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Volvo M&A Summary

Volvo has acquired 3 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 8 assets.

Volvo’s largest acquisition to date was in 2000, when it acquired Renault Trucks for $1.5B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 1999, when it sold Volvo Car to Ford Motor for $6.5B. Volvo has acquired in 1 US state, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include electrical equipment (67%) and automotive (34%).

Volvo Business Overview

Where is Volvo headquartered?

Volvo is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

What is Volvo’s revenue?

Volvo disclosed revenue of 552,764M SEK for 2023 and 473,479M SEK for 2022.

How many employees does Volvo have?

Volvo has 91,265 employees.

What sector is Volvo in?

Volvo is a manufacturing company.

When was Volvo founded?

Volvo was founded in 1915.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity3
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10

Volvo

Volvo AB

GropegArdsgatan 2,
Gothenburg, 417 15
Sweden,
+46 31 66 00 00
www.volvogroup.com

Volvo is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company. Volvo's principal activity is the production of trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems. Volvo was incorporated in 1915 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 1 1 - - 1 - 3
vol $1.5B $210M $1.7B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 6 - - - 2 - 8
vol $7.4B $40M $7.5B
  11

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Commercial Vehicle Group - Cab Structures Business 2024-10-02 40M USD Divestiture
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Arquus SAS 2024-07-02 - Divestiture
Versailles, France · www.arquus-defense.com
Proterra - battery business 2024-02-01 210M USD Divestiture
Burlingame, California
Designwerk Products AG 2021-04-26 - Add-on Acquisition
Winterthur, Switzerland · www.designwerk.com
BlueLine Rental LLC 2013-12-10 - Divestiture
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania · www.bluelinerental.com
Volvo Aero Corp. 2012-10-01 974M GBP Divestiture
Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
VAS Aero Services LLC 2010-10-07 - Divestiture
Boca Raton, Florida · www.vas.aero
Outsmart AB 2010-08-24 - Divestiture
Göteborg, Sweden · www.outsmart.se
Volvo - Material Handling Equipment Business 2008-04-25 - Divestiture
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Renault Trucks 2000-04-26 1.5B USD Divestiture
Saint-Priest, France · www.renault-trucks.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Volvo Construction Equipment    - Terex - Off-highway Hauler Business 2013-12-09 2
, Sweden Motherwell, United Kingdom

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Automotive 1 (33%) 1.5B (88%) 3 (38%) 6.5B (87%)
Electrical Equipment 2 (67%) 210M (12%) - -
Aerospace - - 2 (25%) 974M (13%)
Business Services - - 1 (13%) -
Machinery - - 1 (13%) -
Marketing - - 1 (13%) -
Total 3 $1.7B 8 $7.5B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 1 210M 4 40M
  Pennsylvania - - 2 -
  California 1 210M - -
  North Carolina - - 1 40M
  Florida - - 1 -
Sweden - - 3 7.4B
France 1 1.5B 1 -
Switzerland 1 - - -
Domestic - - 3 (38%) 7.4B (99%)
Cross-border 3 (100%) 1.7B (100%) 5 (63%) 40M (1%)
Total 3 $1.7B 8 $7.5B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.5B
$100M to $1B 1 $210M
TOTAL $1.7B
Largest Renault Trucks
$1.5B (2000-04-26)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $6.5B
$100M to $1B 1 $974M
< $100M 1 $40M
TOTAL $7.5B
Largest Volvo Car Corp.
$6.5B (1999-02-04)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
67%
2 (67%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
38%
3 (38%)
Strategic(s)
63%
5 (63%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Manufacturing

Revenue

552,764   17% 2023
473,479   28% 2022
372,216   10% 2021
338,446   22% 2020
431,981   11% 2019
390,834   17% 2018
334,748   11% 2017
301,914   4% 2016
312,515   11% 2015
282,948   4% 2014
272,622   10% 2013
299,814   2012
0   1970
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Employees

91,265

Established

1915

Public

Stockholm Stock Exchange: VOLV

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