Investera Holdings is a Michigan family-operated company that acquires and keeps running facility services businesses. We are operators and buyers, not brokers and not a passive fund. When we take over a Des Moines facility services company, we install a professional management layer, a dedicated general manager and put-in-charge team, along with the scheduling and account systems that let the work run without the owner touching every job. If you have built a book of recurring facility contracts and have begun to wonder how to sell my facility services business in Des Moines, we would welcome a confidential, low-key conversation.
Why Des Moines owners are thinking about selling now
Des Moines runs on large, multi-tenant workplaces, and every one of them needs facility services. The Wells Fargo campus and the retail sprawl around Jordan Creek in West Des Moines, Corteva’s agribusiness campus in Johnston, Casey’s General Stores headquarters in Ankeny, and the insurance and banking towers downtown all depend on outside partners for janitorial, floor care, day porters, light maintenance, and grounds. As the metro keeps adding office parks, medical buildings, and the distribution centers rising near the airport and Altoona, the bundled facility-services model, one vendor handling several trades, keeps getting more valuable and stickier.
At the same time, plenty of owners who built these contract relationships over decades are ready to hand off the operational grind. Managing a blended workforce across many buildings, absorbing tight-margin renewals, and covering Iowa’s demanding winters, when snow, salt, and slush pile maintenance and cleaning demands together, is a lot to carry alone. Owners want to turn years of trusted service into cash and time back without seeing their accounts and crews handed to a faceless national. Selling to an operator that puts real management in place, instead of a public listing, lets you step away cleanly while clients and employees stay in good hands.
Who we buy in the Des Moines area
We fit established Des Moines facility services companies with recurring, multi-building contracts and supervisors who can run the accounts without the owner on every site. We are not looking for a single-service startup; we want a business ready for a professional management layer.
- Recurring or contracted facility-services revenue across accounts
- Roughly $500K or more in revenue or SDE (close is fine)
- Supervisors and crews who can run the buildings
- A solid local reputation across Polk County properties
- An owner open to a clean handoff or a short stay-on
If that sounds like your company, you are the kind of owner Investera was built for. If a detail is slightly off, it is still worth a talk; we look at the whole operation, not a rigid list.
What makes selling to Investera different
No broker fees. We buy directly, so there is no listing commission skimming your proceeds and no broker steering you toward the fastest close instead of the right deal.
A genuinely confidential process. Your building clients, competitors, and staff do not learn you are considering a sale until you decide to make it known.
Creative deal structures. From a clean full purchase to a phased handoff or continued involvement, we build terms around your goals rather than a fixed formula.
Operators, not a fund. We run service businesses ourselves, including Optimal Facility Services, so your accounts land with people who genuinely understand multi-trade facility work and contract renewals.
How the process works
The process is intentionally quiet and clear. It opens with a private call to understand your business, your goals, and your timing. If interest is mutual, we sign a mutual NDA and review the basics: your contract portfolio, revenue mix, workforce structure, and account concentration. We can then provide an indication of value fairly quickly, and if it fits we move toward a straightforward purchase agreement and a transition plan built on your calendar. No auction, no strangers wandering your buildings, and no obligation until you sign.
We will take care of what you built
Once we acquire a Des Moines facility services company, our first duty is to keep every building serviced and every worker paid on schedule. We install a dedicated general manager and proven systems for scheduling, quality assurance, and account management so the business stops depending on the owner being everywhere at once. The reputation you built across Central Iowa properties is an asset we protect, not liquidate. We buy to hold and operate long term, which keeps clients in service and your people employed and growing.
Learn more about what we buy, see how we acquire facility services businesses, or read about Investera Holdings.
Frequently asked questions
How much is my facility services business worth in Des Moines?
Most healthy facility services companies trade in a range of roughly 2.5 to 4 times SDE (seller’s discretionary earnings), with the multiple driven by contract mix, customer concentration, workforce stability, and margins. That is a typical range, not a guarantee; we provide a specific, no-obligation indication once we understand your numbers.
Will this stay confidential?
Yes. Confidentiality is central to how we work. We sign a mutual NDA early, and your clients, competitors, and employees hear nothing until you choose to share it.
Are there any broker fees or commissions?
No. We are the buyer, not a broker, so there is no listing fee or commission pulled from your sale. You work directly with the operators.
Can I stay involved after the sale?
If you want. Some owners want a clean exit; others prefer a transition period or an ongoing role. Because we bring our own management layer, both paths work and we shape the handoff to fit you.
How long does a sale usually take?
When the fit is clear, a confidential conversation can reach a closed deal in weeks rather than the many months a public listing typically requires. We go at your pace.
What areas around Des Moines do you buy in?
We buy throughout Central Iowa, including West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, and up to Ames, along with the rest of the Polk County metro.
Start a confidential conversation
If you own a facility services company in the Des Moines area and a quiet exit has crossed your mind, let’s talk. A first conversation is private, free, and carries no obligation, and you will speak directly with the operators who would run your business, not a broker or a fund analyst. Reach out to Investera Holdings and we will listen first, share how we think, and let you decide what happens next.