The M&A-Market 2023 in Austria

The Austrian Bankers Archive Monthly Newsletter has published our Annual Report on the M&A-Market 2023 in Austria recently.

The most interesting details concerning the Austrian M&A-Market 2023:

• The number of transactions has decreased by 16,4 %;
• The transaction volume has decreased by 9,7 %;
• At the same time, the average transaction size (excluding large transactions) has increased by 5,2 %
• The share of cross-border transactions has slightly risen to 64,1 %;
• The Top 3-industries of the last years confirmed their dominance: Real Estate Companies, Software & Data Services and ISP/Internet-Services; but the ranks behind show many changes.
• In addition, only two “negative” records can be reported for 2023:
  • The lowest numbers of real mergers within the 25-years observation period.
  • The lowest numbers of MBOs and MBIs (beyond minimum size) within the same period.

The full M&A-report 2023 is written in German, but we have created an English summary for your convenience: ACS_MA Market in Austria 2023

Please, let us know if you are interested in receiving any more information concerning the report and/or in discussing how ACS can support your M&A-strategies: acs@acsvienna.com