The GEO Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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The GEO Group M&A Summary

The GEO Group has acquired 8 companies. A total of 7 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

The GEO Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2010, when it acquired Cornell Companies for $730M. The GEO Group has acquired in 3 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include healthcare services (67%) and technology hardware (34%).

The GEO Group Business Overview

Where is The GEO Group headquartered?

The GEO Group is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

What is The GEO Group’s revenue?

The GEO Group disclosed revenue of 2,413M USD for 2023 and 2,377M USD for 2022.

How many employees does The GEO Group have?

The GEO Group has 18,000 employees.

What sector is The GEO Group in?

The GEO Group is a real estate company.

When was The GEO Group founded?

The GEO Group was founded in 1984.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity3
    • M&A Buy Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7
  • M&A Advisors 3

The GEO Group

The GEO Group, Inc.

4955 Technology Way,
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
United States,
(561) 893-0101
www.geogroup.com

The GEO Group engages in the ownership, leasing, and management of secure facilities, reentry facilities, and processing centers in the United States, Australia, and South Africa. The company provides counseling, education, and treatment for alcohol and drug abuse problems at various facilities; and compliance technologies for monitoring services, and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community-based parolees, probationers, and pretrial defendants. The GEO Group was founded in 1984 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
vol $1.1B $1.1B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  3

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Community Education Centers, Inc. 2017-02-22 - Add-on Acquisition
West Caldwell, New Jersey · www.cecintl.com
BI, Inc. (Behavioral Interventions) 2011-02-14 415M USD Add-on Acquisition
Boulder, Colorado · www.bi.com
Cornell Companies, Inc. 2010-08-30 730M USD Merger
Houston, Texas · www.cornellcompanies.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Healthcare Services 2 (67%) 730M (64%) - -
Technology Hardware 1 (33%) 415M (36%) - -
Total 3 $1.1B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 1.1B - -
  Texas 1 730M - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 415M - -
Total 3 $1.1B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Barclays Investment Bank
 1
J.P. Morgan Securities
 1
Legal Deals
Akerman
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.1B
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest Cornell Companies, Inc.
$730M (2010-08-30)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
67%
2 (67%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Real Estate

Revenue

2,413   2% 2023
2,377   6% 2022
2,257   4% 2021
2,350   6% 2020
2,478   7% 2019
2,331   4% 2018
2,263   4% 2017
2,179   19% 2016
1,843   9% 2015
1,692   12% 2014
1,522   3% 2013
1,479   2012
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Employees

18,000

Established

1984

Public

NYSE: GEO

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