Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired a majority stake in German technical services provider ENTRO Service, partnering with its founders and management team to drive expansion across Europe.

ENTRO, established in 2022 with NGC Nachfolgekapital, specialises in testing, inspection, repair, and installation services for entrance, fire safety, and access control systems. The Hamburg-based company serves more than 4,500 clients nationwide, operating through 16 locations with over 170 technicians.

Founders Claudio Tubach and Philipp Westphal will continue to lead the business alongside CEO Sonja Foremny and COO Jan Ingo Buschmeyer.

Philipp Westphal said: “We are excited to partner with LLCP on this next stage of growth for ENTRO. Over the last several years we have built ENTRO into a leading technical service provider serving a large base of blue-chip B2B clients, providing nationwide coverage, high agility and innovation leadership. We look forward to further expanding ENTRO’s service offering across our core areas and will continue to remain utmost disciplined in focusing on a non-discretionary, highly recurring TICC, maintenance and repair services mix.”

Josh Kaufman, Head of Europe at LLCP, added: “ENTRO operates in a highly attractive market that is supported by strong regulatory tailwinds and which is ripe for consolidation. We identified ENTRO as a highly attractive platform based on our extensive experience of investing in route-based service businesses and look forward to supporting the management team with our sector expertise and value creation playbook.”

The investment underscores LLCP’s focus on route-based service platforms and strengthens its presence in the European technical services sector.

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