CHEMED CORP acquired San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas Roto-Rooter franchises for $20.6 million, a transaction completed in March 2026, structured as Asset purchase of franchise territory and assets, completed as two separate transactions.
San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas Roto-Rooter franchises operates in Roto-Rooter (plumbing, drain cleaning and water restoration), is based in San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Roto-Rooter Services Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chemed, purchased the territory and assets of its franchises operating in San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas in two separate transactions. Converting these formerly franchised markets to company-owned operations extends Roto-Rooter's directly operated footprint into two major metropolitan territories. Together the acquired locations serve a population of roughly 3.3 million people.
Part of Roto-Rooter's ongoing strategy of acquiring franchises to boost productivity, market share and profitability by bringing high-population territories under company ownership.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.