American Residential Services (ARS) is a United States network of plumbing, and home and commercial heating and air conditioning (HVAC) businesses, operating under the trade name ARS/Rescue Rooter. The trade name came from the acquisition and merging of ARS and Rescue Rooter by their then-parent company ServiceMaster. They have locations in 24 states.[3] The company is based in Memphis, Tennessee.[4] The ARS mascots are Dandy and his sidekick Pronto.[3]
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| Industry | Plumbing, HVAC |
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| Founder | C. Clifford Wright (co-founder) |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | 24 states and Washington, DC[1] |
Key people | Scott Boose, CEO |
| Revenue | 600 million (2010–2011)[1] |
Number of employees | 6,500[2] |
| Website | www |
History
editARS was established in 1975. The name "Rescue Rooter" was trademarked in 1976 by the California-based Rescue Industries Inc.[5] It was a family-owned West Coast plumbing and drain cleaning company.[6] In 1996, ARS was founded to consolidate local and regional HVAC service companies. Shortly after, The Servicemaster Company, based in Downers Grove, Illinois, acquired both Rescue Rooter and ARS, in 1998 and 1999 respectively, and brought them together under the "ARS/Service Express" brand. The company eventually dropped the "Service Express brand and the parent brand was known primarily as “ARS/Rescue Rooter.”
In October 2006, ARS/Rescue Rooter was then acquired from ServiceMaster by two private equity firms, Caxton-Iseman Capital and Royal Palm Capital Partners, for $100 million. In May 2014, ARS was acquired by Charlesbank Capital Partners from Caxton-Iseman Capital and Royal Palm Capital Partners.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "American Residential Services Completes Two Acquisitions". businesswire.com (Press release). Business Wire. April 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "Press Release".
- ^ a b "History - About Us". ARS/Rescue Rooter. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ Corporate Yellow Book: Who's who at the Leading Listed U.S. Companies. Monitor Publishing Company. 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "Rescue rooter name trademarked by Rescue Industries". The Desert News. October 25, 1978. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "herc products inc (HERC:OTC US) - C. Clifford Wright Jr". businessweek.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved March 26, 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "Caxton-Iseman Capital and Royal Palm Capital Partners Acquire American Residential Services from ServiceMaster". Business Wire (Press release). October 3, 2006. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
Further reading
edit- "ServiceMaster finds buyer for American Residential Services". Memphis Business Journal. American City Business Journals, Inc. October 3, 2006. Retrieved March 25, 2009.