Workday - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Workday M&A Summary

Workday has acquired 17 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Workday’s largest acquisition to date was in 2018, when it acquired Adaptive Insights for $1.6B. Workday has acquired in 6 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (53%) and software (36%).

Workday Business Overview

Where is Workday headquartered?

Workday is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

What is Workday’s revenue?

Workday disclosed revenue of 7,259M USD for 2024 and 6,216M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Workday have?

Workday has 19,415 employees.

What sector is Workday in?

Workday is an internet software and services company.

When was Workday founded?

Workday was founded in 2005.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity17
    • M&A Buy Activity17
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2
  • M&A Advisors 5

Workday

Workday, Inc.

6110 Stoneridge Mall Road,
Pleasanton, California 94588
United States,
(925) 951-9000
www.workday.com

Workday is a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Workday delivers financial management, human capital management and analytics applications designed for companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Workday's software delivers embedded analytics that capture the content and context of everyday business events, facilitating fast and informed decision-making from wherever users are working. Workday was established in 2005 and is based in Pleasanton, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 12 - 3 - - 2 17
vol $1.6B $700M $2.3B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  17

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Evisort, Inc. 2024-09-17 - Add-on Acquisition
San Mateo, California · www.evisort.com
HiredScore, Inc. 2024-02-26 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.hiredscore.com
VNDLY, Inc. 2021-11-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Mason, Ohio · www.vndly.com
Zimit, Inc. 2021-09-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Deerfield Beach, Florida · www.zimit.io
Peakon ApS 2021-01-28 700M USD Add-on Acquisition
Copenhagen, Denmark · www.peakon.com
Stories s.r.o. (Stories.bi) 2018-07-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Prague, Czech Republic · www.stories.bi
Adaptive Insights, Inc. 2018-06-11 1.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
Palo Alto, California · www.adaptiveinsights.com
Rallyteam, Inc. 2018-06-08 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.rallyteam.com
Skipflag 2018-01-16 - Add-on Acquisition
San Fracisco, California · www.skipflag.com
Pattern Technologies, Inc. 2017-08-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Redwood City, California · www.getpattern.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
MediaCore, Inc. 2015-10-08 Pandastream Ltd. 2015-11-03 1
Victoria, British Columbia · www.mediacore.com London, United Kingdom · www.pandastream.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 9 (53%) 1.6B (69%) - -
Software 6 (35%) 700M (31%) - -
Information Technology 2 (12%) - - -
Total 17 $2.3B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 14 1.6B - -
  California 9 1.6B - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
  Florida 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  British Columbia 1 - - -
Czech Republic 1 - - -
Denmark 1 700M - -
Domestic 14 (82%) 1.6B (69%) - -
Cross-border 3 (18%) 700M (31%) - -
Total 17 $2.3B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Allen & Company
 1
Waller Capital Partners LLC
 1
Legal Deals
Orrick
 3
Bech-Bruun
 1
Fenwick & West
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.6B
$100M to $1B 1 $700M
TOTAL $2.3B
Largest Adaptive Insights, Inc.
$1.6B (2018-06-11)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
12%
2 (12%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Internet Software and Services

Revenue

7,259   17% 2024
6,216   21% 2023
5,139   20% 2022
4,318   20% 2021
3,627   29% 2020
2,822   32% 2019
2,143   37% 2018
1,569   36% 2017
1,162   48% 2016
788   69% 2015
468   72% 2014
273   2013
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Employees

19,415

Established

2005

Public

NASDAQ: WDAY

Former Name

North Tahoe Power Tools, Inc.

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