NeuStar - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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NeuStar M&A Summary

NeuStar has acquired 18 companies of its own, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

NeuStar’s largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Targus Information for $650M. NeuStar has acquired in 6 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (36%) and information technology (24%).

NeuStar Ownership

Who owns NeuStar?

NeuStar is owned by TransUnion Holding. It was acquired on September 21, 2021.

Was NeuStar formerly PE-backed?

Yes. NeuStar was formerly owned by 4 private investors.

NeuStar Business Overview

Where is NeuStar headquartered?

NeuStar is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

What is NeuStar’s revenue?

NeuStar disclosed revenue of 1,050M USD for 2015 and 963M USD for 2014.

What sector is NeuStar in?

NeuStar is an information services company.

When was NeuStar founded?

NeuStar was founded in 1996.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 5

NeuStar

NeuStar, Inc.

1906 Reston Metro Plaza, Suite 500,
Reston, Virginia 20190
United States,
(571) 434–5400
www.home.neustar

NeuStar is a global information services provider driving the connected world forward with trusted, holistic identity resolution. The company serves many of the world’s brands to grow and guard their businesses with the most complete understanding of how to connect people, places, and things. The combination of Neustar’s unique, accurate and real-time identity system and its cloud-based workflow solutions empower businesses to make actionable, precise, and valuable decisions across marketing, risk, IT/security, network & operations departments. As the current sole provider to the U.S. Number Portability Administration Center, Neustar also facilitates the routing of all telephone call and text messages in the U.S. NeuStar was formed in 1996 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 16 1 - - - - 17
vol $1.9B $1.9B
Sell (0.2/yr) # - 1 - - - - 1
  18

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Verisign’s Public DNS Service 2020-11-02 - Divestiture
Reston, Virginia
NeuStar, Inc. - Registry business 2020-04-06 - Divestiture
Sterling, Virginia
TRUSTID, Inc. 2018-11-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Lake Oswego, Oregon · www.trustid.com
VeriSign, Inc. - Security Services Customer Contracts 2018-10-25 - Divestiture
Reston, Virginia
MarketShare Partners LLC 2015-11-05 450M USD Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.marketshare.com
Transaction Network Services - Caller Authentication Assets 2015-09-09 220M USD Divestiture
, United States
Bombora Technologies Pty Ltd. 2015-07-30 84M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Melbourne, Australia · www.bomboratech.com.au
.CO Internet S.A.S. 2014-03-20 109M USD Add-on Acquisition
Bogota, Colombia · www.cointernet.com.co
DSET Corp. 2014-01-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Norcross, Georgia · www.dset.com
Aggregate Knowledge, Inc. 2013-10-30 119M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Mateo, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 6 (35%) 705M (38%) 1 (100%) -
Information Technology 4 (24%) - - -
Software 4 (24%) 178M (10%) - -
Communications 1 (6%) 220M (12%) - -
Information Services 1 (6%) 650M (35%) - -
Media 1 (6%) 119M (6%) - -
Total 17 $1.9B 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 15 1.7B 1 -
  California 5 569M - -
  Virginia 4 712M 1 -
  Oregon 2 - - -
  New York 1 139M - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
Australia 1 84M - -
Colombia 1 109M - -
Domestic 15 (88%) 1.7B (90%) 1 (100%) -
Cross-border 2 (12%) 193M (10%) - -
Total 17 $1.9B 1 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
J.P. Morgan Securities
1
Allen & Company
1
Morgan Stanley
1
Legal Deals
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
1
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 6 $1.7B
< $100M 3 $185M
TOTAL $1.9B
Largest Targus Information Corp.
$650M (2011-11-08)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
12%
2 (12%)
Strategic(s)
24%
4 (24%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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