Month: January 2018

BizBuySell.com’s Fourth Quarter 2017 Insight Report shows strong second half of 2017 boosting business-for-sale market to new highs as businesses continue to thrive in today’s strong economy. BizBuySell.com, the Internet’s largest business-for-sale marketplace, reported today that annual small business transactions ascended to record highs in 2017, exceeding previous highs set in 2016 by 27 percent. The full results are included in BizBuySell’s 2017 Q4 and year-end Insights Report, which aggregates statistics from business-for-sale transactions reported by participating business brokers nationwide. This year’s increase marks a noteworthy upward shift in the number of small businesses changing hands across America. For several years after … Read more

Rotolo Consultants, Inc. of Slidell, Louisiana, has acquired Massengale Grounds Management, a commercial landscape maintenance firm based in Baton Rouge with operations in southern Louisiana. “Massengale is our second successful acquisition of (the year) and accelerates company growth via M/A activity along with consistent organic growth in our core markets,” said Keith Rotolo, president and CEO of RCI. “We are excited to include Massengale as part of the RCI family. They have an exceptional management team that brings a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge to RCI.” Massengale has provided landscape maintenance services to customers near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for … Read more

Prospect Partners  announced the recapitalization, in partnership with management, of Bland Landscaping Company, Inc. (Bland Landscaping), of Apex, North Carolina. Bland Landscaping is one of North Carolina’s leading full-service providers of landscape design, installation, enhancement, and maintenance services for commercial properties and high-end residential estates. The company, established in 1976, primarily serves offices, hospitals, universities, municipalities, and homeowner associations. Over the years, Bland Landscaping — whose in-house team of nearly 300 landscape experts includes professional turfgrass and horticulture managers, landscape designers, chemical technicians, and floriculturists — has developed a strong reputation for sustainability and excellence, earning more than 100 state and national … Read more

Landscape Workshop has moved north into Kentucky through a merger with Lexington’s Henkel Denmark.  Landscape Workshop is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and is a portfolio company of McKinney Capital. Here is the press release announcing the merger: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Jan. 16, 2018) – Landscape Workshop recently completed the acquisition of Henkel Denmark, based in Lexington, Ky. With this expansion into Kentucky, Landscape Workshop will now have nine branch locations throughout the Southeast. Henkel Denmark was founded by Bill Henkel and Gordon Denmark in 1999. In addition to commercial landscape maintenance, Henkel Denmark’s diverse portfolio also includes residential landscape maintenance, as … Read more