Guild Garage Group, an alliance of residential garage door service providers, has partnered with Oak Hill Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, to support the company’s next phase of expansion. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Guild operates as a coalition of local garage door repair, maintenance, and replacement businesses. Founded in 2024, the company has scaled rapidly, now encompassing more than 500 certified technicians across 28 local brands in 30 states. Its model emphasizes preserving local brand autonomy while leveraging shared operational resources and a centralized growth strategy.
The partnership with Oak Hill is expected to accelerate Guild’s multi-pronged growth strategy, which focuses on expanding its geographic footprint, enhancing service quality, and strengthening its technology-enabled platform. Guild’s leadership team and local operators will remain significant owners of the business following the investment, reinforcing the company’s emphasis on employee ownership and alignment.
Oak Hill identified Guild as a strong platform within the essential home services sector, citing its decentralized operating model and focus on empowering local teams. The firm plans to support Guild through additional capital, strategic guidance, and operational resources to help scale the platform nationally.
Guild’s founders built the company as a partnership-driven network, allowing independent operators to maintain control of their businesses while benefiting from shared scale advantages. The company believes the new partnership will deepen its ability to invest in its network, expand into new markets, and enhance customer service capabilities.
Advisors on the transaction included Piper Sandler as financial advisor and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as legal counsel to Guild. Oak Hill was advised by Goldman Sachs and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
This investment represents the tenth transaction from Oak Hill Capital Partners VI, continuing the firm’s focus on investing in essential services businesses with durable growth characteristics.
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“We are thrilled to be partnering with Tim O’Reilly and the rest of the Guild management team. Guild is a premier platform with a culture rooted in employee ownership and alignment. We are excited to support and assist in accelerating the Company’s multi-faceted growth strategy in the years ahead. Guild Garage Group represents the future of home services, blending a tech-forward approach with a leadership style that truly puts partners and employees first. Oak Hill and Guild share a belief that the best way to build a business is by empowering the local teams who serve our customers every day. We look forward to matching the passion of the management team to help Guild’s partner operators realize their visions.”
Steve Puccinelli, Managing Partner, Oak Hill Capital; Jeff Mettam, Principal, Oak Hill Capital
“Partnering with Oak Hill fortifies the next chapter for Guild Garage Group. With the incredible support of our founders, Joe Delaney, Jordan Dubin, and Sean Slazyk, we have built one of the strongest operating partnerships in the Garage Door industry by enabling local owners and brands with robust resources to grow. Our partnership with Oak Hill not only supercharges our mission to accelerate positive change for the partners, employees, and families we serve, but opens the door to new resources that should deepen our position as a market leader for years to come. Given our cultural similarities, passion for the industry, and strong alignment for growth, we look forward to a long and successful future of building Guild together.”
Tim O’Reilly, CEO, Guild Garage Group
“The creation of Guild was truly a group effort, and we are eternally grateful to all the individuals who helped play a role in Guild’s formation. Guild’s relationship-based, partnership-centric model aligns perfectly with Oak Hill’s investment philosophy. With the support from Oak Hill, we are confident in Guild’s ability to continue expanding and delivering industry-leading customer service to both new and existing communities across the country.”
Joe Delaney, Jordan Dubin, and Sean Slazyk, Co-Founders, Guild Garage Group
