Vail Resorts - M&A Summary and Business Overview

LeisureCompany

Vail Resorts M&A Summary

Vail Resorts has acquired 11 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

Vail Resorts’ largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Peak Resorts for $264M. Vail Resorts has acquired in 7 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include leisure (100%).

Vail Resorts Business Overview

Where is Vail Resorts headquartered?

Vail Resorts is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

What is Vail Resorts’ revenue?

Vail Resorts disclosed revenue of 2,885M USD for 2024 and 2,889M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Vail Resorts have?

Vail Resorts has 7,600 employees.

What sector is Vail Resorts in?

Vail Resorts is a leisure company.

When was Vail Resorts founded?

Vail Resorts was founded in 1962.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 2

Vail Resorts

Vail Resorts, Inc.

390 Interlocken Crescent,
Broomfield, Colorado 80021
United States,
(303) 404-1800
www.vailresorts.com

Vail Resorts is a mountain resort operator. The Company's subsidiaries operate 10 world-class mountain resorts and two urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Canyons and Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Perisher, Australia; and Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. Vail Resorts was founded in 1997 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 8 1 1 - 1 - 11
vol $697M $118M $815M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  11
+110024681012-4-2140

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Crans-Montana Mountain Resort 2024-05-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Crans-Montana, Switzerland · www.crans-montana.ch
Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG 2022-03-27 - Divestiture
Andermatt, Switzerland
Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Inc. 2021-12-31 118M USD Add-on Acquisition
Champion, Pennsylvania · www.7springs.com
Peak Resorts, Inc. 2019-07-22 264M USD Add-on Acquisition
Wildwood, Montana · www.peakresorts.com
Triple Peaks LLC 2018-09-27 74M USD Add-on Acquisition
Ludlow, Vermont
Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc. (Stowe Mountain Resort) 2017-02-21 50M USD Divestiture
Stowe, Vermont · www.stowe.com
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings, Inc. 2016-08-08 1M USD Add-on Acquisition
Broomfield, Colorado · www.whistlerblackcomb.com
Wilmot Mountain, Inc. 2016-01-19 - Add-on Acquisition
Wilmot, Wisconsin · www.wilmotmountain.com
Perisher Blue Pty Ltd. (dba Perisher Ski Resort) 2015-06-30 125M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Perisher Valley, Australia · www.perisherblue.com.au
Park City Mountain Resort 2014-09-11 183M USD Divestiture
Park City, Utah · www.parkcitymountain.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Leisure 11 (100%) 815M (100%) - -
Total 11 $815M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 8 690M - -
  Vermont 2 124M - -
  Wisconsin 1 - - -
  Utah 1 183M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 118M - -
  Montana 1 264M - -
  Colorado 1 1M - -
  California 1 - - -
Switzerland 2 - - -
Australia 1 125M - -
Domestic 8 (73%) 690M (85%) - -
Cross-border 3 (27%) 125M (15%) - -
Total 11 $815M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
1
Stikeman Elliott
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $690M
< $100M 3 $125M
TOTAL $815M
Largest Peak Resorts, Inc.
$264M (2019-07-22)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
9%
1 (9%)
Strategic(s)
27%
3 (27%)

 Subscribe to unlock this and 212,846
investor and company profiles

Sign-up today to get full access

  • check  Unlimited Searches
  • check  Unlimited Profile Views
  • check  Build and Export Lists of
    • PE Backed Companies
    • Direct Investors & Acquirers
    • Advisors
    • Deals
    • & More

What's Mergr?

We built Mergr to save people the arduous and time-consuming process of tracking when companies are bought, sold, and who currently owns them.

Every day, new opportunities emerge around M&A and we help professionals of all types comb through transactions, investors, and corporate acquirers via an easy-to-use web database that is accessible to anyone.

Try us for 1 week free today!

Mergr, the Easiest-to-Use PE and M&A DB


Key Benefits

  • Stay informed on events in your industry
  • M&A research that takes seconds (not all afternoon)
  • Better understand your customers and prospects
  • Discover active buyers (or sellers)
Search
  • 4.7K Private Equity Firms
  • 206K M&A Transactions
  • 208K Companies Involved in M&A
    (Buyer, Seller, or Target)
  • 3.7K M&A Advisors
    (Investment Banks and Law Firms)
  • 80K M&A Contacts
    (PE and M&A Advisors)

Ready to try?

Join FREE for 1 Week

No obligation. Cancel anytime.