 / medium priority
Current Apex affiliation is documented with transaction language preserved exactly; undisclosed brand-level interests remain unknown.
Needed: Transaction documents, cap-table disclosures or explicit first-party closing and governance statements. · Recorded 2026-10-26
04 / Evidence ledger
Source grades describe evidence quality, not ownership probabilities. Sources sharing a publisher group are not independent corroboration.
Alpine launched Apex with the acquisition of Frank Gay Services; Best Home Services joined as a founding company and both retained their brands.
Terms, exact brand-level interests and separate legal closing dates are not disclosed.
Current Southwest Florida HVAC, plumbing and electrical operations under the Best brand.
Presence evidence only; ownership comes from platform and sponsor sources.
Alpine currently lists Apex Service Partners as a portfolio company.
Current sponsor affiliation is documented without inferring a numeric control percentage.
Alpine reports completing a continuation transaction for Apex and continuing the partnership.
Does not establish the exact current interest after all later transactions.
Current operating platform page for Apex Service Partners.
Platform presence corroboration; brand relationships rely on dated Alpine statements.