M&A Deal Summary

TransUnion Acquires Datalink Services

On August 28, 2017, TransUnion acquired information technology company Datalink Services

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TransUnion’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is TransUnion’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TransUnion’s 1st transaction in Kentucky.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-08-28
Target Datalink Services
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) TransUnion
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Datalink Services

Marrowbone, Kentucky, United States
Datalink Services, Inc. (Compass Driving Records) is a provider of driving and vehicle records to the insurance industry. Their trademarked products, SmartMVR and SmartVR, provide real-time data and records from DMVs across the nation to help insurance carriers improve business efficiency and manage risk.

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Buyer

TransUnion

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Information Services
Employees13,400
Revenue 4.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
TransUnion's corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
TransUnion's corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

TransUnion is a global provider of information and risk management solutions. TransUnion provides these solutions to businesses across multiple industries and to individual consumers. TransUnion technology and services enable businesses to make informed credit granting, risk management, underwriting, fraud protection and customer acquisition decisions by delivering data that's integrated with analytics and decisioning capabilities. TransUnion was founded in 1968 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 20
Sector: Information Technology M&A 4 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 17
State: Kentucky M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 7 of 16
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 3
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