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A personal holding company
We buy good small businesses and keep them — backing the people who built them, for as long as they'll have us. No fund. No clock. No exit on the calendar.
The thesis
Most firms buy a business already planning the day they'll sell it. We buy a business planning to keep it.
CDH Group isn't private equity. There's no fund behind it, no investors waiting to be paid back on a schedule, no five-year exit looming at the end. It's permanent capital, owned and run for the long term — which changes every decision that follows.
The hold
A fund has to return money on a schedule, so eventually it has to sell. We don't run a fund. The clock that pushes most owners toward a rushed, impersonal outcome simply isn't in the room.
What we actually do
Every good business is good for a reason. We find that reason and fund more of it — the people, the products, and the relationships that already win. Growth comes first, and it comes by addition, not subtraction.
Then, patiently, we clear what's been holding the business back: better systems, less friction, more room to breathe. No slash-and-burn. No outside playbook dropped on top of people who already know their craft.
The people who built it keep building it. The name stays on the door. That's the whole point.
Where we focus
We specialize in the unglamorous, everyday businesses communities can't do without — built on reputation, repeat customers, and people who take pride in the work. These are the sectors we know, and where we keep buying.
Who this is for
Questions owners ask
We focus on essential, everyday businesses — home services (garage doors, pest control, residential cleaning), commercial services (vent cleaning, electrical contracting), waste & hauling, and managed IT / MSP. In short: profitable, durable companies built on reputation and repeat customers.
Yes. The people who built the business keep building it. We grow what already works and quietly fix what doesn't — no slash-and-burn, no outside playbook dropped on people who already know their craft.
CDH Group isn't private equity. There's no fund behind it, no investors waiting to be paid back on a schedule, and no five-year exit looming. It's permanent capital — owned and run for the long term — which changes every decision that follows.
No. The name stays on the door. The reputation you built is a big part of what makes the business valuable, and we intend to keep it exactly as it is.
Indefinitely. We buy planning to keep — there's no exit on the calendar. That long horizon lets us invest patiently in the people, products, and relationships that already win.
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If you've spent a career building something and you care who you hand it to, start a conversation. No brokers. No auction. No pressure.