{{short description|Data analytics and consulting firm}} {{Infobox company | name = GlobalData plc | logo = GlobalData Logo.jpg | logo_caption = | logo_upright = <!-- default: 1 --> | logo_alt = | type = Public limited company | traded_as = {{lse|DATA}} | industry = Analytics | predecessor = <!-- or: predecessors = --> | founded = 1999 | founder = <!-- or: founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = <!-- or: successors = --> | hq_location = John Carpenter House, John Carpenter Street, London, EC4Y 0AN, UK | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served = <!-- or: areas_served = --> | key_people = Murray Legg (Chairman)<br>Mike Danson, (CEO)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globaldata.com/investors/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Directors|accessdate=5 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705122739/https://www.globaldata.com/investors/board-of-directors/|url-status=live}}</ref> | products = | revenue ={{increase}} £322.1 million (2025)<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=https://wp-globaldata-2023.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2026/03/GlobalData-Annual-Report-2025-Final.pdf|title=Annual Report 2026|publisher=GlobalData|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref> | operating_income ={{increase}} £81.2 million (2025)<ref name=results/> | net_income ={{increase}} £50.1 million (2025)<ref name=results/> | owner = <!-- or: owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|https://www.globaldata.com/|globaldata.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,<ref>{{cite web |title=TMN Group Overview |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/57092-32#overview |website=Pitchbook |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705112707/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/57092-32#overview |url-status=live }}</ref> and was listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1065801/globaldata-rises-on-main-market-move-and-share-buy-back-1065801.html|title=GlobalData rises on Main Market move and share buy-back|date=6 February 2025|newspaper=Proactive Investors|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref> It changed its name to TMN Group in December 2006.<ref name=ch>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03925319|title=GlobalData plc|publisher=Companies House|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref>
In December 2007, it acquired Internet Business Group in a £9.8m deal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandison |first1=Nikki |title=TMN to acquire Internet Business Group for £9.8m |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/tmn-acquire-internet-business-group-98m/773722 |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=Campaign |date=14 December 2007 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705112708/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/tmn-acquire-internet-business-group-98m/773722 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name=Farey>{{cite news |last1=Farey-Jones |first1=Daniel |title=TMN receives £52.8m management buy-out offer |url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/tmn-receives-528m-management-buy-out-offer/810130 |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=Campaign |date=19 May 2008}}</ref> Following the Tangent offer, withdrawn in April 2008, founder and former Datamonitor CEO, Mike Danson had built a 27% shareholding in TMN.<ref name=Farey/>
In 2009, TMN was acquired via a reverse takeover by Progressive Digital Media Ltd,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/06/08/419-progressive-media-set-for-digital-marketing-group-reverse-takeover/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113072547/http://paidcontent.org/2009/06/08/419-progressive-media-set-for-digital-marketing-group-reverse-takeover/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-13 |title=Danson Set For Digital Marketer TMN Group Reverse Takeover — paidContent |publisher=Paidcontent.org |date=2009-06-08 |accessdate=2012-05-30 }}</ref> and changed its name to Progressive Digital Media Group.<ref name=ch/> 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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.progressivedigitalmedia.com/pdfs/PDM_Interim%20Statement.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011020412/http://www.progressivedigitalmedia.com/pdfs/PDM_Interim%20Statement.pdf |archive-date=2010-10-11 }}</ref> followed by SPG Media Group PLC in November 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200810060700071145F |title=FE Investegate |Progressive Capital Announcements | Progressive Capital: Offer for SPG Media Group Plc |publisher=Investegate.co.uk |accessdate=2012-05-30 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055101/http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200810060700071145F |url-status=live }}</ref>
Progressive Digital Media acquired Current Analysis Inc in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.calysto.com/prvibes/media-vibes/current-analysis-acquired-by-progressive-digital-media/|title=Current Analysis Acquired by Progressive Digital Media|date=8 July 2014|newspaper=Calysto|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKASN00093Z20150727 "Progressive Digital Media to buy some assets from Informa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928082801/https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKASN00093Z20150727 |date=2018-09-28 }}. ''Reuters''. 27 July 2015.</ref>
In January 2016, Progressive Digital Media bought the GlobalData Holding Ltd business and changed its own name to GlobalData Plc.<ref>{{cite news |title=Progressive Digital Media to buy GlobalData, change name |url=http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1450857383390744500/progressive-digital-media-to-buy-globaldata-change-name-(alliss).aspx |newspaper=Morningstar |date=23 December 2015 |accessdate=5 October 2016 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101536/http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1450857383390744500/progressive-digital-media-to-buy-globaldata-change-name-(alliss).aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
GlobalData acquired entertainment publisher Media Business Insight (including ''Broadcast'' and ''Screen International'') in June 2022.<ref>{{cite Magaz<!---->ine |title=GlobalData buys Media Business Insight |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/globaldata-buys-media-business-insight/ |magazine=Press Gazette |publisher=Progressive Media Investments |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819173342/https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/globaldata-buys-media-business-insight/ |archive-date=19 August 2024 |date=13 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The company moved from the Alternative investment Market to the main market in March 2026.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/news/globaldata-main-market-lse/ |title=Investment Monitor's parent company GlobalData moves to Main Market of LSE|date=5 March 2026|newspaper=Investment Monitor|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.globaldata.com/ GlobalData PLC] *[http://www.spgmedia.com/ SPG Media]
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