A coalition of regional septic-services businesses backed by long-term capital, shared infrastructure, and operator-led leadership — without the fund clock.
Terra Septic Group is a holding and operating company assembling a coalition of regional septic-services businesses. We acquire majority interests, retain operator equity, and provide the back-office, capital, and infrastructure that lets each business keep doing what it does best — only larger.
Unlike traditional private equity, we don't run a fund clock. Operators stay in their seats. Decisions stay local. Growth compounds because the people closest to the work keep making the calls.
Most operators we talk to want partial liquidity, growth capital, and someone else handling the back office. They don't want to lose the company they built. We're structured for that.
Take meaningful chips off the table without a full exit. Diversify your balance sheet while still owning the upside.
Roll a substantial stake into the business going forward. Keep meaningful ownership of what you've built.
Accounting, HR, IT, marketing, and compliance handled centrally so you can focus on operations and customers.
We hold long. There is no fund-life clock pushing for a flip in three to five years.
You keep running the business. Local decisions stay local. We provide resources, not micromanagement.
Funded fleet expansion, new hires, and tuck-in acquisitions in adjacent geographies — backed, not bottlenecked.
A people-first, operator-led platform that becomes the long-term home for the best septic-services businesses in the country.
Partner with talented owners to scale operations sustainably — preserving the local culture and craft that built each business.
Sustainable scaling without artificial timelines. We grow each business at the pace its team and market support — not the pace a fund manager demands.
Centralized back-office support — accounting, HR, IT, marketing — so the operator can focus on the customer, the crew, and the work.
Capital and infrastructure to expand fleet, geography, and service mix. We invest behind the operator's plan, not over it.
If your business meets most of these, we'd like to talk. If it doesn't, we may still know an operator in our network who's a fit — reach out anyway.
You keep running the business and own a meaningful stake going forward. We provide capital and back-office support; you make local decisions. Most of our partners take this path because they still love the work — they just want a partner instead of being alone at the top.
Already thinking about retirement or your next venture? We work with you on a 2–5 year transition: develop the next leader, transfer relationships, and step back at a pace that protects the business and your team. Full exits land cleanly when the runway is real.
Operators, investors, and back-office leaders with a combined track record across services rollups, M&A, and septic operations.
Background in services M&A and operations. Led [N] acquisitions across [sectors] before founding TSG to bring the same model to septic.
Two decades operating regional septic and water-services businesses. Day-to-day partner to acquired operators on growth, hiring, and fleet.
Builds and runs the shared services platform — accounting, HR, IT, compliance — so partner operators can focus on operations.
Portfolio companies will be listed here as the coalition grows. If you're an operator considering joining, start a conversation.
We'll share notes on the industry, the rollup model, and operator perspectives here as the platform grows.
If you're an operator, broker, or advisor working with one — we want to hear from you. We respond to every qualified inquiry within one business day.