Ironclad Trades Group acquires established HVAC, electrical, plumbing, sheet metal and pipe fitting companies across New England — and gives every veteran who joins them a new mission worth living for.
Every veteran who picks up a wrench, pulls wire, or sweats pipe is writing a new mission. A mission that fills the hours, pays the bills, builds something real, and gives them a reason to come home. This company exists to give them that mission. — Ironclad Trades Group
Trusted local trade names. Military-grade standards. Heat, cool, light, and plumb every kind of building across New England.
Explore servicesA $15–20B fragmented market. 0% PE penetration in our segment. A mission-driven moat. The thesis is sharp and the timing is now.
See the thesisReal wages, real teams, real ownership pathways. Apprenticeship to journeyman to master to leadership — funded by ITG.
Start your careerYou served. You led. You held the line. Now pick up a trade with people who understand the mission — and pay you what your service is worth.
Your next missionWe acquire well-run, owner-operated specialty trades businesses across New England, retain their names, retain their people, and layer in a veteran workforce and a shared services platform that lets them grow.
We partner with retiring owners of established, profitable trades businesses ($1.5M–$8M revenue) who want their legacy honored — not flipped.
HR, accounting, insurance, purchasing, fleet, IT, safety — consolidated at the platform level so each operating company can focus on the work.
Every company we acquire commits to hiring, training, and developing American veterans through a fully-funded apprenticeship-to-leadership pathway.
Shared services unlock 15–30% cost savings, opening pricing power, pursuit of institutional contracts, and a real apprenticeship machine.
Tradespeople rise from apprentice to journeyman to master to manager. Veteran employees rise from new-hire to ownership track.
Long-term hold. Mission-driven exits. We acquire great companies and make them greater. No flips. No layoffs. No erasure.
Massachusetts. Connecticut. Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Vermont. Maine.
We don't offer charity. We offer opportunity. We don't ask for sacrifice. We offer mission. Skilled trades deliver everything military life delivered — purpose, team, hierarchy, standards, physical engagement, tangible accomplishment — plus the economic dignity that service deserves.
The Ironclad Veteran MissionEvery veteran who joins ITG receives:
If you spent your career building a New England trades business and you're ready for what comes next, we'd like to meet you. We keep your name. We keep your people. We layer in our platform and our veteran pipeline so your company keeps growing — without you.
"Owner-operators who have spent their lives building a company are far more likely to sell to a buyer who will honor their employees, maintain their culture, and carry a mission they believe in — than to a faceless private equity firm seeking to cut costs and flip the asset."
— ITG Acquisition Thesis
A real problem, in a real market, with a real moat — and a clean SBA-leveraged capital structure.
$5.0M
Initial debt facility via SBA 7(a) + seller notes. Up to 30% equity co-invest available for strategic partners.
3–6x
Equity MOIC across the 7–10 year hold. Cash-flow positive in Month 5. Multiple exit pathways including a management buyout by veteran employees.
40–60
Veteran careers built by Year 3. Every hire is, potentially, a life saved. We will track this. We will be accountable to it.
Every veteran needs a mission. We provide one.
To our people, our clients, and our communities — with the commitment our veterans brought to serving the country.
Military standards of performance, accountability, and professionalism.
Our crews are teams. No one is left behind.
We acquire great companies and make them greater. We honor the legacies of the owners who built them.
Whether you're hiring us, investing in us, joining us, or selling to us — let's talk.
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