Dentsu Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Dentsu Group M&A Summary

Dentsu Group has acquired 10 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Dentsu Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Re:Production for -. Dentsu Group has acquired in 1 US state, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include marketing (40%) and media (30%).

Dentsu Group Business Overview

Where is Dentsu Group headquartered?

Dentsu Group is headquartered in Minato-Ku, Japan.

What is Dentsu Group’s revenue?

Dentsu Group disclosed revenue of 1,304,552M JPY for 2023 and 1,246,401M JPY for 2022.

How many employees does Dentsu Group have?

Dentsu Group has 71,127 employees.

What sector is Dentsu Group in?

Dentsu Group is a media company.

When was Dentsu Group founded?

Dentsu Group was founded in 1901.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity10
    • M&A Buy Activity10
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3
  • M&A Advisors 1

Dentsu Group

Dentsu, Inc.

1-8-1 Higashi-Shinbashi,
Minato-Ku, 105-7050
Japan,
81 3 6217 6600
www.group.dentsu.com

Dentsu Group provides comprehensive advertising services. Dentsu Group was founded in 1901 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 7 - 1 1 1 - 10
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  10

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Tag Worldwide Group Ltd. 2023-03-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Norwich, United Kingdom · www.tagww.com
Pexlify Ltd. 2022-06-15 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.pexlify.com
LiveArea 2021-07-07 - Divestiture
Seattle, Washington · www.liveareacx.com
Shanghai EBP Internet Technology Co. Ltd. 2019-10-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Shanghai, China
Ugam Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 2019-07-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Mumbai, India · www.ugamsolutions.com
Re:Production Ltd. 2019-06-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · www.re-production.tv
Pontomobi Tecnologia Informatica Ltda 2015-10-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.pontomobi.com.br
John Brown Media Ltd. 2015-05-14 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.johnbrownmedia.com
Webchutney Studio Pvt. Ltd. 2013-06-04 - Stake Purchase
New Delhi, India · www.webchutney.com
Steak Group Ltd 2011-06-02 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.steakgroup.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Marketing 4 (40%) - - -
Media 3 (30%) - - -
Information Technology 2 (20%) - - -
Publishing 1 (10%) - - -
Total 10 - - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 5 - - -
India 2 - - -
Brazil 1 - - -
China 1 - - -
United States 1 - - -
  Washington 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 10 (100%) - - -
Total 10 - - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Clarity Capital Partners Ltd.
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
TOTAL -
Largest Re:Production Ltd.
- (2019-06-12)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
2 (20%)
Strategic(s)
10%
1 (10%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Media

Revenue

1,304,552   5% 2023
1,246,401   15% 2022
1,085,592   16% 2021
939,243   11% 2020
1,047,881   3% 2019
1,018,512   10% 2018
928,841   11% 2017
838,359   16% 2016
728,626   69% 2015
2,309,359   2014
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Employees

71,127

Established

1901

Public

Tokyo (TSE): 4324

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