North River Holdings buys and holds established service businesses in the Pacific Northwest. We are not flippers, and we are not a fund with a deadline. We buy a business to keep it, run it well, and grow it in the community it already serves.
Start a ConversationService businesses with a loyal local customer base, healthy margins, and a track record measured in years, not quarters.
Owners who are retiring or stepping back and want their business looked after, not stripped. Most of the owners we talk with built the business themselves.
Good people who know the customers and the work. The team is the business, and our job is to support it, not replace it.
If you own a business like this and you are thinking about what comes next, we should talk, even if your timeline is a year or two out.
Your company name, your team, and your customer relationships stay intact. Your customers keep the people they know.
The business stays in its community, owned by people who live here. No auction to an out of state roll up, no closure risk.
Plain language, honest numbers, no pressure, and a transition pace that works for you and your team.
North River Holdings was founded by Eric Pierce, a former chief information officer and longtime Oregon owner builder. Eric started North River after watching good local businesses close when their owners retired with nobody to hand them to. North River exists to be that handoff: a permanent owner with the systems and support to help a good business keep going and grow.
Our companies share a modern back office (scheduling, billing, marketing, and reporting) so local operators can spend their time on customers and crews instead of paperwork.
A confidential call or coffee. We learn about your business and your goals. No obligation either way.
If there is a fit, we look at the financials together and talk price and terms in plain language.
A clear offer with a transition plan that protects your team and your customers.
You stay involved as long as you want to be, and the business carries on under its own name.
Thinking about selling, now or later? Start with a conversation. Everything you share stays confidential, and we reply within two business days. You can also email us directly at eric@northriverholdco.com.