M&A Deal Summary

Equifax Acquires eThority

On October 2, 2011, Equifax acquired software company eThority

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Equifax’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Equifax’s 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Equifax’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-10-02
Target eThority
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Equifax
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

eThority

Charleston, South Carolina, United States
eThority is the developer of eThority Enterprise, an enterprise business analytics platform that empowers end users and offers IT an easily maintainable solution. eThority was formed in 1992 and is based in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Buyer

Equifax

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1899
Sector Information Services
Employees15,000
Revenue 5.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Equifax's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Entrance to Equifax's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Equifax is a global provider of information solutions and human resources business process outsourcing services for businesses, governments and consumers. Equifax has a large and diversified group of clients, including financial institutions, corporations, governments and individuals. Equifax's products and services are based on comprehensive databases of consumer and business information derived from numerous types of credit, financial assets, telecommunications and utility payment, employment, income, public record, demographic and marketing data. Equifax was incorporated in 1899 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 38
Sector (Software) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 14 of 33
State (South Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 12 of 28
Year (2011) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-06 Datum

San Jose, California, United States

Datum collects, synthesizes and provides consumer credit data to banks, telecommunications companies, retail and insurance businesses across Costa Rica. The company is headquartered in San Jose.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-05 NettPositive Business Analytics Pvt.

Bangalore, India

NettPositive a provider of high-velocity Analytics and Business Intelligence solutions that help enterprises derive Profitable Decisions by Hardwiring Intelligence into Day-to-Day decision making. With solutions specially adapted to the evolving data maturity of emerging markets, NettPositive’s implementations have a proven record of delivering step-change in its clients’ business KPIs and is appreciated for its ability to blend incisive analytics and technology with pragmatic business acumen to deliver cost-effective solutions.

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