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Acquisitions
7
Major Deals Covered
$1.2B
Disclosed Deal Value
Accenture's largest disclosed acquisition here is Ookla (Ziff Davis Connectivity division) for $1.2B in 2026. This page covers 7 major deals from 2011 to 2026, each with its price where disclosed and the reason behind it.
| Company | Year | Price | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Creek Technologies | 2011 | Undisclosed | Added policy, billing and claims software for property and casualty insurers. Terms were not disclosed. |
| Fjord | 2013 | Undisclosed | Service design consultancy bought to add digital design work to Accenture Interactive. Terms were not disclosed. |
| Droga5 | 2019 | Undisclosed | New York creative agency with more than 500 employees, bought to add brand and advertising work to Accenture Interactive. Announced April 3, 2019; terms not disclosed. |
| umlaut | 2021 | Undisclosed | Engineering consulting firm based in Aachen, Germany, with about 4,200 staff, bought to expand Industry X engineering services. Announced June 14, 2021 and completed Oct 1, 2021; terms not disclosed. |
| Udacity | 2024 | Undisclosed | Online technology education company bought to support Accenture LearnVantage, launched in March 2024 to train client staff in technology, data and AI. Completed May 20, 2024. |
| Faculty | 2026 | Undisclosed | UK applied AI company with about 400 staff and a decision intelligence product. Announced Jan 6, 2026 and completed March 16, 2026. Accenture did not disclose terms; the FT reported the deal valued Faculty at about $1B. |
| Ookla (Ziff Davis Connectivity division) | 2026 | $1.2B | Agreement announced March 3, 2026 to buy Ziff Davis's Connectivity division, including Ookla, Speedtest, Downdetector, Ekahau and RootMetrics, for $1.2B in cash. The division had $231M of revenue in 2025. |
2026
UK applied AI company with about 400 staff and a decision intelligence product. Announced Jan 6, 2026 and completed March 16, 2026. Accenture did not disclose terms; the FT reported the deal valued Faculty at about $1B.
Added applied AI and AI safety specialists in the UK public and private sectors.
Completed March 2026.
2026
$1.2B
Agreement announced March 3, 2026 to buy Ziff Davis's Connectivity division, including Ookla, Speedtest, Downdetector, Ekahau and RootMetrics, for $1.2B in cash. The division had $231M of revenue in 2025.
Adds network measurement data for telecom, hyperscaler and enterprise clients.
Agreement announced March 2026.
2024
Online technology education company bought to support Accenture LearnVantage, launched in March 2024 to train client staff in technology, data and AI. Completed May 20, 2024.
Gave Accenture its own course platform for client training.
Part of Accenture LearnVantage.
2021
Engineering consulting firm based in Aachen, Germany, with about 4,200 staff, bought to expand Industry X engineering services. Announced June 14, 2021 and completed Oct 1, 2021; terms not disclosed.
Added engineering capacity in automotive, telecom, energy and aerospace work.
Integrated into Accenture Industry X.
2019
New York creative agency with more than 500 employees, bought to add brand and advertising work to Accenture Interactive. Announced April 3, 2019; terms not disclosed.
Droga5 kept its own brand inside Accenture Song; founder David Droga was CEO of Accenture Interactive and then Accenture Song from August 2021 to September 2025.
Operates as part of Accenture Song.
2013
Service design consultancy bought to add digital design work to Accenture Interactive. Terms were not disclosed.
Fjord became part of Accenture Interactive, which was renamed Accenture Song in 2022.
Integrated into Accenture Song.
2011
Added policy, billing and claims software for property and casualty insurers. Terms were not disclosed.
Accenture combined Duck Creek with its in-house insurance software business.
Apax Partners funds bought a 60% stake in 2016 and Accenture kept 40%. Duck Creek later listed on Nasdaq in 2020.
Accenture grows through a mix of organic services and frequent acquisitions. It spent $6.58B on businesses and investments in FY2024 and $1.47B in FY2025, and in 2026 announced its largest recent deals: Faculty in the UK and the $1.2B Ookla agreement. From September 1, 2025 it combined strategy, consulting, Song, technology and operations into one Reinvention Services unit so that clients buy one integrated offering, and it is retraining staff on generative AI while removing roles it cannot redeploy.
Accenture sells professional services to large companies and governments. Consulting revenue ($35.11B in FY2025) comes from strategy, technology implementation, cloud migration and data and AI projects. Managed services revenue ($34.57B) comes from multi-year contracts to run applications, infrastructure and business processes such as finance or customer operations. Since September 1, 2025 these services are sold through a single Reinvention Services unit, and results are reported by geographic market (Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific) and by five industry groups.
Accenture buys many specialist firms each year. It spent $6.58 billion on businesses and investments, net of cash acquired, in fiscal 2024 and $1.47 billion in fiscal 2025, then agreed to larger deals in 2026 for Faculty and Ookla ($1.2 billion).
Accenture Interactive announced the Droga5 purchase on April 3, 2019 and completed it later that spring, adding more than 500 employees and a creative advertising agency to the unit now called Accenture Song.
Accenture agreed to buy umlaut, an engineering consulting firm in Aachen, Germany, in June 2021 and completed the deal on October 1, 2021, adding about 4,200 engineers and consultants to Industry X.
In August 2021, Accenture Federal Services acquired advanced analytics and mission solutions firm Novetta, adding 1,300 defense, intelligence, and cloud security specialists serving U.S. government agencies.
On March 19, 2024 Accenture acquired Flo Group, a Rotterdam-based consultancy and Oracle partner focused on supply chain logistics.
Acquired firms are folded into Accenture units such as Song, Industry X or Accenture Federal Services, and some, like Droga5, keep their own brand.
In 2020 Accenture acquired Broadcom's Symantec Cyber Security Services business, adding security operations centers and threat intelligence staff to Accenture Security.
Accenture has bought AI and data firms such as SFL Scientific (2022), Ammagamma (2023) and Faculty (2026) to add data science and applied AI staff.
Accenture operates a highly aggressive "tuck-in" acquisition strategy, constantly buying specialized boutique firms globally to acquire niche engineering talent (like AI and cloud experts) that they can immediately plug into their massive global sales pipeline.
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