the serial acquirer Market Observatory · 2026-Q3

Acquirers › Topicus.com

What Topicus.com paid

1 disclosed price, what it deploys, what it owes and what its capital costs — every figure from a filed account.

Topicus.com is one of the 13 European software serial acquirers the register tracks, reporting in EUR. One of its acquisitions discloses enough to price: CS (individually material acquisition) in 2025, at 2.08x the acquired company’s annual revenue (measured). In 2025 it deployed 390.4 EUR m across 1 acquisitions (filed).

1acquisition on file with a disclosed price — of 1 made in 2025
2.08xmedian price paid per unit of annual revenue (2.08x)
390.4EUR m deployed in 2025 (filed)

Acquisitions on file, with a price

One row per disclosed observation. Colour of the basis tag shows where the number comes from, as on the prices page. Click a company for its own page.

Acquired companyRevenue, EUR mYearPrice paidBasis
CS (individually material acquisition)107.720252.08xmeasured
Price paid per unit of the acquired company’s annual revenue. 1 of the 1 row is measured — consideration and revenue both stated in the acquisition note; Amounts are converted to euro at the ECB annual reference rate; the multiples are ratios within one currency and are not converted.

What it deploys

A price is only half the picture; the other half is how much Topicus actually puts to work. In 2025 that was 390.4 EUR m across 1 acquisitions, on a filed basis.

Capital deployed
EUR m
as filedAcquisitionsAverage cheque
EUR m
YearBasis
390.4390.4EUR12025filed
“Filed” is the number from the buyer’s own cash flow statement. Converted to euro at the ECB annual reference rate for the buyer’s own reporting year; the figure as filed stands beside it. Full table: how much they deploy.

What this does not support

Sources

Every figure on this page is read from a filed account or the buyer’s own published report: topicus.com. Retrieval dates and parser versions are kept with the register. Method and limits.

Other acquirers

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The rest of the register

Guess what serial acquirers paid →What European software serial acquirers actually pay, from filed accounts. Guess the price, then see the source.
What was paid, per unit of revenue →Every disclosed acquisition price in the register, one row per observation, coloured by how well it is evidenced.
The acquirers, one by one →Every tracked buyer with its prices, capital deployed, debt and what its capital costs.
Every deal on file →One page per disclosed acquisition, with the filed source and where its price sits in the register.
How much they deploy →How much capital each European software serial acquirer actually puts to work, and across how many acquisitions.
What they owe, and what it costs →Net debt against revenue, the interest each buyer actually pays, and every credit facility on file with its terms.
What their own capital costs →An estimate of what each buyer pays for capital, set against the 20-30% return they demand of the companies they buy.
Method, limits and imprint →How every figure in this register is sourced, what the sample does not support, and the legal notices.

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Figures as at 2026-09-08. Every number on this page comes from a filed account or a company’s own published report — how, and what it does not support.