The answer is private equity "roll-up" strategies of "boring businesses". You're going to see this accelerate in tons of other things that PE thinks can be easily consolidated, the gold rush has already started for dental practices, primary care providers, coin laundry, HVAC companies, landscaping, etc.
American small businesses are disappearing because that's what consumers want (what they vote for with their dollars, as opposed to what they say in polls).
American small businesses are disappearing because that's what consumers want (what they vote for with their dollars, as opposed to what they say in polls).