Frontier Service Partners

Frontier Service Partners

Frontier Service Partners operates as a permanent-capital vehicle targeting essential service businesses in fragmented industrial and commercial end-markets. Cort Jacoby and Brian Kearns formed the firm to acquire and operate companies in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and related trades — sectors characterized by recurring demand, limited technology-disruption risk, and deep local moats. The firm is anchored in Kansas City and pursues a buy-and-hold strategy rather than a typical private-equity flip cycle. The strategy centers on acquiring founder-operated field-service companies with $5 million to $50 million in revenue, typically those lacking a clear succession plan. Frontier provides centralized back-office support, technology infrastructure, and growth capital while preserving the local brand and operating autonomy. Target verticals include commercial HVAC, fire protection, pest control, and specialty industrial services. The firm's geographic focus spans the Midwest and Great Plains, with confirmed operational presence in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska (public record). The firm structures itself as a long-term holding company rather than a conventional fund, allowing it to avoid forced exit timelines. Jacoby and Kearns have publicly emphasized a partnership model where selling founders retain meaningful equity and operational control. Adjacent to the core service platform, the firm maintains strategic relationships with regional equipment distributors and trade-school apprenticeship programs to address persistent labor constraints in the skilled trades. Frontier's structural differentiator is its permanence — it does not operate a standard 10-year closed-end fund with LP redemption pressure. This architecture lets it evaluate acquisitions on a 20-year hold horizon, aligning incentives with second-generation family owners who resist selling to traditional private equity. The model echoes the long-duration consolidation strategies seen at publicly traded peers, but executed from a private, Kansas City base, which influences deal flow in owner-operated markets where coastal capital is viewed with skepticism.