Sidecountry Capital Partners buys small, essential companies from the people who built them. We run them, and we’re not looking to flip anything.
Every town runs on businesses most people never think about. Somebody stripes the roads, tests the backflow valves, pumps the septic tanks, and checks the fire alarms. It’s not flashy work, but it has to get done, and the demand doesn’t go away when the economy does. The catch is that these companies almost never change hands in a clean way.
That’s where we come in. We buy them at a fair price and let them keep doing what they already do well. We’re not here to strip anything down or flip it in a few years. We use our own money, and we plan to stick around.
Work that has to get done, because a law, a code, or plain necessity says so.
Started and still run by the person whose name is on it, usually for decades.
A real track record and steady profit, usually somewhere between $5M and $25M in revenue.
An owner getting close to retirement, with nobody obvious lined up to take over.
You spent years building something real, and when it’s time to step back, you want it to go to someone who’ll actually take care of it, not carve it up or flip it the first chance they get.
We’re straightforward to work with. We’ll move at your pace, keep your name on the door, and keep your people where they are. And that first conversation is just a conversation. It stays between us, and it doesn’t cost you anything.
No outside fund pushing us to sell again in a few years.
Your team and your customers keep going like before.
You deal with the people who’d actually own the business, not a middleman.
Sidecountry Capital Partners is an independent sponsor. We put our own money in first and bring partners in one deal at a time, instead of raising a big fund that has to be spent by some deadline.
We’re based in Jackson, and we’re in no hurry. We’d rather own one good business for a long time than churn through a pile of them.
If you’re an owner thinking about what comes next, or you know a business that might fit, send us a note. We read everything that comes in.