Allied Plumbing, Heating & Air

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Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning services company founded by Leland Smith, sold to American Residential Services (ARS) in 1997.

Why interesting to a deal team

Founder's (Leland Smith) first business venture; sale to ARS preceded his founding of Service Champions and subsequent platform scaling/exit, demonstrating proven operating experience.

Experts connected to this company

Leland SmithFounded this business, sold it to ARS in 1997

Leland Smith

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Champions Group Holdings

AdvisorYorba Linda

Founder-chairman who built and sold two HVAC roll-up platforms (ARS 1997; CenterOak/Odyssey/Blackstone chain through 2026) — deep operator insight into home-services consolidation economics.

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contractingbusiness.com/residential-hvac/article/21279402/the-greats-of-hvac-leland-smith
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achrnews.com/articles/90888-california-company-is-workers-8217-champion

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