The growth of a strong HVAC contracting company depends on many factors, such as the entrepreneurial smarts of the individual business owner or the collective strength of a network of contractors backing each individual owner. The HVAC trade has seen a good deal of both, beginning with the growth of the mom and pop businesses, to franchising opportunities, and the most recent trend, consolidation. Mixed in with this growth have been a number of different growth patterns, such as "tuck-ins" or "bolt-ons" where established businesses have bought like businesses in the same geographic region, or possibly in a similar market from a different region. Growth has also come from buyouts from local utility companies, with the ultimate goal of adding service to energy delivery.
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