Ashcroft Holdings acquires and operates commercial service businesses in and around Portland, Oregon. When an owner we partner with is ready to step away, we commit to preserving what they built, the team, the customers, the name above the door, and running it well for decades to come.
Selling your business
A decision about legacy, not a transaction.
Most of the buyers calling you today are private equity funds on a five to seven year exit clock, or national consolidators that fold your business into someone else's brand. Neither is inherently wrong. Neither is what we do.
We buy one business at a time, with our own committed capital, and we hold it. We honor seller notes. We honor earn-outs. We keep the name on the door and the team in their jobs. If you have given real thought to what happens to your employees, your customers, and the reputation you built, we would like to have that conversation with you.
Start a conversationWhat we buy
Four commercial service verticals, Pacific Northwest.
Route-based operators with recurring contracts, long-tenured crews, and a book of commercial properties. We value density and renewal rates above all.
HOA, multifamily, office park, and municipal books. Contract-driven maintenance, not project-driven construction. Seasonal rhythm is a feature, not a problem.
Contracted routes into offices, healthcare, retail, and industrial facilities across the PNW. Night crews, day porters, and specialty work all welcome.
ISA-certified arborist operations serving commercial, municipal, and HOA accounts. Recurring pruning and inspection work is the core, storm response is the upside.
Who we're looking for
The shape of a business that fits us.
Thoughts
Quarterly notes from Portland on buying and operating service businesses.
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Who we are
Ashcroft Holdings is a Portland-based holding company, run by Luca Doan, that acquires and permanently holds service businesses in the Pacific Northwest. Capital is committed by a private group of investors who share the conviction that durable businesses deserve patient owners.