Episode 103: LARGEST Plumbing Contractor in AZ Talks Growth and Trading a Legacy Company for Legacy Money - Part 1 - Special Guest: Mike Brewer of Brewer Companies

In today’s show, we are putting Mike Brewer in your passenger seat for the first part of a conversation about his journey to become the largest residential plumbing company in Arizona. Mike brings 44 years of experience in the plumbing industry as the Chief Executive Officer for the Brewer Companies, a family of businesses that provide plumbing services to the retail, residential new construction and commercial markets. He has held the role of strategist and visionary for the overall enterprise since its inception. He led and constituted a strategy to become the largest residential plumbing contractor in the state of Arizona right through the Great Recession. Not only did Brewer Enterprises Inc. survive, but organically grew its revenue from $6.4 million in 2009 to ~$80 million in 2021, growing market share in the Phoenix and Tucson market, all while going through the toughest economic times of our lives. He opened the first Benjamin Franklin Plumbing service and repair retail franchise in Arizona in 2003 and provides the commercial markets drain and service needs with Brewer Commercial Services since 2007. Having sold his ownership interests in the fall of 2021, he also currently holds the role as Senior Advisor to the CEO of Synergos Companies, a company of trade leaders who build efficiency into every project. He is also a lifelong learner, problem solver and inventor and holds two patents on a plumbing test device for the industry. Michael has lived in Arizona since 1968 and is married with 6 children, 4 of those working within the businesses. Today he shares his story on part 1 of this incredible episode.