Ingram Micro - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Ingram Micro M&A Summary

Ingram Micro has acquired 45 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 6 assets.

Ingram Micro’s largest acquisition to date was in 2012, when it acquired Brightpoint for $840M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Ingram Micro - CLS Business to CMA CGM S.A. for $3.0B. Ingram Micro has acquired in 9 different US states, and 20 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include distribution (56%) and information technology (18%).

Ingram Micro Business Overview

Where is Ingram Micro headquartered?

Ingram Micro is headquartered in Irvine, California.

What is Ingram Micro’s revenue?

Ingram Micro disclosed revenue of 47,984M USD for 2024 and 48,040M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Ingram Micro have?

Ingram Micro has 23,500 employees.

What sector is Ingram Micro in?

Ingram Micro is a distribution company.

When was Ingram Micro founded?

Ingram Micro was founded in 1979.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity51
    • M&A Buy Activity45
    • M&A Sell Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 8
  • Total Countries Invested 20
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 13
  • M&A Advisors 1

Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro Holding Corp.

3351 Michelson Drive, Suite 100,
Irvine, California 92612
United States,
(714) 566-1000
www.ingrammicro.com

Ingram Micro is a wholesale technology distributor and a global provider of IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services, and logistics solutions. Ingram Micro distributes and markets a large variety of technology and mobility products from companies such as Acer, Apple, Cisco, Citrix, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung, Symantec, VMware, and others. Ingram Micro was founded in 1979 and is based in Irvine, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 44 1 - - - - 45
vol $1.7B $1.7B
Sell (0.6/yr) # 3 2 - - - 1 6
vol $3.0B $3.0B
  51

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Ingram Micro - Cloudblue Business 2025-06-04 - Divestiture
, United States
Shipwire, Inc. 2021-12-08 - Divestiture
Santa Clara, California · www.shipwire.com
Ingram Micro - CLS Business 2021-12-08 3.0B USD Divestiture
Irvine, California
BRLink 2021-12-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.brlink.com.br
Canal Digital S.A 2020-12-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Bodega, Colombia · www.canaldigital.com.co
Ictivity 2020-02-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Eindhoven, Netherlands · www.ictivity.nl
Cloud Harmonics, Inc. 2017-12-19 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.cloudharmonics.com
The Phoenix Group 2017-11-07 - Add-on Acquisition
O’Fallon, Missouri · www.tpgpos.com
DOCdata International B.V. 2017-07-05 - Divestiture
Utrecht, Netherlands · www.docdatapayments.com
Docdata Payments BV 2017-07-05 - Divestiture
Utrecht, Netherlands · www.docdatapayments.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Ease2pay B.V. 2015-10-13 IAI Industrial Systems BV 2015-12-15 1
Rotterdam, Netherlands · www.ease2pay.eu Veldhoven, Netherlands · www.iai-industrial-systems.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Distribution 25 (56%) 1.6B (90%) 1 (17%) -
Information Technology 8 (18%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 3 (7%) 175M (10%) 3 (50%) -
Business Services 4 (9%) - - -
Transportation 1 (2%) - 2 (33%) 3.0B (100%)
Technology Hardware 2 (4%) - - -
Communications 1 (2%) - - -
Software 1 (2%) - - -
Total 45 $1.7B 6 $3.0B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 12 936M 3 3.0B
  California 4 - 2 3.0B
  Virginia 1 - - -
  South Carolina 1 - - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
  Minnesota 1 - - -
  Maryland 1 - - -
  Indiana 1 840M - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
  Arizona 1 96M - -
Netherlands 5 180M 2 -
Canada 3 120M 1 -
  Ontario 2 - - -
  Alberta 1 120M 1 -
United Kingdom 4 - - -
Australia 2 493M - -
Belgium 2 - - -
Brazil 2 - - -
China 2 - - -
France 2 - - -
1 - - -
Colombia 1 - - -
Germany 1 - - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
Norway 1 - - -
Poland 1 - - -
Portugal 1 - - -
Saudi Arabia 1 - - -
Spain 1 - - -
Turkey 1 - - -
United Arab Emirates 1 - - -
Domestic 12 (27%) 936M (54%) 3 (50%) 3.0B (100%)
Cross-border 33 (73%) 793M (46%) 3 (50%) -
Total 45 $1.7B 6 $3.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Baker & McKenzie
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $1.6B
< $100M 2 $101M
TOTAL $1.7B
Largest Brightpoint, Inc.
$840M (2012-07-02)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $3.0B
TOTAL $3.0B
Largest Ingram Micro - CLS Business
$3.0B (2021-12-08)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
7%
3 (7%)
Strategic(s)
11%
5 (11%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Strategic(s)
83%
5 (83%)

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