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AcadeMedia - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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AcadeMedia M&A Summary

AcadeMedia has acquired 5 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

AcadeMedia’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Vindora for $77M. AcadeMedia has acquired in 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include education (80%) and consumer services (20%).

AcadeMedia Business Overview

Where is AcadeMedia headquartered?

AcadeMedia is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

What is AcadeMedia’s revenue?

AcadeMedia disclosed revenue of 15,268M SEK for 2023 and 14,096M SEK for 2022.

How many employees does AcadeMedia have?

AcadeMedia has 15,428 employees.

What sector is AcadeMedia in?

AcadeMedia is an education company.

When was AcadeMedia founded?

AcadeMedia was founded in 1996.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity5
    • M&A Buy Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

AcadeMedia

AcadeMedia AB

Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata 2,
Stockholm, 111 37
Sweden,
+46 87 94 42 00
www.academedia.se

AcadeMedia is an education company in Sweden with operations spanning pre and compulsory school, upper secondary school and adult education. The company operates more than 150 schools and adult education units across Sweden and has approximately 2,500 employees and 45,000 students. AcadeMedia was founded in 1996 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 4 - - - - 1 5
vol $99M $99M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  5

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
International School Potsdam and International School Erfurt 2025-05-12 - Add-on Acquisition
, Germany · school-international.de
Swedish Education Group AB 2020-11-06 22M SEK Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden · www.swedisheducationgroup.se
Vindora 2017-09-12 77M SEK Add-on Acquisition
Göteborg, Sweden · www.praktiska.se
Step Kids KiTas gGmbH (Stepke) 2017-04-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Berlin, Germany · www.stepke-kitas.de
Hermods AB 2014-12-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Education 4 (80%) 99M (100%) - -
Consumer Services 1 (20%) - - -
Total 5 $99M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Sweden 3 99M - -
Germany 2 - - -
Domestic 3 (60%) 99M (100%) - -
Cross-border 2 (40%) - - -
Total 5 $99M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 2 $99M
TOTAL $99M
Largest Vindora
$77M (2017-09-12)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
40%
2 (40%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Education

Revenue

15,268   9% 2023
14,096   7% 2022
13,176   9% 2021
12,096   4% 2020
11,715   9% 2019
10,810   14% 2018
9,520   11% 2017
8,611   6% 2016
8,163   205% 2015
2,679   2014
(millions of SEK) Show More Show Less

Employees

15,428

Established

1996

Public

Stockholm Stock Exchange: ACAD

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