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Huron Consulting Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Huron Consulting Group M&A Summary

Huron Consulting Group has acquired 20 companies, including 8 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Huron Consulting Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired The Studer Group for $325M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Huron Legal practice to Consilio for $112M. Huron Consulting Group has acquired in 11 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (50%) and information technology (35%).

Huron Consulting Group Business Overview

Where is Huron Consulting Group headquartered?

Huron Consulting Group is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

What is Huron Consulting Group’s revenue?

Huron Consulting Group disclosed revenue of 1,521M USD for 2024 and 1,398M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Huron Consulting Group have?

Huron Consulting Group has 7,230 employees.

What sector is Huron Consulting Group in?

Huron Consulting Group is a business services company.

When was Huron Consulting Group founded?

Huron Consulting Group was founded in 2002.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity22
    • M&A Buy Activity20
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5

Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.

550 West Van Buren Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60607
United States,
(312) 583-8700
www.huronconsultinggroup.com

Huron Consulting Group is a provider of clients in diverse industries improve performance, reduce costs, leverage technology, process and review large amounts of complex data, address regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Huron Consulting Group was founded in 2002 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.4/yr) # 13 3 - - 2 2 20
vol $425M $425M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 1 1 - - - - 2
vol $112M $112M
  22

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Eclipse Insights LLC 2025-06-18 - Add-on Acquisition
, United States · www.eclipseinsightshc.com
Advancement Resources 2025-03-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Cedar Rapids, Iowa · www.advancementresources.org
Axia Consulting LLC 2024-12-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Columbus, Ohio · www.axiaconsulting.net
Grenzebach Glier and Associates 2024-02-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.grenzebachglier.com
Perception Health, Inc. 2021-12-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Franklin, Tennessee · www.perceptionhealth.com
Whiteboard Higher Education 2021-12-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania · www.gowhiteboardhighered.net
Huron - Life Sciences Business 2021-10-05 - Divestiture
Chicago, Illinois
Unico Solution 2021-01-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.unicosolution.com
FORCEIQ 2020-10-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.cloudforceiq.com
Innosight Holdings LLC (Innosight Consulting) 2017-02-16 100M USD Add-on Acquisition
Lexington, Massachusetts · www.innosight.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 10 (50%) 425M (100%) 1 (50%) 112M (100%)
Information Technology 7 (35%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 2 (10%) - - -
Software 1 (5%) - - -
Life Science - - 1 (50%) -
Total 20 $425M 2 $112M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 18 425M 2 112M
  Illinois 4 - 2 112M
  Massachusetts 3 100M - -
  New York 2 - - -
  Tennessee 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  Iowa 1 - - -
  Florida 1 325M - -
  Colorado 1 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
India 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 18 (90%) 425M (100%) 2 (100%) 112M (100%)
Cross-border 2 (10%) - - -
Total 20 $425M 2 $112M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $325M
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $425M
Largest The Studer Group, LLC
$325M (2015-01-27)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $112M
TOTAL $112M
Largest Huron Legal practice
$112M (2015-12-10)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
5%
1 (5%)
Strategic(s)
10%
2 (10%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Business Services

Revenue

1,521   9% 2024
1,398   21% 2023
1,158   25% 2022
927   7% 2021
871   10% 2020
965   10% 2019
878   9% 2018
808   2% 2017
798   4% 2016
769   14% 2015
889   48% 2014
603   12% 2013
681   2012
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Employees

7,230

Established

2002

Public

NASDAQ: HURN

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