Running a facility services company means being the invisible team that keeps other people’s buildings working, and if you have built a good one in Savannah, you have earned the right to think about what comes next on your terms. Investera Holdings is a Michigan family-operated company that buys service businesses and keeps them running. We are not a broker looking to list you, and we are not a passive fund. We buy one company at a time, strengthen it with proven systems and a dedicated general manager, and operate it for the long haul. Our own portfolio, CT Cleaners and Optimal Facility Services, sits squarely in this world, so bundled contracts, multi-site accounts, and blended crews are familiar territory. Selling to operators who live in the same trade should feel like a relief.
Why Savannah owners are thinking about selling now
Savannah has quietly become one of the Southeast’s logistics capitals, and facility services is riding that wave. The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal is the largest single container terminal in North America, and the distribution centers feeding it along the I-95 and I-16 corridors, through Garden City, Pooler, and out toward Ellabell, represent enormous square footage that needs integrated janitorial, maintenance, grounds, and day-porter coverage. Corporate campuses, Gulfstream’s sprawling operations, hospital systems, and the region’s universities increasingly want one vendor to manage it all rather than juggling five. That appetite for bundled, contracted service is exactly what makes a facility services book valuable.
The growth is not slowing. The Hyundai plant west of Chatham County and its wave of suppliers are adding facilities that will need managing for decades, and new Class A office and industrial space keeps coming online. At the same time, staffing multi-service contracts across a spread-out coastal market is genuinely hard, since you are recruiting cleaners, techs, and grounds crews all at once. Plenty of owners who assembled strong multi-year contracts are ready to hand the recruiting, scheduling, and client-management grind to someone with more infrastructure. Selling to an operator-buyer who will invest in the systems and people is a stronger outcome than watching good contracts fray from under-resourcing.
Who we buy in the Savannah area
We are choosy about the facility services companies we buy, because we intend to run them for years. This is the profile that fits:
- Recurring, contracted revenue across janitorial, maintenance, or multi-service accounts
- Roughly $500K+ in annual revenue or owner earnings (SDE); close is workable
- A capable team and supervisors who keep multi-site accounts running
- A solid reputation with commercial and institutional clients around Savannah
- An owner ready for a clean handoff, or open to staying on through the transition
Match most of those and we should connect. If you are slightly under on size but your contracts run long and your client list is loyal, reach out anyway; we look at the full picture.
What makes selling to Investera different
No broker fees. We buy directly, so no listing commission comes out of your sale, and you work with the family that will actually own and operate the business.
A confidential process. Your account managers, your crews, and rival firms bidding the same corporate campuses stay out of the loop until you choose to tell them.
Creative deal structures. A clean all-cash exit, a phased handoff, or a deal that keeps you sharing upside as accounts grow, built around what you actually need.
Operators, not a fund. Optimal Facility Services and CT Cleaners are ours, so this is our real trade; we buy to steward and build, not to flip a line on a spreadsheet.
How the process works
Our process is designed to protect you at every step. It opens with a private call to understand your accounts and your goals. With a fit, we sign a mutual NDA and review the basics: your contract portfolio, revenue, and staffing structure. We then present a fair, clearly reasoned offer built on your real numbers. If you move forward, we run diligence and legal work with minimal disruption to your sites and keep the informed circle tight. Owners routinely tell us it felt more like a partnership discussion than the auction a broker would have run.
We will take care of what you built
When we acquire a Savannah facility services company, we protect the contracts and the crews that make it valuable. We layer in proven systems for scheduling, quality assurance, procurement, and reporting, and we install a dedicated general manager so the operation runs without depending on you day to day. Your clients keep the seamless coverage they signed up for, your supervisors gain real support and room to advance, and your reputation with the region’s biggest facilities holds. We buy to keep, so making the business better is the only way we come out ahead.
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 Savannah?
Most healthy facility services firms trade in a range of roughly 2.5 to 4 times SDE (seller’s discretionary earnings, owner take-home plus add-backs). Your spot in that range depends on how much revenue is under contract, client concentration, the mix of services, margins, and how independently the business runs. That is a typical market range and not a guarantee; only a private review of your books yields a real number, and we will explain exactly how we get there.
How do you protect confidentiality?
It is built in from the first call. We sign a mutual NDA before looking at anything sensitive and keep the process discreet, so your clients, your teams, and competing firms are not rattled while you consider a sale.
Will I owe any fees or commissions?
No. As the buyer rather than a broker, we take nothing off the top for a listing or commission. The price we agree on is what the deal is worth to you.
Can I stay on after the sale?
That is your call. Some owners prefer a clean exit, some stay for a transition period to hand off client relationships, and some stay longer in a reduced capacity. We shape it to suit you and the accounts.
What is the typical timeline?
Usually a few weeks to a couple of months from our first conversation to closing, depending on how tidy your records are and the deal structure. We keep the pace comfortable rather than rushed.
What areas around Savannah do you buy in?
The whole coastal region and Chatham County: Savannah itself along with Pooler, Garden City, Richmond Hill, Rincon, Hinesville, and Tybee Island. If your sites cluster around metro Savannah, you fit our map.
Start a confidential conversation
If any of this resonates, that is reason enough to start a conversation. No obligation, no pressure, just a private and honest discussion about your company and whether a sale to Investera Holdings is right for you. Reach out today and we will schedule a confidential call at a time that works. Even if you ultimately hold, you will walk away knowing what your Savannah facility services business is worth and what a clean, respectful handoff could look like.