If you own a commercial cleaning or janitorial company in Montgomery and have started wondering what a graceful exit could look like, Investera Holdings would like to talk. We are a Michigan family-operated firm that buys service businesses and keeps them running. We are not a broker looking for a listing, and we are not a passive fund parking money for a few years before flipping. We buy, we install real management systems, and we hold. Montgomery is a genuine janitorial market: state government office buildings around the Capitol complex, Baptist Health and Jackson Hospital facilities, the retail floors at the Shoppes at EastChase, class-A space along the Chantilly and Atlanta Highway corridors, and the schools and universities that anchor the city all need nightly cleaning by crews that show up. If you have built a book of accounts that renews month after month, you have built something we want to steward, not strip.
Why Montgomery owners are thinking about selling now
Montgomery runs on institutions that never really close, and that is exactly what makes recurring janitorial revenue here durable. The state is the largest employer in the region, filling floors of downtown office space that require nightly service regardless of the business cycle. Add Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, the Baptist Health and Jackson Hospital systems, Alabama State University, Auburn University at Montgomery, and Faulkner and Troy campuses, and you have a base of buildings whose cleaning budgets are budgeted, not discretionary. Owners who locked in multi-year contracts across these segments are sitting on the kind of predictable cash flow that is genuinely hard to replicate and worth real money to the right buyer.
At the same time, the timing question is personal. Many janitorial owners in the River Region built their companies in the 1990s and 2000s, ran hard through the labor squeeze of recent years, and are now closer to sixty than to forty. Finding, training, and keeping crews in a tight local labor market is relentless work, and it does not pause. If you are quietly tired of carrying the pager, of covering the callout at 9 p.m., of being the only person who can smooth over a lost account, this is a reasonable moment to explore a sale to a buyer who will put a professional operator in that seat rather than shut the doors.
Who we buy in the Montgomery area
We are deliberately narrow about what we buy, because we intend to run it for the long haul rather than resell it. A Montgomery janitorial company tends to be a good fit for us when it looks like this:
- Recurring or contract revenue from routine nightly or scheduled cleaning, not one-off jobs
- Roughly $500K or more in annual revenue or SDE, though close counts and we will still talk
- A capable crew and at least one supervisor who runs routes without the owner present
- A solid local reputation with accounts that renew and referrals that come by word of mouth
- An owner open to a clean handoff, whether that means a full exit or staying on for a season
If most of that describes your company, the gaps rarely matter as much as owners fear. We have looked at businesses with lumpy books, a key account concentration, or a founder who still does payroll by hand, and we have still moved forward. The point of a first conversation is to understand what you have built, not to grade it.
What makes selling to Investera different
No broker fees. We are the actual buyer, so you are not paying a five or six percent commission out of your proceeds, and there is no listing agent between us shading the story to close a deal.
A confidential process. Your crews, your competitors along Eastdale and Atlanta Highway, and your accounts hear nothing unless and until you decide they should; early talks stay strictly between us.
Creative deal structures. Cash at close, a seller note, an earnout tied to account retention, or a phased buyout can all be on the table so the structure fits your life, not a template.
Operators, not a fund. Investera is a family that runs cleaning companies like CT Cleaners and Optimal Facility Services; we buy to operate, not to flip on a fund’s clock.
How the process works
Our process is built to respect your time and your privacy. It starts with a phone call, usually thirty minutes, where you tell us about your accounts, your crews, and what you want out of a sale. If there is mutual interest, we sign a mutual NDA and look at a few years of financials and your contract book to understand the shape of the business. From there we share an indicative range in plain language, walk through how we would structure it, and only then move toward a simple letter of intent. Diligence is respectful and focused, we do not tie you up for six months, and because we are the decision-makers there is no committee to disappear into.
We will take care of what you built
What happens after closing is the part we care most about, because we keep what we buy. Our model is to install a dedicated general manager and a put-in-charge team so the company runs on documented systems rather than on you, the founder, personally holding it all together. That means route schedules, quality inspections, supply ordering, hiring, and account communication get standardized and handed to people whose job is to run them well. Your crews keep their jobs, your name and reputation in Montgomery stay intact, and the accounts you fought to win keep getting served. We are stewards of what you built, and the crews who show up every night are the reason the business has value in the first place.
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 Montgomery?
Most janitorial companies trade in a range of roughly 2.5 to 4 times SDE, which is your seller’s discretionary earnings, the true owner benefit after normalizing the books. Recurring contracts, low customer concentration, and a team that runs without you push toward the top of that range. This is a typical range and not a guarantee, and the only way to give you a real number is to look at your actuals together.
Will you keep this confidential?
Yes, completely. We sign a mutual NDA before we see anything sensitive, and we do not contact your crews, accounts, or competitors. Your staff and clients learn about a transition on your timeline and in your words, not from a rumor.
Are there any broker fees or commissions?
None. We are the direct buyer, so there is no listing commission coming out of your proceeds and no agent in the middle. What we agree on is what the deal is.
Can I stay involved after the sale?
You can if you want to. Some owners want a clean exit, others prefer to stay on for a transition or a longer role while we bring in a general manager. We will build the handoff around what works for you.
How long does a sale usually take?
From first call to close is often somewhere in the range of a couple of months, depending on how organized your records are and the structure we choose. We move at a pace that is thorough but not draining.
What areas around Montgomery do you buy in?
We look across the River Region, including Prattville, Wetumpka, Millbrook, Pike Road, and out toward Auburn and Tallassee. If your routes cover Montgomery County and the surrounding towns, that footprint is a plus, not a problem.
Start a confidential conversation
If you are even quietly curious about what a sale could look like, start with a confidential conversation. There is no cost, no obligation, and nothing gets shared with anyone. Reach out to Investera Holdings and tell us a little about your Montgomery cleaning company, and we will tell you honestly whether we are a fit and what a fair range might look like. The first step is just a talk, and it stays between us.