If you own a commercial cleaning or janitorial company in Louisville and you have started wondering what comes next, this page is written for you. Investera Holdings is a Michigan family-operated buyer that acquires service businesses across Jefferson County and keeps them running. We are not a broker who lists your company and disappears, and we are not a passive fund parking money in a spreadsheet. We buy, we install real systems, and we put a dedicated general manager and a put-in-charge team on top of the business so it keeps performing after you step back. Our own operating companies, CT Cleaners and Optimal Facility Services, are proof that we do this work ourselves rather than talk about it.
Why Louisville owners are thinking about selling now
Louisville runs on square footage that has to be cleaned every single night. Downtown office towers tied to Humana, PNC and the AEGON/Transamerica campus, the sprawling medical district around Norton Healthcare, UofL Health and Baptist Health, and the enormous distribution footprint feeding UPS Worldport all depend on reliable janitorial crews showing up after hours. When the biggest air-cargo hub on earth sits at your airport, the warehouses, cold-storage buildings and last-mile facilities around it never stop needing floors stripped, restrooms serviced and docks swept. That is a durable, recurring base of demand that a well-run local cleaning company can count on year after year.
Timing matters, too. Ohio River Valley weather is hard on floors: winter road salt and grit get tracked across lobbies from Bardstown Road to St Matthews, spring pollen coats everything, and humid summers keep mold and mildew on the radar for every facility manager in town. That seasonality is exactly why nightly and recurring contracts hold their value here. Meanwhile, a lot of the owners who built Louisville’s cleaning companies are reaching the age where they would rather hand the keys to someone who will protect their crews and their client relationships than gamble on a stranger. If that is where you are, now is a good moment to have a quiet conversation.
Who we buy in the Louisville area
We are deliberately selective. We are looking for a real operating business with a foundation worth stewarding, not a turnaround or a startup. In practical terms, the companies that fit us look like this:
- Recurring or contract revenue from nightly and scheduled janitorial accounts
- Roughly $500K or more in revenue or SDE (close is fine)
- A capable crew and at least one supervisor who runs routes without you
- A solid local reputation across Louisville and Jefferson County
- An owner open to a clean handoff or staying on for a transition
If you check most of those boxes, we should talk. And if you are not quite sure whether your numbers qualify, reach out anyway; we would rather look together than have you count yourself out over a rounding difference.
What makes selling to Investera different
No broker fees. We are the actual buyer, so you are not paying a listing commission or splitting your proceeds with a middleman who just introduces us and collects a check.
A confidential process. Your crews, your clients and your competitors hear nothing unless and until you decide the deal is real; discretion is the default from the first phone call.
Creative deal structures. Cash at close, seller notes, earnouts or a phased transition; we shape terms around what you need rather than forcing you into one rigid template.
Operators, not a fund. We run cleaning and facility companies ourselves through CT Cleaners and Optimal Facility Services, so we buy to operate for the long term, not to flip.
How the process works
Our process is built to respect your time and your privacy. It starts with a confidential call to understand your business, your accounts and what you want out of a sale. If there is a fit, we sign an NDA and review a few basics: revenue, a customer and contract summary, and how your routes and crews are staffed. From there we make a straightforward offer, walk you through how we arrived at it, and agree on a structure that works for both sides. Diligence is focused and respectful, not a fishing expedition, and we move at a pace that keeps your team and your clients completely undisturbed until closing.
We will take care of what you built
What happens after closing is the part that matters most to us. We keep the business running under experienced management, installing a dedicated general manager and a put-in-charge team so day-to-day operations no longer depend on you being on every job site. Your crews keep their jobs, your clients keep their service, and your name keeps its reputation in a city where word travels fast. We invest in systems, scheduling, quality control and hiring so the company grows steadily rather than coasting. Stewardship, for us, means the business is stronger a year after we buy it than the day we shook hands.
Learn more about what we buy, see how we acquire commercial cleaning & janitorial businesses, or read about Investera Holdings.
Frequently asked questions
How much is my commercial cleaning business worth in Louisville?
Most healthy commercial cleaning companies trade in a range of roughly 2.5x to 4x SDE (seller’s discretionary earnings). Where you land depends on how much revenue is recurring and under contract, how independent your crews and supervisors are, and how clean your books look. That is a typical range, not a guarantee, and the honest answer only comes after we look at your specifics together.
Will this stay confidential?
Yes. We treat confidentiality as the default. Nothing goes to your employees, your accounts or your competitors while we talk, and we work under an NDA so you control what is shared and when.
Do I have to pay any broker or advisory fees?
No. We are the buyer, not a broker. There is no listing commission and no success fee taken out of your proceeds; the number we agree on is between you and us.
Can I stay involved after the sale?
If you want to. Some owners stay on for a transition period to hand off relationships; others want a clean break. Because we bring in our own general manager and team, both paths work, and we will structure it around what you prefer.
How long does a sale usually take?
Once we have the basic financials, a focused deal often moves from first conversation to close in a couple of months. We can go faster or slower depending on your timeline and how you want to handle the transition.
What areas around Louisville do you buy in?
We buy throughout Jefferson County and the surrounding metro, including Jeffersonville and New Albany across the river, St Matthews, Jeffersontown, Shively and Prospect. If you serve the greater Louisville market, you are in our footprint.
Start a confidential conversation
If any of this resonates, the next step is simple and completely confidential: a no-pressure conversation about your business and what you want next. There is nothing to prepare and no obligation, just a direct talk with the family that would actually own and run your company. Reach out to Investera Holdings and we will listen first, answer your questions honestly, and help you figure out whether a sale makes sense for you and the crew you have built.