Forrester - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Forrester M&A Summary

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

Forrester’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired SiriusDecisions for $245M. Forrester has acquired in 3 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information services (80%) and business services (20%).

Forrester Business Overview

Where is Forrester headquartered?

Forrester is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

What is Forrester’s revenue?

Forrester disclosed revenue of 481M USD for 2023 and 538M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Forrester have?

Forrester has 1,690 employees.

What sector is Forrester in?

Forrester is an information services company.

When was Forrester founded?

Forrester was founded in 1983.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity5
    • M&A Buy Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Forrester

Forrester Research, Inc.

60 Acorn Park Drive,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
United States,
(617) 613-6000
www.forrester.com

Forrester is a research and advisory firm provides proprietary research, consumer and business data, custom consulting, events and online communities, and peer-to-peer executive programs. Forrester was founded in 1983 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 5 - - - - - 5
vol $328M $328M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  5

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
SiriusDecisions, Inc. 2019-01-03 245M USD Add-on Acquisition
Wilton, Connecticut · www.siriusdecisions.com
Springboard Research Pty. Ltd. 2011-05-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Singapore, Singapore
Strategic Oxygen LLC 2009-12-02 - Divestiture
, United States
JupiterResearch LLC 2008-07-31 23M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York
Giga Information Group Inc. 2003-01-21 60M USD Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Services 4 (80%) 83M (25%) - -
Business Services 1 (20%) 245M (75%) - -
Total 5 $328M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 268M - -
  Connecticut 1 245M - -
  New York 1 23M - -
Singapore 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 60M - -
Domestic 3 (60%) 268M (82%) - -
Cross-border 2 (40%) 60M (18%) - -
Total 5 $328M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $245M
< $100M 2 $83M
TOTAL $328M
Largest SiriusDecisions, Inc.
$245M (2019-01-03)

M&A Connections

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

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