M&A Deal Summary

DFS Furniture Acquires Sofology

On August 3, 2017, DFS Furniture acquired retailer Sofology for 25M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DFS Furniture’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is DFS Furniture’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is DFS Furniture’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-08-03
Target Sofology
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) DFS Furniture
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 25M GBP

Target

Sofology

Golborne, United Kingdom
Sofology Ltd. is a specialist sofa retailer with a network of 37 stores in the UK which together with a strong web presence offers customers a technology-led omni-channel proposition.

Search 198,485 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DFS Furniture

Doncaster, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Retail
Employees5,284
Revenue 1.1B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

DFS Furniture is a retailer of living room and upholstered furniture in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture, sell and deliver to our customers an extensive range of living room furniture products. The business operates a retail network of living room furniture stores in the United Kingdom and Europe, together with an online channel. These have been established and developed gradually over more than 47 years of operating history. We attract customers to our stores and website through our substantial and continued investment in nationwide marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product ranges and price points and favourable consumer financing options. DFS Furniture was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Doncaster, the United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Retail) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 2
Year (2017) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-27 Multiyork Furniture - Certain Stores

United Kingdom

Multiyork Furniture Ltd. - Certain Stores consists of eight store leases, with six stores intended to be converted to trade as Sofa Workshop, and two intended to be converted to DFS.

Buy £1M