Equifax - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Equifax M&A Summary

Equifax has acquired 40 companies, including 17 in the last 5 years. A total of 9 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 3 assets.

Equifax’s largest acquisition to date was in 2021, when it acquired Appriss Insights for $1.8B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2010, when it sold Equifax’s Direct Marketing Services Division to Bread Financial Holdings for $117M. Equifax has acquired in 18 different US states, and 9 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (29%) and financial services (22%).

Equifax Business Overview

Where is Equifax headquartered?

Equifax is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

What is Equifax’s revenue?

Equifax disclosed revenue of 5,265M USD for 2023 and 5,122M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Equifax have?

Equifax has 15,000 employees.

What sector is Equifax in?

Equifax is an information services company.

When was Equifax founded?

Equifax was founded in 1899.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity41
    • M&A Buy Activity38
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 9
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 17
  • M&A Advisors 3

Equifax

Equifax, Inc.

1550 Peachtree Street, N.W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
United States,
(404) 885-8000
www.equifax.com

Equifax is a global provider of information solutions and human resources business process outsourcing services for businesses, governments and consumers. Equifax has a large and diversified group of clients, including financial institutions, corporations, governments and individuals. Equifax's products and services are based on comprehensive databases of consumer and business information derived from numerous types of credit, financial assets, telecommunications and utility payment, employment, income, public record, demographic and marketing data. Equifax was incorporated in 1899 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (2.8/yr) # 24 1 7 4 2 - 38
vol $4.8B $2.5B $596M $7.9B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
vol $189M $189M
  41

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Boa Vista Servicos SA 2023-02-09 596M USD Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.boavistaservicos.com.br
The Food Industry Credit Bureau 2023-02-01 - Divestiture
Montreal, Quebec
Midigator LLC 2022-07-26 - Add-on Acquisition
American Fork, Utah · www.midigator.com
LawLogix Group, Inc. 2022-07-21 - Divestiture
Phoenix, Arizona · www.lawlogix.com
Data-Crédito 2022-03-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Santo Domingo, Dominica · www.datacredito.com.do
EF Operating LLC 2022-01-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Littleton, Colorado · www.efficienthire.com
Appriss Insights LLC 2021-08-10 1.8B USD Divestiture
Louisville, Kentucky · www.apprissinsights.com
HealthCare Impact Associates LP 2021-08-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Minnetonka, Minnesota · www.healthefx.us
Teletrack LLC 2021-07-27 - Divestiture
San Diego, California · tto.teletrack.com
i2Verify 2021-03-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Newburyport, Massachusetts · www.i2verify.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 11 (29%) 848M (11%) - -
Financial Services 8 (21%) 1.4B (18%) - -
Information Services 7 (18%) 2.4B (30%) 1 (33%) -
Software 4 (11%) - 1 (33%) 72M (38%)
Business Services 4 (11%) 1.4B (18%) - -
Information Technology 3 (8%) 1.8B (23%) - -
Marketing 1 (3%) - 1 (33%) 117M (62%)
Total 38 $7.9B 3 $189M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 28 5.2B 2 189M
  California 5 - - -
  Texas 5 1.1B - -
  Illinois 2 - - -
  Colorado 2 - - -
  Missouri 1 1.4B - -
  Minnesota 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
  Kentucky 1 1.8B - -
  Iowa 1 - - -
  Idaho 1 640M - -
  Arizona 1 - - -
  Wisconsin 1 135M - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  Virginia 1 124M - -
  Utah 1 - - -
  South Carolina 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Nevada 1 - - -
  Louisiana - - 1 72M
United Kingdom 3 308M - -
Italy 1 - 1 -
Australia 1 1.8B - -
Brazil 1 596M - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
Dominica 1 - - -
India 1 - - -
Mexico 1 - - -
Domestic 28 (74%) 5.2B (66%) 2 (67%) 189M (100%)
Cross-border 10 (26%) 2.7B (34%) 1 (33%) -
Total 38 $7.9B 3 $189M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
BofA Securities
1
Legal Deals
Hogan Lovells
1
Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $6.0B
$100M to $1B 5 $1.8B
< $100M 1 $73M
TOTAL $7.9B
Largest Appriss Insights LLC
$1.8B (2021-08-10)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $117M
< $100M 1 $72M
TOTAL $189M
Largest Equifax’s Direct Marketing Services Division
$117M (2010-07-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
18%
7 (18%)
Strategic(s)
13%
5 (13%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
3 (100%)

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