The Austrian Bankers Archive Monthly Newsletter has published our Annual Report on the M&A-Market 2024 in Austria recently.

The most interesting details concerning the Austrian M&A-Market 2024:

• The number of transactions has decreased by 3,6 %;
• The transaction volume has decreased by 9,5 %;
• At the same time, the average transaction size (excluding large transactions) has increased by 16,6 % and reached a new absolute high at € 22,29 mil
• The share of cross-border transactions has significantly risen to 69,4 %;
• The Top 3-industries of this year: Real Estate Companies, Buildings & Basic Materials, and Machinery & Plant Construction

No other significant records can be reported for 2024.

Just one general observation: in many categories, the respective results were very close to the lowest numbers within the 25-years observation period.

The full M&A-report 2024 is written in German, but we have created an English summary for your convenience: ACS_MA Market 2024 in Austria

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