M&A Deal Summary

Nielsen Acquires Indicus Analytics Pvt.

On September 18, 2014, Nielsen acquired business services company Indicus Analytics Pvt.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nielsen’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Nielsen’s 1st transaction in India.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-09-18
Target Indicus Analytics Pvt.
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Nielsen
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Indicus Analytics Pvt.

New Delhi, India
Indicus Analytics Pvt. Ltd. is an economic research and data analytics firm.

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Buyer

Nielsen

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Information Services
Employees14,000
Revenue 3.5B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION
Nielsen office in Columbia, Maryland.
Nielsen office in Columbia, Maryland.

Nielsen is a global information and measurement company that provides clients with a comprehensive understanding of consumers and consumer behaviour. Nielsen delivers critical media and marketing information, analytics, and industry expertise about what consumers buy and what consumers watch (consumer interaction with television, online and mobile) on a global and local basis. Nielsen was founded in 1923 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 31
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 22
Country: India M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-30 Arbitron

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Arbitron, Inc., is a provider of media and marketing research firm serving the media radio, television, cable, and out of home the mobile industry, as well as advertising agencies and advertisers around the world. Arbitron businesses include: measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media, and product patterns of U.S. consumers; providing mobile audience measurement and analytics in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia; and developing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data.

Buy $1.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-29 Affinnova

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Affinnova is a technology platform of choice for companies seeking to dramatically improve their innovation and marketing success rates.

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