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GlobalData

GlobalData Plc is a data analytics and consulting company, headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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GlobalData plc
Company type
Public limited company
LSE: DATA
IndustryAnalytics
Founded1999
HeadquartersJohn Carpenter House, John Carpenter Street, London, EC4Y 0AN, UK
Key people
Murray Legg (Chairman)
Mike Danson, (CEO)1
RevenueIncrease £322.1 million (2025)2
Increase £81.2 million (2025)2
Increase £50.1 million (2025)2
Websiteglobaldata.com

GlobalData Plc is a data analytics and consulting company, headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Background

The company was founded as a London-based provider of online marketing, business information, research and marketing services named TheMutual.net in 1999,3 and was listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2000.4 It changed its name to TMN Group in December 2006.5

In December 2007, it acquired Internet Business Group in a £9.8m deal.6 Four months later, in March 2008, TMN rejected a £40m cash and shares offer from Tangent Communications, another marketing services group. Then in May 2008, two TMN directors, CEO Mark Smith and CFO Craig Dixon, put together a £52.8m management buy-out offer for the business, backed by August Equity.7 Following the Tangent offer, withdrawn in April 2008, founder and former Datamonitor CEO, Mike Danson had built a 27% shareholding in TMN.7

In 2009, TMN was acquired via a reverse takeover by Progressive Digital Media Ltd,8 and changed its name to Progressive Digital Media Group.5 Progressive Digital Media had been founded in 2007 as a holding company for a set of media assets purchased from Wilmington plc; it expanded further by a series of acquisitions, purchasing Business Review from Datamonitor PLC in July 2008,9 followed by SPG Media Group PLC in November 2008.10

Progressive Digital Media acquired Current Analysis Inc in 2014.11

On 27 July 2015, Progressive Digital Media announced that it had agreed to acquire Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict businesses from Informa for a combined cash price of £25m.12

In January 2016, Progressive Digital Media bought the GlobalData Holding Ltd business and changed its own name to GlobalData Plc.13

GlobalData acquired entertainment publisher Media Business Insight (including Broadcast and Screen International) in June 2022.14

The company moved from the Alternative investment Market to the main market in March 2026.15

References

References

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  2. "Annual Report 2026" (PDF). GlobalData. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  3. "TMN Group Overview". Pitchbook. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. "GlobalData rises on Main Market move and share buy-back". Proactive Investors. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  5. "GlobalData plc". Companies House. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  6. Sandison, Nikki (14 December 2007). "TMN to acquire Internet Business Group for £9.8m". Campaign. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  7. Farey-Jones, Daniel (19 May 2008). "TMN receives £52.8m management buy-out offer". Campaign. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. "Danson Set For Digital Marketer TMN Group Reverse Takeover — paidContent". Paidcontent.org. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2012-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "FE Investegate |Progressive Capital Announcements | Progressive Capital: Offer for SPG Media Group Plc". Investegate.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  11. "Current Analysis Acquired by Progressive Digital Media". Calysto. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  12. "Progressive Digital Media to buy some assets from Informa" Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Reuters. 27 July 2015.
  13. "Progressive Digital Media to buy GlobalData, change name". Morningstar. 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  14. "GlobalData buys Media Business Insight". Press Gazette. Progressive Media Investments. 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
  15. "Investment Monitor's parent company GlobalData moves to Main Market of LSE". Investment Monitor. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
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