Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Austin operated by Mr. Rooter Austin local franchisee (legal name unresolved)
current · unspecified
Current local franchise operator; legal entity name unresolved.
Start 2012 · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R027 S029
Ownership record / plumbing
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Austin
Local franchiseDocumentedAustin metro
The recorded finding
Neighborly / Mr. Rooter franchise system
This record covers a local franchise. A connection to a sponsor-owned franchise system does not establish that the sponsor owns the local business.
- Reported system-level chain
- Brett Bidwell owns local franchisee; KKR owns Neighborly franchisor
- Interest recorded
- local franchisee ownership; franchisor separately sponsor-owned
- Record date
- 2026-07-26
- Oldest observation in the displayed chain
- 2026-07-26
Ownership sources: S029 S030. An observation date is not a guarantee that ownership remains unchanged today.
01 / Relationship map
Follow each connection.
Control / identityOperating / portfolioFranchise / minorityUnconfirmed / past
4 links · read sources & relationship details
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Austin operated by Mr. Rooter Austin local franchisee (legal name unresolved)
current · unspecified · Observed 2026-07-26 S029
Current local franchise operator; legal entity name unresolved.
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Austin franchise of Neighborly
current · unspecified · Observed 2026-07-26 S029 S030
Mr. Rooter is a Neighborly franchise; this does not make Neighborly the direct owner of the Austin operating company.
Mr. Rooter Austin local franchisee (legal name unresolved) majority owned by Brett Bidwell
current · local owner · Observed 2026-07-26 S029
Current page identifies Brett Bidwell as local owner.
Neighborly portfolio company of KKR
current · control · Observed 2026-07-26 S030
KKR completed its acquisition of Neighborly.
Complete relationship ledger, including historical links
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Austin franchise of Neighborly
current · unspecified
Mr. Rooter is a Neighborly franchise; this does not make Neighborly the direct owner of the Austin operating company.
Start unknown · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R028 S029 S030
Mr. Rooter Austin local franchisee (legal name unresolved) majority owned by Brett Bidwell
current · local owner
Current page identifies Brett Bidwell as local owner.
Start 2012 · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R029 S029
Neighborly portfolio company of KKR
current · control
KKR completed its acquisition of Neighborly.
Start 2021 · End not stated · Observed 2026-07-26 · R030 S030
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
closed / acquisition
Neighborly
Buyer: KKR
KKR owns the franchisor, not Austin franchisee operating companies.
- Announcement
- 2021
- Legal closing
- Separate close date not established
- Interest
- control
03 / Research limits
What remains open.
No company-specific question is open in this release. Exact legal entities, ownership percentages and subsequent changes may still be undisclosed.
Contribute a dated source or correction04 / Evidence ledger
2 public sources.
Source grades describe evidence quality, not ownership probabilities. Sources sharing a publisher group are not independent corroboration.
S029A / primary
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Austin
Brett Bidwell identified as local owner; independently owned and operated
S030A / primary
KKR Completes Acquisition of Neighborly
KKR acquisition of Neighborly completed