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
Ownership record / HVAC · plumbing
Pro-Tech Air Conditioning & Plumbing Service
Sponsor-backedDocumentedWinter Park and greater Orlando, Florida
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
- Acquisition reported; operating-company equity percentage not disclosed.
- Record date
- 2026-10-23
- Oldest observation in the displayed chain
- 2026-07-26
The company-issued release explicitly describes a completed acquisition. Planned future electrical and generator offerings are not treated as proven current services. The dated release reports an acquisition; a separate legal close date is not stated. Current affiliation was checked in the platform directory. The upstream sponsor chain retains July 26, 2026 baseline observations; this brand addition does not refresh that chain.
Ownership sources: US-S011 US-S013 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
Pro-Tech Air Conditioning & Plumbing Service acquired by Southern Home Services
current · acquisition; equity percentage not disclosed · Observed 2026-10-23 US-S011 US-S013
Start date is the release dateline, not a separately established legal close. The dated release reports an acquisition; a separate legal close date is not stated.
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
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
Pro-Tech Air Conditioning & Plumbing Service acquired by Southern Home Services
current · acquisition; equity percentage not disclosed
Start date is the release dateline, not a separately established legal close. The dated release reports an acquisition; a separate legal close date is not stated.
Start 2023-06-21 · End not stated · Observed 2026-10-23 · US-R011 US-S011 US-S013
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.
- 2023-06-21
closed / acquisition
Pro-Tech Air Conditioning & Plumbing Service
Buyer: Southern Home Services
The acquired brand is currently listed in Southern Home Services’s corporate directory.
- Announcement
- 2023-06-21
- Legal closing
- Separate close date not established
- Interest
- not disclosed
The dated release reports an acquisition; a separate legal close date is not stated. Consideration, exact operating-company equity percentage and separate close date are not established. US-S011 US-S013
- 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
03 / Research limits
What remains open.
US-U001 / medium priority
What equity percentages, transaction consideration and separate legal closing dates apply to the reported platform acquisitions?
Affiliation and reported acquisitions are documented; undisclosed percentages, consideration and legal close dates remain unknown.
Needed: Transaction documents, corporate filings, or explicit first-party closing and retained-interest disclosures. · Recorded 2026-10-23
04 / Evidence ledger
4 public sources.
Source grades describe evidence quality, not ownership probabilities. Sources sharing a publisher group are not independent corroboration.
US-S011A / primary
Southern Home Services Announces Acquisition of Pro-Tech Air Conditioning & Plumbing Service
Acquisition of Pro-Tech Air Conditioning & Plumbing Service by Southern Home Services; reported local services and market.
The dated release reports an acquisition; a separate legal close date is not stated. Company-issued release distributed by PR Newswire; the distributor is not independent corroboration.
US-S013A / primary
Southern Home Services — Locations
Current platform listing and local operating presence for the eight added Southern brands.
Undated live directory observed October 23, 2026. Provides current affiliation and geography, not transaction close dates, equity percentages or independent corroboration of the company’s acquisition releases.
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