Calian - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Calian M&A Summary

Calian has acquired 18 companies, including 10 in the last 5 years.

Calian’s largest acquisition to date was in 2023, when it acquired Decisive Group for $57M. Calian has acquired in 2 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (28%) and business services (17%).

Calian Business Overview

Where is Calian headquartered?

Calian is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

What is Calian’s revenue?

Calian disclosed revenue of 659M CAD for 2023 and 582M CAD for 2022.

How many employees does Calian have?

Calian has 4,400 employees.

What sector is Calian in?

Calian is an information technology company.

When was Calian founded?

Calian was founded in 1982.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity18
  • Total Sectors Invested 9
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Calian

Calian Group Ltd.

770 Palladium Drive 4th floor,
Ottawa, Ontario K2V 1C8
Canada,
(613) 599-8600
www.calian.com

Calian is a provider of quality assurance services to both the private and public sectors across Canada. Calian was founded in 1982 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (2.0/yr) # 8 6 - 1 1 2 18
vol $57M $31M $88M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  18

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Mabway Ltd. 2024-05-10 31M CAD Add-on Acquisition
Dorset, United Kingdom · www.mabway.com
MDA - Nuclear Assets 2024-03-05 - Divestiture
Brampton, Ontario
Decisive Group, Inc. 2023-11-09 57M CAD Add-on Acquisition
Ottawa, Ontario · www.decisivegroup.com
Computex Technology Solutions 2022-01-27 - Divestiture
Houston, Texas · www.computex-inc.com
Cadence Consultancy Ltd. 2020-11-02 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.cadenceconsultancy.com
Tallysman Wireless, Inc. 2020-09-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Ottawa, Ontario · www.tallysman.com
EMSEC Solutions, Inc. 2020-07-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Smiths Falls, Ontario · www.emsecsolutions.com
Comprehensive training Solutions AS 2020-07-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Stavanger, Norway · www.cts.international
Allphase Clinical Research Services, Inc. 2020-01-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Iselin, New Jersey · www.allphaseclinical.com
Alio Health Services, Inc. 2020-01-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Kanata, Ontario · www.aliohealth.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 5 (28%) 57M (65%) - -
Business Services 3 (17%) 31M (35%) - -
Healthcare Services 3 (17%) - - -
Engineering 2 (11%) - - -
Communications 1 (6%) - - -
Education 1 (6%) - - -
Life Science 1 (6%) - - -
Staffing 1 (6%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (6%) - - -
Total 18 $88M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Canada 13 57M - -
  Ontario 10 57M - -
  Saskatchewan 1 - - -
  Alberta 1 - - -
United Kingdom 2 31M - -
United States 2 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
Norway 1 - - -
Domestic 13 (72%) 57M (65%) - -
Cross-border 5 (28%) 31M (35%) - -
Total 18 $88M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 2 $88M
TOTAL $88M
Largest Decisive Group, Inc.
$57M (2023-11-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
11%
2 (11%)

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