Buyer Dossier: Haller Enterprises

Buyer Profile

Platform

Haller Enterprises

Backer

Family-owned (Rick Haller, founder)

Headquarters

Lititz, PA

Revenue

Not disclosed

Verticals

HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Commercial

Acquisition Strategy

Geographic expansion into DC metro; culture-first

Key Contacts

Name	Title	Email	Notes
Kenny Haller	President	—	24-year tenure; promoted from within in 1999; now runs the company
Rick Haller	Founder	—	Built from one truck (1981) to 200 trucks and five branches
Haller Business Dev	Business Development	—	Contact for partnership and acquisition inquiries

Strategic Fit

Haller Enterprises was built over 40+ years by Rick Haller from a single truck in a Lancaster County garage into a 200-truck, five-branch operation — a founder story with direct parallels to Air Control's trajectory in Northern Virginia. Both companies were built the same way: slowly, with a focus on people and repeat customer relationships. That shared origin creates an unusually natural cultural alignment between buyer and seller.

Haller won ACCA's Commercial Contractor of the Year award for all of south-central Pennsylvania — their commercial HVAC playbook is proven. Air Control would let them apply that same playbook in the DC metro, which is arguably the densest federal and commercial HVAC market on the East Coast and a geography Haller has not yet entered.

Kenny Haller's rise from within — 24 years of service before taking the president role — signals that Haller values continuity and operator tenure. For Fred Lowry, who cares deeply about what happens to his team post-close, a buyer that promotes from within rather than installs outside management is a meaningfully different conversation than a financial platform rollup.

Approach Strategy

Call Opener

"Kenny, congrats on the presidency — 24 years from your start in '99 to running the whole shop. We're working with an HVAC company in McLean that has a similar culture of promoting from within, and I think you'd appreciate how they've built their team."

1

Haller won ACCA's 2014 Commercial Contractor of the Year across all of south-central PA — this target would let you bring that same commercial playbook into the DC metro, which is arguably the densest federal and commercial HVAC market on the East Coast.

2

Rick built Haller from one truck in a garage in 1981 to 200 trucks and five branches — the founder of this Virginia business has a similar story and cares about where his company lands. That matters more to him than an extra turn of EBITDA.

3

Haller has no DC metro presence today — Air Control gives you an immediate foothold in Fairfax County with an existing customer base, trained technicians, and zero ramp-up time, anchored by a founder willing to stay through transition.

Pipeline History

Step	Status	Date	Notes
Dossier Created	Complete	Mar 29, 2026	Initial buyer research and profile built
Outreach	Next	—	Target Kenny Haller directly; lead with founder-to-founder culture story
Intro Call	—	—	—
NDA / CIM Delivery	—	—	—