AVOID ACQUISITION MISSTEPS.

Equity investors avoid acquisition missteps with insights gained through New Growth Strategies’ KPI assessment.

New Growth Strategies consults with equity investors to confidentially evaluate landscape contracting businesses for acquisition. Services include:

  • Identification of acquisition candidates
  • Equity evaluation for acquisition
  • Due diligence
  • Transition management
  • Talent evaluation

With a thorough understanding of every facet of landscape contracting, the New Growth Strategies team performs a detailed evaluation of potential landscape contractor acquisitions using a proprietary Key Performance Indicator (KPI) assessment tool to identify strengths, weaknesses and red flag issues.

KPIs include:

  • Financial: EBITDA, multi-year CAGR trend, revenue growth by categories, balance sheet ratios, debt structure, gross margins for each service
  • Sales & Marketing: New sales growth and revenue growth per category, close ratios, renewal trends, and CAGR over the life of the company
  • Human Resources & Culture: Core values, retention and turnover, workforce quality and tenure, DEI program, compliance and HR leadership
  • Operations: Safety, operations and management org charts, environmental and sustainability practices, efficiency
  • Equipment and Facilities: Technology integration, age and condition of equipment and technology, and equipment repair, maintenance and replacement program