Fox Service Company operated by Southern Home Services
current · unspecified
Current Southern brand/transaction evidence supports the retained consumer brand relationship.
Start 2020-07 · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R001 S002 S005
Ownership record / HVAC · plumbing · electrical
Fox Service Company
Sponsor-backedDocumentedAustin metro
The recorded finding
Southern Home Services
The sources support the recorded relationships below, subject to their dates and stated scope. The precise legal ownership chain and percentages may remain undisclosed.
- Reported controller / sponsor
- Gryphon Investors via North American Essential Home Services
- Interest recorded
- Gryphon majority; management meaningful minority at holding-company level
- Record date
- 2026-07-26
- Oldest observation in the displayed chain
- 2026-07-26
Ownership sources: S002 S005 S006 S007. An observation date is not a guarantee that ownership remains unchanged today.
01 / Relationship map
Follow each connection.
Control / identityOperating / portfolioFranchise / minorityUnconfirmed / past
3 links · read sources & relationship details
Fox Service Company operated by Southern Home Services
current · unspecified · Observed 2026-07-26 S002 S005
Current Southern brand/transaction evidence supports the retained consumer brand relationship.
Southern Home Services subsidiary of North American Essential Home Services
current · unspecified · Observed 2026-07-26 S006 S007
Southern sits within the Gryphon-backed NAEHS holding structure.
North American Essential Home Services majority owned by Gryphon Investors
current · majority · Observed 2026-07-26 S006 S007
Gryphon completed a majority investment; management retained a meaningful stake.
Complete relationship ledger, including historical links
Southern Home Services subsidiary of North American Essential Home Services
current · unspecified
Southern sits within the Gryphon-backed NAEHS holding structure.
Start 2021-10 · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R004 S006 S007
North American Essential Home Services majority owned by Gryphon Investors
current · majority
Gryphon completed a majority investment; management retained a meaningful stake.
Start 2021-10 · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R005 S006 S007
02 / Transactions & changes
How the record got here.
Announcements and legal closing dates are separate. Transactions involving a franchise system need not change the local franchisee’s ownership.
- 2021-10
closed / majority investment
Southern Home Services / NAEHS
Buyer: Gryphon Investors
Gryphon is current controlling sponsor through NAEHS.
- Announcement
- 2021-10
- Legal closing
- 2021-10
- Interest
- majority; management retained meaningful stake
- 2020-07-18
closed / acquisition
Fox Service Company
Buyer: Southern Home Services
Fox remains a Southern consumer brand.
- Announcement
- 2020-07-18
- Legal closing
- Separate close date not established
- Interest
- control / complete operating-company acquisition not further specified
Close date not separately stated in the source captured. S002
03 / Research limits
What remains open.
U025 / high priority
What are the exact Texas operating entities behind Fox, Precision, Daniel’s, Strand Brothers, Service Wizard, Abacus, Austin Air, Roger’s and Ja-Mar?
Consumer-brand and parent chains are published; some intermediate legal entities remain omitted.
Needed: Texas SOS, assumed-name, trade-license, contract terms, and transaction schedule records. · Recorded 2026-07-26
04 / Evidence ledger
5 public sources.
Source grades describe evidence quality, not ownership probabilities. Sources sharing a publisher group are not independent corroboration.
S002A / primary
S005A / primary
Southern Home Services Site Map
Current listing of Fox, Precision, and Daniel’s brands
S006A / primary
North American Essential Home Services
Current Gryphon portfolio relationship to Southern Home Services holding structure
S007A / primary
Gryphon Investors Completes Majority Investment in Southern Home Services
Gryphon majority investment; management retained meaningful stake
S101B / primary
Fox Service Company
Current Austin HVAC/plumbing/electrical brand