Total construction & real estate industry M&A deals worth $2.6bn were announced in Europe in October 2021, led by DuluxGroup’s $1.34bn acquisition of Cromology, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 649.5% over the previous month of $345.57m and a drop of 47.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.97bn.
Europe held a 16.11% share of the global construction & real estate industry M&A deal value that totalled $16.08bn in October 2021. With an 8.33% share and deals worth $1.34bn, France was the top country in Europe’s M&A deal value across construction & real estate industry.
In terms of M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 66 deals during October 2021, marking an increase of 26.92% over the previous month and a rise of 24.53% over the 12-month average. Sweden recorded 11 deals during the month.

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By GlobalDataEurope construction & real estate industry M&A deals in October 2021: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate industry M&A deals accounted for 88.5% of the overall value during October 2021.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $2.29bn, against the overall value of $2.6bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry M&A deals of October 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) DuluxGroup $1.34bn acquisition deal with Cromology
2) The $414.94m acquisition of Jackon Holding by BEWi
3) DGL International (UK) $226.31m acquisition deal for 99.8% stake in DP JUB del niska druzba poob lascenka
4) The $207.72m acquisition of ADLER Group by Vonovia
5) Fabege $100.68m acquisition deal with SHH Bostad