1718 Capital
A New Orleans-based acquirer of skilled-trade and industrial services companies. Founded on the principle that the best operators don’t need to be replaced — they need partners.
How we approach acquisitionsWe buy owner-operated industrial and skilled-trade businesses generating $300K to $3M of EBITDA across an eight-state Sun Belt footprint.
We grow each acquisition into a regional platform through operational discipline, sequenced add-on acquisitions, and targeted technology investment.
We keep workforces intact. We give sellers a continuing role and economic upside through structured equity participation in the platform we build together.
Most private equity firms buy good businesses and cut what made them good. They replace owners, lay off long-tenured employees, and treat the operating company as a financial instrument. We were founded on the opposite premise. The best businesses in the Deep South were built by people who knew their trade, knew their crews, and knew their customers. Our job is to preserve that — and to bring the capital, technology, and consolidation strategy that lets it scale.
Our footprint spans the Gulf Coast and Mid-South: Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida panhandle, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Georgia. Most of our deals are within a single-day drive of New Orleans.
We focus on fragmented, B2B, skilled-trade and industrial services categories — including concrete cutting and coring, specialty foundation services, commercial fire and life safety, specialty environmental services, and similar trades.
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