Information Services
Who acquires Information Services companies
65 distinct acquirers across 75 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Every buyer below has completed at least one acquisition in this sector.
Top 10 acquirers of Information Services companies
Ranked by number of acquisitions recorded in this sector, with the year of each buyer's latest one. A buyer that has done this more than once has a thesis, and a thesis is what makes an approach worth making.
| Acquirer | Deals here | Last deal |
|---|---|---|
| Delinian | 5 | 2022 |
| Dun & Bradstreet | 3 | 2020 |
| The Carlyle Group (PE) | 2 | 2022 |
| Morningstar | 2 | 2022 |
| Altaris | 1 | 2026 |
| Oxford Economics USA | 1 | 2026 |
| Advaya Capital | 1 | 2026 |
| 2025 Acquisition Company, LLC | 1 | 2026 |
| Clearlake Capital Group | 1 | 2025 |
| Datasite | 1 | 2025 |
Counted from 75 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Name variants of the same buyer (Inc, Corporation, Ltd) are counted together.
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Recorded transactions
| Target | Acquirer | Date | Value | EV/EBITDA | EV/Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarivate Life Sciences and Healthcare business | Altaris | 2026-10-06 | $600m | n/d | n/d |
| Frontier Strategy Group | Oxford Economics USA | 2026-08-27 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| comScore Movies Business | Advaya Capital | 2026-05-27 | $70m | n/d | n/d |
| Forian Inc. | 2025 Acquisition Company, LLC | 2026-05-15 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Dun & Bradstreet Holdings | Clearlake Capital Group | 2025-08-26 | $7.7bn | n/d | n/d |
| Grata | Datasite | 2025-06-03 | $200m | n/d | n/d |
| Spire Global Maritime Business | Kpler Holding SA | 2025-04-25 | $234m | n/d | n/d |
| Aicel | Undisclosed | 2024-10-31 | $10m | n/d | n/d |
| Hypothesis | Elixirr | 2024-10-21 | $45m | n/d | n/d |
| Big Village’s Insights and Agency Divisions | Bright Mountain Media | 2023-04-20 | $20m | n/d | n/d |
| Boa Vista Servicos | Equifax | 2023-02-09 | $596m | n/d | n/d |
| Accuris | KKR (PE) | 2023-01-17 | $975m | n/d | n/d |
| Dog Food Advisor | Wag! | 2023-01-03 | $9m | n/d | n/d |
| Uzabase | The Carlyle Group (PE) | 2022-11-08 | $505m | n/d | n/d |
| Pharmaspectra | IQVIA | 2022-08-12 | $100m | n/d | n/d |
| Innolva | CRIF SpA | 2022-08-03 | $256m | n/d | n/d |
| Leveraged Commentary & Data | Morningstar | 2022-04-04 | $650m | n/d | 11.6x |
| 3E | New Mountain Capital (PE) | 2022-03-14 | $950m | n/d | n/d |
| IDS | Wolters Kluwer | 2022-03-09 | $70m | n/d | n/d |
| Boardroom Insiders | Delinian | 2022-01-27 | $25m | n/d | 5.0x |
| IHS Markit - Base Chemicals Business | News Corp | 2021-12-27 | $295m | n/d | n/d |
| Arvento | Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | 2021-12-15 | $99m | n/d | n/d |
| KBRA | Parthenon Capital (PE) | 2021-12-13 | $900m | n/d | n/d |
| Quantile Group | London Stock Exchange Group | 2021-12-06 | $422m | n/d | n/d |
| Reonomy | Altus Group | 2021-11-11 | $202m | n/d | 11.0x |
| Cazana | Cazoo | 2021-09-02 | $38m | n/d | n/d |
| Real Capital Analytics | MSCI | 2021-08-02 | $950m | n/d | n/d |
| Owler | Meltwater | 2021-06-18 | $25m | n/d | n/d |
| RelSci | Delinian | 2021-05-24 | $7m | n/d | n/d |
| Trapelo Health | NeoGenomics | 2021-03-24 | $65m | n/d | n/d |
| JWN Energy | geoLOGIC | 2021-03-09 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| DeHavilland | Bridgepoint (PE) | 2021-02-12 | $23m | n/d | n/d |
| Bisnode | Dun & Bradstreet | 2020-10-08 | $818m | n/d | n/d |
| DataXu | Roku | 2019-10-22 | $150m | n/d | n/d |
| Genscape | Verisk | 2019-08-26 | $364m | n/d | n/d |
| TheStreet | The Arena Group | 2019-06-12 | $17m | n/d | n/d |
| Defaqto Ltd. | The SimplyBiz Group | 2019-03-20 | $114m | n/d | n/d |
| Ushr | Dynamic Map Platform Co. | 2019-02-13 | $200m | n/d | n/d |
| ZoomInfo | ZoomInfo Technologies | 2019-02-04 | $500m | n/d | n/d |
| The Deal LLC | Delinian | 2018-12-06 | $87m | n/d | 3.6x |
| Brand View Ltd. | Ascential | 2018-09-03 | $59m | n/d | 2.9x |
| Reis | Moody's | 2018-08-30 | $278m | n/d | 5.8x |
| RateWatch | S&P Global Market Intelligence | 2018-06-20 | $34m | n/d | 4.4x |
| Hometrack Australia Pty Ltd. | REA | 2018-05-01 | $93m | n/d | n/d |
| IWSR | FPE Capital LLP (PE) | 2018-04-09 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| Clear Score Technology | Experian | 2018-03-15 | $423m | n/d | n/d |
| EDR | LightBox | 2018-03-13 | $205m | n/d | n/d |
| Morningstar | Broadridge | 2018-01-02 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| Wolters Kluwer NV - Swedish Publishing & Trade Services Assets | Karnov Group | 2017-10-25 | $77m | n/d | 3.1x |
| ZoomInfo | Great Hill Partners (PE) | 2017-08-14 | $240m | n/d | 6.2x |
| Entrada | NextGen Healthcare Information Systems | 2017-04-12 | $34m | n/d | n/d |
| RISI | Delinian | 2017-03-03 | $125m | 15.6x | 4.2x |
| Hometrack Data Systems Ltd. | ZPG | 2017-01-31 | $185m | 16.9x | 7.7x |
| Avention Services | Dun & Bradstreet | 2017-01-10 | $150m | n/d | 2.5x |
| Pitchbook | Morningstar | 2016-10-14 | $225m | n/d | 7.3x |
| Fastmarkets | Delinian | 2016-08-15 | $20m | n/d | n/d |
| Document Technologies (DTI) | Undisclosed | 2016-07-28 | $627m | n/d | n/d |
| OneOcean | Equistone (PE) | 2016-06-03 | $85m | n/d | 1.4x |
| Document Technologies (DTI) | Epiq | 2016-03-28 | $627m | n/d | n/d |
| Advanced Medical Reviews | ExamWorks | 2016-01-19 | $30m | n/d | n/d |
| CARPROOF Corp. | IHS | 2015-12-28 | $494m | n/d | n/d |
| GLG | SFW Capital Partners (PE) | 2015-12-21 | $212m | n/d | n/d |
| Datamyx LLC | Deluxe | 2015-10-19 | $160m | n/d | n/d |
| Business Information Assets - Informa plc | GlobalData | 2015-07-27 | $38m | 8.3x | 1.4x |
| Affinity Systems Ltd. | FD Technologies | 2015-04-01 | $11m | 8.1x | 3.4x |
| Defaqto Ltd. | Synova (PE) | 2015-03-31 | $37m | n/d | n/d |
| RPM Direct | ExlService Holdings | 2015-02-24 | $47m | n/d | n/d |
| C & C Technologies | Oceaneering | 2015-02-02 | $230m | n/d | n/d |
| NetProspex | Dun & Bradstreet | 2015-01-08 | $125m | n/d | n/d |
| nSynergy Pty Ltd. | Rhipe | 2014-11-28 | $23m | n/d | n/d |
| Dealogic | The Carlyle Group (PE) | 2014-11-05 | $700m | n/d | n/d |
| Springboard | YFM Equity Partners (PE) | 2014-11-02 | $9m | n/d | n/d |
| Proximity Communications plc | Maintel Holdings PLC | 2014-10-27 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| BoardEx | TheStreet | 2014-10-07 | $21m | n/d | n/d |
| SuperDerivatives | ICE | 2014-10-07 | $350m | n/d | n/d |
n/d means not disclosed. Most transactions close without a published multiple, which is why the disclosed count matters more than the median.
Who owns Software & Internet companies
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