M&A Deal Summary

Equifax Acquires TALX

On February 14, 2007, Equifax acquired business services company TALX for 1.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Equifax’s 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Equifax’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Equifax’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Equifax’s 1st transaction in Missouri.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-02-14
Target TALX
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Equifax
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.4B USD

Target

TALX

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
TALX Corporation is a provider of human resource and payroll-related services and holds a position in automated employment, income verification services, and unemployment tax management services as well. TALX provides clients with Web-based services focused in three employment- related areas: hiring, pay reporting, and compliance. Hiring services include assessments and talent management, paperless new hires, and tax credits and incentives. Pay reporting services include electronic time tracking, paperless pay, and W-2 management. Compliance services include employment and income verifications through The Work Number, unemployment tax management, and I-9 management.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 7 of 38
Sector (Business Services) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 33
State (Missouri) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 28
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-09 Austin-Tetra

Irving, Texas, United States

Austin-Tetra is a privately-held company that is a leading provider of business-to-business data management solutions for FORTUNE 1000 companies and government agencies. A world-class provider of supplier data management (SDM) and customer data management (CDM) services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-21 IXI

McLean, Virginia, United States

IXI Corporation, provides services in collecting, analyzing and delivering consumer wealth and asset data. With its proprietary measures of wealth, assets, income, spending and other data, IXI helps its clients better segment households, resulting in improved marketing and customer management. IXI's client base includes leading companies in the financial services industry (such as banks and brokerage firms) and emerging opportunities in the insurance and healthcare industries.

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