Big Tech Acquisitions Plummet Over the Past Five Years

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Reza Pahlevi 14/03/2022 16:30 WIB

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Quoting CB Insights data, there were 34 acquisitions made by big tech companies during 2021. This number is down 29% compared to the 48 acquisitions in 2017.

Number of Acquisitions by Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon (2017-2021)

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Number of Acquisitions by Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon (2017-2021)

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Big tech companies—Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon—continue to make acquisitions to expand their business networks. However, the number of these acquisitions has been declining over the past five years.

Citing data from CB Insights, there were 34 acquisitions made by big tech companies in 2021. This is a 29% decrease compared to the 48 acquisitions in 2017.

The number of acquisitions has decreased every year: 48 in 2017, 45 in 2018, 40 in 2019, 37 in 2020, and 34 in 2021.

This continuous decrease in acquisitions may be partly due to increasingly strict regulations for big tech companies. The United States Congress is increasingly limiting acquisitions by big tech to prevent market monopolies.

In 2021, Microsoft was the big tech company with the most acquisitions, totaling 14. The acquisition of artificial intelligence company Nuance Communications was Microsoft's largest acquisition last year, valued at US$16.2 billion.

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