For owners thinking about what comes next

A permanent home for the company you built.

Grupo Cerne acquires established Portuguese mechanical, electrical and plumbing businesses and keeps them — the team, the name, the place. We are building the country’s most enduring name in these trades. We have no fund to wind up and no date by which we must sell, so what we say about the years after is ours to keep.

What we’re building

One lasting group, assembled from good companies in mechanical, electrical and plumbing across continental Portugal. Bought to keep, not to sell.

How we behave

Most of what we acquire stays as we found it — the team, the location, the name above the door. We treat each business as an inheritance, not an asset.

Why us

Many approach owners; few intend to stay. Our experience is operating rather than only financial, our intention is permanent, and we are two named people you can telephone.

We took the name cerne — heartwood — for the part of a tree you cannot see, and which holds up the rest. It is what these businesses are in the buildings they work in.

If you are an owner thinking about what comes next, see how a sale works, or what is worth knowing before selling your company — or write to us at geral@grupocerne.pt.