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Match Group acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Match Group 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
Hyperconnect Word for word“We have made acquisitions in the past, including our acquisition of Hyperconnect in 2021, and continue to seek potential acquisition candidates.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2021	—
Not named in the filing Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities attributable to continuing operations in 2022 consists primarily of capital expenditures of $49.1 million that are primarily related to internal development of software and computer hardware to support our services, and cash used in an acquisition, net of cash acquired, of $25.7 million.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2022	$25.7 million
Hakuna live streaming service Word for word“For example, in 2024 we announced the shutdown of our Hakuna live streaming service, which was acquired in 2021, because the service’s financial performance was not meeting our expectations.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	2021	—
Azar Word for word“Azar launched in 2014 and was acquired in 2021.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	2021	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$18.4 million	$32.2 million
2017-12-31	$146.6 million	$661.4 million
2018-12-31	−$1.1 million	$208.4 million
2019-12-31	$3.8 million	$3.6 million
2020-12-31	$0	$0
2021-12-31	$859.9 million	$1.24 billion
2022-12-31	$25.7 million	$27.1 million
2023-12-31	$11.6 million	$12.5 million
2025-12-31	—	$27.5 million

Deal filings since 2016

2025-08-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-03-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-05-02 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-10-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-03-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-07-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-07-02 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-06-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-06-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-02-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-12-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-12-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-05-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-12-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-11-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-12-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-11-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-10-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-10-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-10-02 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2017-09-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-05-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-11-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-06-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Match Group’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.