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Ownership intelligence / United States / Home services

The business
behind the brand.

Trace the operator, the parent, and the financial sponsor. Follow the evidence behind every connection.

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Every connection has a type. A franchise is not a subsidiary. A minority stake is not control. Ownership is stated as of the evidence date.

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79 active brands / 3 historical

27

TX / roofing · exterior

Kidd Roofing

D.R. Kidd Company, Inc.

Control unresolvedIncomplete chain
Full record
29

TX / roofing · exterior

RoofCrafters

RoofCrafters, Inc.

Founder / family / localSelf-reported
Full record
42

TX / foundation repair · waterproofing

Groundworks

Groundworks Companies, LLC

Documented
Full record
58

TX / pest control

Terminix

Terminix / Rentokil North America

Public companyDocumented
Full record
65

TX / pest control

ClearDefense Pest Control

Founders John-Mark Bolton, Chris Cunningham and Jason Brown; current allocation not public

Founder / family / localIncomplete chain
Full record

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The starting point is 67 Austin home-service brands. Expansion follows businesses and sponsors for which substantive public evidence can be preserved.

The Austin baseline is 2026-07-26. Newer records retain their own observation dates. A new release does not mean every ownership chain has been rechecked.

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Active brands / historical records
79 / 3
Entity records / relationships
182 / 115
Recorded transactions
41
Incomplete / self-reported profiles
17 / 9
Public sources / discovery memos
143 / 2

Coverage is selective, not a census of U.S. businesses or private equity. Documented means supported at the stated date; it does not promise that ownership is unchanged today.

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01 / Ownership is a relationship

The local operator and the franchise system.

A sponsor can own a franchisor without owning its local franchisees. The graph keeps those questions separate.

Inspect a franchise record

02 / Capital is not always control

Minority investment, labeled explicitly.

A growth investor can be present while founders retain control. Sponsor presence alone is insufficient to call a business PE-controlled.

Inspect a minority investment

03 / Evidence can change

Keep the history. Update the finding.

Transactions retain announcement and closing dates. Revised assertions retain their previous values and the reason for the change.

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Compare ownership / up to 3 brands

Different names. Same owner?