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How Private Equity Is Buying Up Fire and Security Companies

Episode 99 of The Buyout Show. Lucas and Luna drill into one of private equity's quietest roll-up plays: the consolidation of commercial fire protection and security monitoring companies. They walk through the numbers behind a single acquisition platform — Ficarino Holdings, which has aggregated over 50 regional fire alarm and sprinkler contractors since 2017 — and unpack the economics that make this sector irresistible to P-E firms: recurring service contracts, state-mandated inspection schedules, and sticky B2B relationships. They also discuss the risk that consolidation creates fewer…

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