ACCO Brands - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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ACCO Brands M&A Summary

ACCO Brands has acquired 4 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

ACCO Brands’ largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Esselte for $333M. ACCO Brands has acquired in 1 US state, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include consumer products (50%) and distribution (25%).

ACCO Brands Business Overview

Where is ACCO Brands headquartered?

ACCO Brands is headquartered in Lake Zurich, Illinois.

What is ACCO Brands’ revenue?

ACCO Brands disclosed revenue of 1,833M USD for 2023 and 1,948M USD for 2022.

How many employees does ACCO Brands have?

ACCO Brands has 5,600 employees.

What sector is ACCO Brands in?

ACCO Brands is a consumer products company.

When was ACCO Brands founded?

ACCO Brands was founded in 1893.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1
  • M&A Advisors 2

ACCO Brands

ACCO Brands Corp.

Four Corporate Drive,
Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047
United States,
(847) 541-9500
www.accobrands.com

ACCO Brands is a designer, marketer, and manufacturer of branded business, academic, and consumer products. ACCO's widely recognized brands include AT-A-GLANCE®, Five Star®, Kensington®, Leitz®, Mead®, PowerA®, Swingline®, Tilibra® and many others. ACCO Brands was founded in 1893 and is based in Lake Zurich, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $524M $524M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Grafica Foroni Ltda. 2019-08-04 57M USD Add-on Acquisition
São Paulo, Brazil · www.foroni.com.br
GOBA Internacional, S.A. de C.V. 2018-06-14 31M USD Add-on Acquisition
Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Esselte Corp. 2016-10-24 333M USD Add-on Acquisition
Stamford, Connecticut · www.esselte.com
Pelikan Artline Pty. Ltd. 2016-03-21 103M USD Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.pelikanartline.com.au
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Consumer Products 2 (50%) 390M (74%) - -
Distribution 1 (25%) 103M (20%) - -
Forest Products 1 (25%) 31M (6%) - -
Total 4 $524M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Australia 1 103M - -
Brazil 1 57M - -
Mexico 1 31M - -
United States 1 333M - -
  Connecticut 1 333M - -
Domestic 1 (25%) 333M (64%) - -
Cross-border 3 (75%) 191M (36%) - -
Total 4 $524M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Rothschild Global Advisory
1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $436M
< $100M 2 $88M
TOTAL $524M
Largest Esselte Corp.
$333M (2016-10-24)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)

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