Univar

Industrial and specialty chemicals distributor.

Launch date

1924

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

$7.9b (Public information from Aug 2023)

Downers Grove Illinois (HQ)

http://univar.com

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Revenues	8.3b	8.6b	9.3b	8.3b	9.5b	11.5b
% growth	-	5 %	8 %	(11 %)	15 %	20 %
EBITDA	521m	537m	361m	396m	890m	1.0b
% EBITDA margin	6 %	6 %	4 %	5 %	9 %	9 %
Profit	120m	172m	(100m)	52.9m	461m	545m
% profit margin	1 %	2 %	(1 %)	1 %	5 %	5 %

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
Jan 2010	Univar	N/A	-
Sep 2010	CVC Capital Partners CD&R	N/A	Growth Equity VC
Mar 2014	CVC Capital Partners Norwest Equity Partners (NEP)	N/A	Growth Equity VC
Jun 2015	N/A	N/A	IPO
Mar 2023*	Apollo	$8.1b Valuation: $8.1b 0.7x EV/LTM Revenues 7.8x EV/LTM EBITDA	Buyout
Total Funding		-

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By Country

United States 7 Netherlands 1 United Kingdom 1 Canada 1 Brazil 1

By Industry

Marketing 4 Food 1 Real Estate 1 Dating 1 Health 1 Transportation 1

By Round

ACQUISITION 10 NOT SET 1

BUYOUT by Apollo Mar 2023

ACQUISITION by Univar Feb 2010

Bodine Services of the Midwest

ACQUISITION by Univar Mar 2016

Basic Chemical Solutions, L.L.C

ACQUISITION by Univar Oct 2010

Chemical Associates

ACQUISITION by Univar Jul 2015

ACQUISITION by Univar Nov 2015

ACQUISITION by Univar Dec 2012

ACQUISITION by Univar May 2018

Nexeo Solutions

ACQUISITION by Univar Sep 2018

BlueStar Distribution

ACQUISITION by Univar Oct 2015