Who owns American Residential Services (ARS / Rescue Rooter)?

Private equity–backed home services company

American Residential Services (ARS), which also operates Rescue Rooter, provides residential HVAC and plumbing services in many U.S. markets.

Who backs it

GI Partners joined Charlesbank Capital Partners as an investor in ARS. Our data lists GI Partners as majority owner since 2020.

Ohio companies in our data (1)

• Columbus Worthington Air PE-owned
  Columbus · Acquired: 2011 · Sources: [1] [2]

The acquisition year comes from each company’s sources. “Not documented” means we haven’t found a dated public record yet. This list covers only the Ohio companies we track, not the platform’s full holdings.

Platform sources

• GI Partners press release
• ARS via Business Wire, 2011

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