Customer Love
Durable trust and low “reputation debt.”
- Review recency + volume + themes
- Complaint patterns (no-shows, pricing surprises)
- Owner responsiveness signals
Stakeholder‑Strong HVAC Deal Flow (US)
Buy HVAC companies customers love and techs stay at—then grow EBITDA with AI that doesn’t break culture.
SearchFirm finds off-market HVAC targets with strong customer satisfaction, employee care signals, and owner-openness triggers. Each target includes a 90‑day AI value creation brief focused on call capture, dispatch efficiency, and CX flywheel—not “replace technicians.”
4 signal scores per target
90 days operator AI plan
Weekly target drops
Customer Love scoring
Employee Care signals
Owner Openness triggers
AI Upside briefs
Outreach angles
Interactive scorecard
Set your thesis. We’ll deliver targets and briefs to match.
Scoring model
Four signals to prioritize outreach and diligence.
We use public business-level signals (reviews, job posts, web presence). Always verify in diligence.
Employee Care
Retention-first signals that protect the best techs.
- Benefits + training language in postings
- Safety + tooling signals
- Churn vs. stability hiring cadence
Owner Openness
Why a conversation might happen now.
- Owner-operator + second layer forming
- Growth plateau / ops overload signals
- Succession timing hints (verify)
AI Upside
90‑day, operator-friendly operating leverage.
- Missed-call capture + booking
- Dispatch assist + job prep
- CX flywheel (ETA, reviews, triage)
How it works
Weekly deal flow plus a value creation brief that protects the business.
Thesis fit
Lock geography, size, and score weights (or copy ours and iterate).
Signal scoring
Rank targets by customer love, employee care signals, owner openness, and AI upside.
Outreach angles
Get operator-first messaging focused on brand continuity and team retention.
90‑day plan
Each target includes a practical AI roadmap (call capture, dispatch assist, CX flywheel).
Sample brief
See what a target looks like before you pay.
What’s inside
- Scorecard with evidence snippets (public signals)
- Diligence prompts to validate quickly
- Outreach angle (email + call)
- 90‑day AI value creation brief
Operator note
AI that helps the team
We prioritize workflows that reduce missed calls, improve dispatch load, and reduce after-hours burden—so the best techs stay and the brand compounds.
Request 10 sample targetsPricing
Pilot pricing that’s easy to say yes to.
Start with a 4‑week pilot. Upgrade if the targets convert into real conversations.
Scout
$1,500/mo
- 25 targets/week
- 1–2 states
- Scorecard + evidence snippets
- Outreach angles
Most common
Operator
$3,500/mo
- 50 targets/week
- Up to 8 states
- 90‑day AI value creation brief per target
- Weekly thesis iteration
Exclusive
$7,500/mo
- 100 targets/week
- Geography exclusivity
- Custom diligence questions
- Operator messaging workshop
Not investment advice. Signals are directional. Always validate benefits/culture and operational reality in diligence.
Request samples
Get 10 sample targets matched to your scorecard.
We’ll reply with a sample pack (format + real targets) and a suggested pilot tier.