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Emerald - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Emerald M&A Summary

Emerald has acquired 19 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Emerald’s largest acquisition to date was in 2013, when it acquired GLM Shows - George Little Management for $335M. Emerald has acquired in 10 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include media (78%) and marketing (6%).

Emerald Business Overview

Where is Emerald headquartered?

Emerald is headquartered in New York, New York.

What is Emerald’s revenue?

Emerald disclosed revenue of 399M USD for 2024 and 383M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Emerald have?

Emerald has 697 employees.

What sector is Emerald in?

Emerald is a business services company.

When was Emerald founded?

Emerald was founded in 2013.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity18
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 13
  • M&A Advisors 4

Emerald

Emerald Holding, Inc.

100 Broadway 14th Floor,
New York, New York 10005
United States,
(949) 226-5700
www.emeraldx.com

Emerald is an operator of large business-to-business tradeshows in the United States across 10 end markets. Emerald has two principal sources of revenue: tradeshow revenue and revenue from print and digital publications and select conferences. Emerald was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 16 - 2 - - - 18
vol $363M $363M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  18

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Advertising Week 2022-06-28 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.advertisingweek.com
MJBiz 2022-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Lakewood, Colorado · www.mjbizdaily.com
Boutique Design New York - BDNY 2018-10-16 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.bdny.com
EH Media -Technology Brands 2018-08-21 28M USD Divestiture
Framingham, Massachusetts
Connecting Point Marketing Group 2017-11-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Rye, New Hampshire · www.cpmg-llc.com
SnowSports Industries America - Snow Show 2017-05-24 - Divestiture
Park City, Utah
InterDrone (International Drone Conference and Exposition) 2017-03-13 - Divestiture
, United States · www.interdrone.com
RFID Journal LIVE 2016-11-15 - Divestiture
Hauppauge, New York
National Pavement Expo 2016-10-18 - Divestiture
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin · www.nationalpavementexpo.com
Digital Dealer Conference & Expo 2016-10-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Raton, Florida · www.digitaldealer.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Media 14 (78%) 28M (8%) - -
Business Services 1 (6%) - - -
Digital Media 1 (6%) - - -
Marketing 1 (6%) - - -
Retail 1 (6%) 335M (92%) - -
Total 18 $363M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 18 363M - -
  New York 4 335M - -
  Ohio 3 - - -
  Wisconsin 1 - - -
  Utah 1 - - -
  New Hampshire 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 28M - -
  Florida 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
Total 18 $363M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
BofA Securities
 1
Morgan Stanley
 1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
 2
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $335M
< $100M 1 $28M
TOTAL $363M
Largest GLM Shows - George Little Management
$335M (2013-12-20)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
2 (11%)
Strategic(s)
56%
10 (56%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Business Services

Revenue

399   5% 2024
383   18% 2023
326   124% 2022
146   2021
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Employees

697

Established

2013

Public

NYSE: EEX

Former Name

Emerald Expositions, Inc., Nielsen Expositions

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