Veteran-Owned · Westchester & Fairfield
Harp String Capital is a veteran-owned investment firm that acquires established service businesses in Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT. We are not a roll-up. Your name stays on the trucks. Your people keep their jobs.
The difference
Most acquirers in this market are consolidators. They buy the customer list, absorb the routes, retire the name, and cut their way to a return. The business you built becomes a line item.
We do the opposite — because we believe the value is the business: the reputation, the crews, the relationships that took thirty years to earn.
The company keeps its name, its people, and its standing in the community.
We buy businesses because of the people who run them, not in spite of them.
This is where we're different in kind, not just in intent — see below.
Confidential, respectful, and honest from the first conversation. If we're not the right buyer, we'll tell you.
The modernization advantage
Harp String brings something no traditional buyer offers: deep, hands-on expertise in modern operations — scheduling, dispatch, billing, customer communication, and the practical use of AI to remove paperwork, not people.
The businesses we acquire get the back-office of a company ten times their size, while keeping the front-line service that made them great. That's the whole thesis: great local businesses, run on modern rails.
For an owner, that means your life's work doesn't just survive the sale — it grows after it.
What we look for
We acquire founder- and family-owned service businesses with roots in Westchester or Fairfield County. Not sure you fit? Ask anyway. The conversation is confidential and costs nothing.
Industries we know well:
About
Harp String Capital is led by a U.S. military veteran and is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). We are local, well-capitalized, and buying for the long term — not assembling assets for resale.
We also partner with experienced operators who want ownership in the businesses they run. If that's you, we'd like to hear from you too.
Acquisitions
Selling the business you built is one of the biggest decisions of your life. You deserve to know what the process looks like before you raise your hand. This is ours:
A phone call or a cup of coffee. You tell us about the business; we tell you honestly whether we're a fit. No documents required, nothing signed, nothing shared.
If there's mutual interest, we'll review basic financials under a mutual NDA and put a real number in writing — with the reasoning behind it, in plain English. No lowball anchors, no retrading games.
A letter of intent, a reasonable diligence period, and a closing timeline measured in weeks, not seasons. We use SBA-supported financing structures that are standard for businesses like yours, and we'll walk you through every piece.
Some owners want to leave in six months; some want to stay involved for years. We build the transition around what you want — and around keeping your team and customers whole.
Your employees, customers, and competitors will not hear about our conversation from us. Ever.
If your business isn't right for us, we'll say so quickly and, where we can, point you toward better options.
Reaching out doesn't commit you to anything. Most great conversations start years before a sale.
acquisitions@harpstringcapital.com — or write to us the old-fashioned way. We answer both.
Operations assessment
Harp String offers a complimentary operations assessment for established service businesses in Westchester and Fairfield counties — a practical, no-jargon review of how your scheduling, billing, dispatch, and customer communication could work with modern tools.
Some owners take the recommendations and run. Some ask us to stay involved. Some, years later, ask us something bigger. All of those are fine outcomes.
info@harpstringcapital.com — subject line "Assessment."
Contact
Every inquiry is held in strict confidence. No pressure, no obligation, no broker games.
Harp String Capital is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). We are local, well-capitalized, and buying for the long term.