AXN Growth Partners announced it has agreed to acquire Patriot Environmental and Pesty Pest Control, adding two family-run operators in Northwest Arizona. The amount was not disclosed in the sources.
AXN Growth Partners is a Phoenix-based pest control platform backed by Chicago private equity firm Shore Capital Partners. The source describes the two deals as back-to-back acquisitions that expand AXN's presence across Northwest Arizona.
Shore Capital partnered with ACTION in November 2023, and AXN was later formed as the parent company for ACTION and its partner brands. According to the source, AXN states its goal is to be the most trusted pest control partner in the Southwest.
The source characterizes the transactions as density add-ons rather than a new-market entry: two owner-operated businesses in adjacent Northwest Arizona territory, each bringing local customer relationships to a platform already working to cover the state. The source also says the deals show that a private equity-backed platform will buy businesses at varying size and scale when they fill in a route map.