On the Record · Meta
Meta acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Meta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Within UnlimitedWord for word“In addition, on July 27, 2022, the FTC filed a complaint against us in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to preliminarily enjoin our proposed acquisition of Within Unlimited as an alleged violation of antitrust law.” 10-K for 2022 | agreed acquisition | July 27, 2022 | — |
GiphyWord for word“For example, we completed our divestiture of Giphy in 2023 following the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority's order directing us to divest Giphy post-acquisition.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | 2023 | — |
InstagramWord for word“Beginning in 2020, we became subject to a lawsuit by the FTC alleging that we violated antitrust laws, including by acquiring Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | in 2012 | — |
WhatsAppWord for word“Beginning in 2020, we became subject to a lawsuit by the FTC alleging that we violated antitrust laws, including by acquiring Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | in 2014 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $95 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $90 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $88 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $408 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $322 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.14 billion |
| 2023-12-31 | $357 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $0 |
| 2025-12-31 | $3.8 billion |
Deal filings since 2016
Read from Meta’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-01-29. 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.