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Selling a septic company?
A permanent home for your septic pumping business
Millions of homes and businesses depend on septic systems that need regular pumping and care. If your trucks are the ones they call, we'd like to talk about the future of your company.
Why we like it
Why we buy septic businesses
Howler Mountain is a family-owned holding company that buys essential service businesses in the Southeast and holds them for good. Septic pumping fits what we look for: recurring, route-based work that customers can't skip.
Essential and widespread
More than one in five U.S. households relies on a septic or other onsite system, according to the EPA, and they are especially common across the rural and suburban Southeast.
Maintenance comes around again
Septic tanks need periodic pumping (the EPA's general guidance for households is every three to five years) plus inspections and repairs, so good customers come back.
Permits, trucks, and disposal access
Hauling and disposing of septage is regulated, and it takes permits, well-kept trucks, and reliable access to approved disposal sites. That is hard to replicate.
Local reputation wins
When something backs up, people call the company they already trust. Long-standing local names and dense routes are real advantages.
What we look for
What stands out to us
No business checks every box. These are the strengths we get excited about.
- A solid base of residential and commercial maintenance customers
- Well-maintained trucks and equipment, and current permits
- Reliable access to disposal or treatment capacity
- Related services such as inspections, line jetting, repairs, or installation
- Experienced drivers and technicians
Our criteria
- Geography
- Across the Southeast, with deeper interest in Atlanta and Georgia. We love investing in our community.
- Revenue
- $2.5 – $50 million, typically recurring (smaller for add-ons)
- Cash flow
- $0.5 – $5 million (smaller for add-ons)
- Ownership
- Founder owned or long-time owner
- Structure
- Majority to full buyout, including partnerships with management
For owners
What happens after you sell
We're not private equity. We fund acquisitions with our own capital and are built to hold businesses for decades, not flip them in a few years.
At Howler Mountain, people come first: customers and employees. We invest in teams, infrastructure, and technology, and build on the foundation you established. Deals range from majority to full buyouts, including partnerships with management.
Confidential from the first conversation. We know how sensitive a potential sale is for your employees and customers. What you share with us stays between us.
Know a septic business owner?
If you introduce us to the owner and we go on to buy the company, we'll pay you $10,000 in cash at close. (Not available to brokers, investment bankers, or other financial intermediaries.)
Contact
Let's talk about your company
Whether you're ready to sell or just starting to think about the future of your septic business, a conversation costs nothing and stays confidential.
Questions owners ask
Is Howler Mountain a private equity firm?
No. We're a family-owned holding company based in Atlanta. We fund acquisitions with internal capital and are structured to hold businesses for the long term, not to flip them.
Will our conversations stay confidential?
Yes. We know how sensitive a potential sale is for your employees and customers, and we treat every conversation with discretion.
My business is smaller than your criteria. Should I still reach out?
Yes. Smaller companies can be a great fit as add-ons to businesses we already own, so it's worth a conversation.
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