Becoming Our Partner Overview

The FirstService Partnership Philosophy is the guiding principle for our acquisition strategy and the foundation upon which our many great relationships have grown and prospered.

Since its inception in 1988, FirstService has partnered with over 300 entrepreneurs and business leaders around the world. Successful management teams choose FirstService as a preferred partner because we share their entrepreneurial values and can provide the resources and strategic assets to accelerate growth and take their businesses to the next level. Our operating partners retain control of day to day frontline decision-making in their business while maintaining an equity stake in their future growth. Our successful track record has set industry leading benchmarks in terms of capital appreciation and partner retention across our three service platforms.

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Partner Profile

Our ideal partner is typically a successful privately held company seeking one or more of the following:

• A strong partner with the strategic vision to help take their business to the next level
• The ability to monetize equity value for shareholders
• Support for a management buy-out
• Buy-out of non-active business partners
• An exit strategy for founders
• An exit strategy for a parent company
• An exit strategy for a portfolio investor