Acuity Brands - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Acuity Brands M&A Summary

Acuity Brands has acquired 24 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Acuity Brands’ largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired QSC for $1.2B. Acuity Brands has acquired in 13 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include electrical equipment (63%) and software (21%).

Acuity Brands Business Overview

Where is Acuity Brands headquartered?

Acuity Brands is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

What is Acuity Brands’ revenue?

Acuity Brands disclosed revenue of 3,952M USD for 2023 and 4,006M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Acuity Brands have?

Acuity Brands has 12,000 employees.

What sector is Acuity Brands in?

Acuity Brands is an electrical equipment company.

When was Acuity Brands founded?

Acuity Brands was founded in 2001.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity24
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3
  • M&A Advisors 2

Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc.

1170 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2300,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
United States,
(404) 853-1400
www.acuitybrands.com

Acuity Brands is a provider of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. The Company's lighting solutions are sold under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Gotham, Mark Architectural Lighting. Acuity Brands was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 22 - - - 1 1 24
vol $832M $1.2B $2.0B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  24

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
QSC LLC 2024-10-24 1.2B USD Add-on Acquisition
Costa Mesa, California · www.qsc.com
KE2 Therm Solutions, Inc. 2023-04-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Washington, Missouri · www.ke2therm.com
LocusLabs, Inc. 2019-11-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Oakland, California · www.locuslabs.com
The Luminaires Group 2019-09-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.theluminairesgroup.com
WhiteOptics LLC 2019-06-20 - Add-on Acquisition
New Castle, Delaware · www.whiteoptics.com
IOTA Engineering LLC 2018-05-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Tucson, Arizona · www.iotaengineering.com
Lucid Design Group, Inc. 2018-02-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Oakland, California · www.luciddesigngroup.com
DGLogik, Inc. 2016-07-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Oakland, California · www.dglogik.com
GeoMetri LLC 2016-01-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Braunfels, Texas
Juno Lighting, Inc. 2015-10-30 385M USD Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.junolightinggroup.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Electrical Equipment 15 (63%) 832M (41%) - -
Software 5 (21%) - - -
Electronics 2 (8%) 1.2B (59%) - -
Communications 1 (4%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 1 (4%) - - -
Total 24 $2.0B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 20 1.8B - -
  California 7 1.2B - -
  Georgia 2 - - -
  Arizona 1 - - -
  Virginia 1 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
  Minnesota 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
  Illinois 1 385M - -
  Delaware 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 205M - -
Canada 3 242M - -
  Quebec 2 242M - -
  Alberta 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic 20 (83%) 1.8B (88%) - -
Cross-border 4 (17%) 242M (12%) - -
Total 24 $2.0B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Allen & Company
1
Legal Deals
Baker & McKenzie
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.2B
$100M to $1B 3 $832M
TOTAL $2.0B
Largest QSC LLC
$1.2B (2024-10-24)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
8%
2 (8%)
Strategic(s)
4%
1 (4%)

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