Family office (buy-and-build platforms)

SouthWorth Capital Management

At a glance

Deal typesPlatform, Add-on S2
SectorsAuto Services & Collision, Landscaping, Roofing, Construction Services, Transportation & Logistics, Accounting & Professional Services, Industrial & Manufacturing

What SouthWorth Capital Management buys

SouthWorth Capital Management is a Memphis family office, founded and chaired by Jeff Presley, that buys small and midsize founder-run companies and builds them into multi-brand platforms it calls a house of brands. It looks for fragmented industries where it can start a platform big enough to stand on its own and then add bolt-on acquisitions. Its stated areas of interest are distribution and logistics, business services, auto body repair, landscaping, heavy equipment rental, retail and wholesale, real estate and roofing. It wants managers who will stay and share in the upside, and customers spread across many accounts. Because it invests family money, it publishes no fund size and no revenue or EBITDA limits.

Most of its deals are add-ons. Brightpoint Auto Body Repair had more than 15 brands and 35 locations by early 2026, Charter Vista Holdings keeps buying landscaping companies, and Tejado Holdings began buying roofers in 2026. A small family-owned business in one of those trades is most likely to meet SouthWorth as an add-on that keeps its local name.

Recent deals

Announced in the 24 months before November 3, 2026.

DateCompanyTypeSectorSource
Oct 2026A-Team ConstructionMinnesota roofing and exterior restoration company added to Tejado HoldingsAdd-onRoofingSource
Aug 2026Start to Finish LandscapingFamily-owned Indianapolis-area landscaper added to Charter Vista Holdings; the founders stay in the businessAdd-onLandscapingSource
Aug 2026LGD LawnNew Orleans-area landscaping company added to Charter Vista Holdings under its own brandAdd-onLandscapingSource
Aug 2026VisionscapesCommercial landscaping company in Tucker, Georgia, founded in 1985, added to Charter Vista HoldingsAdd-onLandscapingSource
Apr 2026Roof WorxColorado Front Range roofer became the first company in SouthWorth's new Tejado Holdings exteriors platformPlatformRoofingSource
Apr 2026Legacy Roofing & ContractingNorth Texas residential and commercial roofer added to Tejado HoldingsAdd-onRoofingSource
Apr 2026American Furniture ManufacturingLender Gibraltar Business Capital announced a $35 million facility backing SouthWorth's purchase of the Ecru, Mississippi furniture makerPlatformIndustrial & ManufacturingSource
Jan 2026Bruce's Body ShopBrightpoint's fifth collision shop in Middle Tennessee, now Bruce's Auto Body CenterAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource
Nov 2025Complete Auto BodyThree St. Louis-area collision shops added to BrightpointAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource
Oct 2025Ricky's Collision Car Care CenterMarietta, Georgia collision shop added to BrightpointAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource
Oct 2025Tolsma Auto BodyCaldwell, Idaho collision shop folded into Brightpoint's Uria Auto Body brandAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource
May 2025Clark CraneNashville crane rental and rigging company; the eighth acquisition for Capital Extension Crane & LiftAdd-onConstruction ServicesSource
Apr 2025Friendship Paint and Body ShopsGeorgia collision repair shops in Gwinnett County and Stone Mountain added to BrightpointAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource
Dec 2024Joel's Auto BodyFamily-owned collision shop in Dickson, Tennessee added to BrightpointAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource
Nov 20241st Choice Collision and Repair CenterFamily-owned collision shop in Dover, Tennessee added to BrightpointAdd-onAuto Services & CollisionSource

Portfolio by sector

From the firm's portfolio page S3.

Current Investments

  • American Furniture Manufacturing
  • Bear Creek Leasing
  • Brightpoint Auto Body Repair
  • Capital Extension Crane & Lift
  • Charter Vista Holdings
  • Cosmos Holdings
  • Eastport Holdings
  • Fremont-Wright
  • Merchants Capital Real Estate Active (co-owner)
  • River Horse Logistics
  • Tejado Holdings
  • TruWorth Holdings

Past investments: Ascension Property Services, City Gear, Online Tech Stores, Vero Business Capital

Greymont’s take

How SouthWorth Capital Management fits a seller

SouthWorth is a strong fit for owners of collision repair shops, landscaping companies, roofing contractors, crane and rigging firms or logistics businesses who want a buyer that keeps local brands alive. Its platforms usually leave the name and the local team in place: Start to Finish Landscaping kept its brand with its founders still working in the business, and Brightpoint either keeps a shop's name or folds it into a nearby Brightpoint brand.

SouthWorth invests family capital rather than a fund, so an owner should ask how long it expects to hold the platform; it has sold businesses before, including City Gear to Hibbett Sports and Vero Business Capital to Love's. It also sells financing and deal advice to client companies, so an owner should be clear whether SouthWorth is acting as the buyer, and ask how much of the price comes at closing versus in rollover equity or later payments.

Questions owners ask

Does SouthWorth Capital Management buy collision repair shops?

Yes. Its Memphis-based Brightpoint Auto Body Repair platform had more than 15 brands and 35 locations by the first quarter of 2026, and it added shops in Tennessee, Georgia, Idaho and Missouri during 2025 and January 2026.

Does SouthWorth buy landscaping companies?

Yes, through Charter Vista Holdings, which it launched in 2023. In August 2026 Charter Vista posted acquisitions of Visionscapes near Atlanta, LGD Lawn near New Orleans and Start to Finish Landscaping near Indianapolis.

Is SouthWorth a private equity fund?

No. It is a family office led by founder Jeff Presley that invests its own capital, so it publishes no fund size or deal-size limits. It also offers financing, sell-side and buy-side advice to client companies.

Sources

  1. S1SouthWorth Capital Management home page Accessed November 3, 2026
  2. S2SouthWorth Capital Management: Investment Strategy Accessed November 3, 2026
  3. S3SouthWorth Capital Management: Our Portfolio Accessed November 3, 2026
  4. S4SouthWorth Capital Management: Team Accessed November 3, 2026
  5. S5SouthWorth Capital Management: Services Accessed November 3, 2026
  6. S6Gibraltar Business Capital Structures $35MM Funding for Acquisition of American Furniture Manufacturing by SouthWorth Capital Management (April 2, 2026) Accessed November 3, 2026
  7. S7Brightpoint Auto Body Repair Announces Acquisition of Bruce's Body Shop (January 5, 2026) Accessed November 3, 2026
  8. S8Tejado Holdings Launches with Strategic Acquisition of Roof Worx (April 15, 2026) Accessed November 3, 2026
  9. S9Charter Vista Holdings: News Accessed November 3, 2026
  10. S10Capital Extension Announces Acquisition of Clark Crane (May 16, 2025) Accessed November 3, 2026

Compiled by Greymont Advisors from public sources, including the firm’s own website and press releases. Greymont is not affiliated with SouthWorth Capital Management. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and may have changed. Request a correction

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