Serco Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Serco Group M&A Summary

Serco Group has acquired 7 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Serco Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2008, when it acquired SI International for $524M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Intelenet Global Services Pvt. to The Blackstone Group for $385M. Serco Group has acquired in 3 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (72%) and information technology (15%).

Serco Group Business Overview

Where is Serco Group headquartered?

Serco Group is headquartered in Hook, United Kingdom.

What is Serco Group’s revenue?

Serco Group disclosed revenue of 4,874M GBP for 2023 and 4,534M GBP for 2022.

How many employees does Serco Group have?

Serco Group has 50,000 employees.

What sector is Serco Group in?

Serco Group is a business services company.

When was Serco Group founded?

Serco Group was founded in 1929.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity7
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8

Serco Group

Serco Group Plc

16 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way,
Hook, RG27 9UY
United Kingdom,
+44 12 5674 5900
www.serco.com

Serco provides world class business process outsourcing for customers it manages front, middle and back office programs. Our key service areas include customer interaction centres, direct marketing, loyalty and fulfilment programs, training design and delivery, customer relationship management software solutions and consultancy services. Serco Group was founded in 1929 and is based in Hook, United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 4 - 2 1 - - 7
vol $762M $295M $46M $1.1B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - 1 - - - 4
vol $472M $472M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
ORS Group AG 2022-09-01 46M CHF Add-on Acquisition
Zurich, Switzerland · www.ors-group.org
Serco Parking Services 2021-05-05 - Divestiture
Los Angeles, California
Whitney, Bradley and Brown, Inc. 2021-02-16 295M USD Add-on Acquisition
Reston, Virginia · www.wbbinc.com
Facilities First Australia Pty Ltd. 2021-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Macquarie Park, Australia · www.facilitiesfirst.com.au
Alion Science & Technology Corp. - Naval Systems Business Unit 2019-05-23 225M USD Divestiture
McLean, Virginia
BTP Systems LLC 2017-10-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Ludlow, Massachusetts · www.btpsystems.com
Intelenet Global Services Pvt. Ltd. 2015-09-16 385M GBP Divestiture
Mumbai, India · www.intelenetglobal.com
Great Southern Rail Ltd. 2015-03-30 20M USD Divestiture
Keswick, Australia · www.greatsouthernrail.com.au
Serco - Transport Solutions Business 2013-11-27 67M GBP Divestiture
, United Kingdom
Excelior 2011-11-01 13M USD Divestiture
, Australia · www.excelior.com.au
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 5 (71%) 865M (78%) 1 (25%) 385M (82%)
Information Technology 1 (14%) 225M (20%) 1 (25%) 67M (14%)
Staffing 1 (14%) 13M (1%) - -
Consumer Services - - 1 (25%) -
Leisure - - 1 (25%) 20M (4%)
Total 7 $1.1B 4 $472M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 1.0B 1 -
  Virginia 2 520M - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
  District of Columbia 1 524M - -
  California - - 1 -
Australia 2 13M 1 20M
India - - 1 385M
Switzerland 1 46M - -
United Kingdom - - 1 67M
Domestic - - 1 (25%) 67M (14%)
Cross-border 7 (100%) 1.1B (100%) 3 (75%) 405M (86%)
Total 7 $1.1B 4 $472M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.0B
< $100M 2 $59M
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest SI International, Inc.
$524M (2008-12-30)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $385M
< $100M 2 $87M
TOTAL $472M
Largest Intelenet Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
$385M (2015-09-16)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
2 (29%)
Strategic(s)
29%
2 (29%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
50%
2 (50%)
Strategic(s)
50%
2 (50%)

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