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Block acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Block bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
TIDALWord for word“In 2021, we completed the acquisition of a majority ownership interest in TIDAL, expanding our purpose of economic empowerment to artists.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In 2021 | — |
AfterpayWord for word“In January 2022, we completed the acquisition of Afterpay, a buy now, pay later ("BNPL") platform that facilitates commerce between retail merchants and consumers by allowing retail merchant clients to offer their customers the ability to buy goods and services on a BNPL basis.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In January 2022 | — |
an artist-centric financial technology companyWord for word“During the three months ended December 31, 2023, we issued a total of 171,691 shares of our Class A common stock in connection with the acquisition of an artist-centric financial technology company, pursuant to exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2).” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | During the three months ended December 31, 2023 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $1.4 million | — | $474,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | $1.9 million | $0 | $1.2 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $112.4 million | $0 | $203.4 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $20.4 million | $309.3 million | $10.8 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $79.2 million | $0 | $49.6 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $164 million | $0 | $203.1 million |
| 2022-12-31 | — | — | $11.76 billion |
| 2023-12-31 | $5 million | — | $7.9 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-01-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-08-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-05-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-04-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-06-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-01-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-01-31 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-08-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-05-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-05-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-11-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-11-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-06-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2018-05-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-05-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-04-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Block’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.