List of Acquisitive Companies in United Kingdom

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
PIB Group PE Backed Apax 2021-01-25 London, United Kingdom website	Insurance	-	50	50	-
Element Materials Technology PE Backed Temasek Holdings 2022-01-25 London, United Kingdom website	Test/Measurement Equipment	-	39	38	1
WPP London Stock Exchange : WPP London, United Kingdom website	Marketing	22,692	101	95	6
Waterlogic Acquired Culligan 2022-02-11 High Wycombe, United Kingdom website	Utilities	-	43	43	-
Ideagen PE Backed HgCapital 2022-06-27 $1.69334B Ruddington, United Kingdom website	Software	102	28	27	1
Bunzl London Stock Exchange : BNZL London, United Kingdom website	Distribution	18,128	129	128	1
Intertek London Stock Exchange : ITRK London, United Kingdom website	Business Services	5,223	97	96	1
Access Group PE Backed TA Associates HgCapital 2015-01-19 Loughborough, United Kingdom website	Software	-	19	19	-
AstraZeneca NASDAQ : AZN Cambridge, United Kingdom website	Life Science	54,073	34	23	11
Premier Technical Services Group PE Backed Warburg Pincus Macquarie Capital 2021-05-17 Castleford, United Kingdom website	Business Services	-	26	25	1
Ascential Acquired Informa 2025-04-24 $1.53709B London, United Kingdom website	Media	232	25	14	11
Centurion PE Backed SCF Partners Stage Capital 2012-12-01 Aberdeen, United Kingdom website	Business Services	-	15	15	-
Deltron PE Backed LDC 2024-07-04 Kingswinford, United Kingdom website	Business Services	-	8	8	-
IRIS PE Backed Leonard Green & Partners HgCapital Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) 2023-12-23 $4.84911B Slough, United Kingdom website	Software	-	26	25	1
GSK London Stock Exchange : GSK Brentford, United Kingdom website	Life Science	48,300	59	35	24
Unaric Private London, United Kingdom website	Software	-	8	8	-

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