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First Advantage Mergers & Acquisitions

First Advantage M&A Summary

First Advantage has acquired 8 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

First Advantage’s largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired Sterling Check for $2.2B. First Advantage has acquired in 4 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (75%) and information services (13%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

First Advantage

First Advantage Corp.

1 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 200,
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
United States,
(844) 718-0087
www.fadv.com

All (8) Buy (8) Sell (-)
Date Target Value
$mlns 		Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2024-10-31 Sterling · Business Services
Independence, Ohio · www.sterlingcheck.com

Sterling is a provider of background and identity services that offers background and identity verification to help over 47,000 clients create people-first cultures built on a foundation of trust and safety. Sterling was founded in 1992 and is based in Independence, Ohio.

Revenue (mlns) 719 USD
EBITDA (mlns) 22 USD
Advisors: Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson , Goldman Sachs 		2,200
99.7x EBITDA
3.1x REVENUE 		Add-on Acquisition

First Advantage
Advisors: Barclays Investment Bank , BMO Capital Markets , BofA Securities , Citizens Capital Markets , HSBC Global Banking and Markets , J.P. Morgan Securities , Jefferies , RBC Capital Markets , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett , Stifel , Wells Fargo Securities

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