| M&A Completions by Industry 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | No. of Deals | Value ($mil) | No. of Deals | Value ($mil) | No. of Deals | Value ($mil) | No. of Deals | Value ($mil) |
| Advertising Services | 42 | 183.1 | 10 | 176.1 | 14 | 116.3 | 66 | 475.5 |
| Aerospace and Aircraft | 24 | 20,423.2 | 7 | 78.4 | 4 | 102.2 | 35 | 20,603.8 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing | 24 | 2,564.6 | 5 | 24.0 | 11 | 120.0 | 40 | 2,708.6 |
| Air Transportation and Shipping | 16 | 158.0 | 4 | 27.3 | 6 | 318.7 | 26 | 504.0 |
| Amusement and Recreation Services | 46 | 3,859.1 | 9 | 436.8 | 12 | 1,300.0 | 67 | 5,595.9 |
| Business Services | 957 | 24,858.8 | 137 | 7,198.3 | 255 | 9,436.5 | 1,349 | 41,493.6 |
| Chemicals and Allied Products | 63 | 7,034.9 | 27 | 3,262.0 | 39 | 4,742.9 | 129 | 15,039.8 |
| Commercial Banks, Bank Holding Companies | 169 | 9,682.5 | 6 | 1,696.8 | 9 | 929.1 | 184 | 12,308.4 |
| Communications Equipment | 21 | 10,793.3 | 6 | 1,091.2 | 12 | 507.6 | 39 | 12,392.1 |
| Computer and Office Equipment | 20 | 7,420.7 | 3 | 850.0 | 9 | 201.6 | 32 | 8,472.3 |
| Construction Firms | 58 | 2,171.1 | 9 | .0 | 10 | 25.2 | 77 | 2,196.3 |
| Credit Institutions | 47 | 4,415.1 | 13 | 1,286.4 | 15 | 1,407.4 | 75 | 7,108.9 |
| Drugs | 83 | 32,598.2 | 38 | 19,866.8 | 31 | 11,172.5 | 152 | 63,637.5 |
| Educational Services | 30 | 1,007.5 | 2 | 10.0 | 12 | 217.7 | 44 | 1,235.2 |
| Electric, Gas, and Water Distribution | 83 | 116,554.9 | 35 | 8,077.5 | 17 | 1,302.7 | 135 | 125,935.1 |
| Electronic and Electrical Equipment | 112 | 8,261.0 | 33 | 4,532.8 | 51 | 15,252.4 | 196 | 28,046.2 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 88 | 5,704.4 | 27 | 14,282.7 | 32 | 6,140.6 | 147 | 26,127.7 |
| Health Services | 300 | 45,001.6 | 15 | 6,184.3 | 17 | 369.5 | 332 | 51,555.4 |
| Holding Companies, Except Banks | 2 | 222.0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 222.0 |
| Hotels and Casinos | 124 | 10,982.2 | 10 | 817.1 | 17 | 609.2 | 151 | 12,408.5 |
| Insurance | 171 | 22,215.0 | 18 | 6,314.3 | 31 | 4,369.8 | 220 | 32,899.1 |
| Investment & Commodity Firms/Dealers/Exch. | 146 | 23,240.3 | 24 | 2,364.9 | 80 | 7,636.1 | 250 | 33,241.3 |
| Leather and Leather Products | 6 | 153.7 | 1 | 35.0 | 1 | 1,120.0 | 8 | 1,308.7 |
| Legal Services | 12 | .0 | 2 | .0 | 4 | .0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Machinery | 113 | 6,196.2 | 47 | 6,740.3 | 47 | 8,568.7 | 207 | 21,505.2 |
| Measuring, Medical, Photo Equipment; Clocks | 140 | 30,776.6 | 37 | 5,083.5 | 47 | 1,557.7 | 224 | 37,417.8 |
| Metal and Metal Products | 126 | 7,239.5 | 26 | 10,549.2 | 35 | 1,267.7 | 187 | 19,056.4 |
| Mining | 31 | 1,671.8 | 29 | 707.8 | 13 | 1,943.5 | 73 | 4,323.1 |
| Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 38 | 1,613.0 | 5 | 72.5 | 3 | .0 | 46 | 1,685.5 |
| Miscellaneous Retail Trade | 94 | 8,707.6 | 10 | 293.4 | 19 | 7,803.0 | 123 | 16,804.0 |
| Miscellaneous Services | 16 | .0 | 3 | .0 | 1 | .0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Motion Picture Production and Distribution | 27 | 5,699.8 | 1 | 2,600.0 | 14 | 305.0 | 42 | 8,604.8 |
| Oil and Gas; Petroleum Refining | 210 | 67,040.2 | 45 | 12,741.8 | 31 | 6,396.1 | 286 | 86,178.1 |
| Other Financial | 2 | 8,901.9 | 2 | 550.0 | 2 | .0 | 6 | 9,451.9 |
| Paper and Allied Products | 28 | 5,445.6 | 6 | 591.0 | 13 | 1,701.1 | 47 | 7,737.7 |
| Personal Services | 23 | 25.0 | 2 | .0 | - | - | 25 | 25.0 |
| Prepackaged Software | 428 | 28,776.5 | 102 | 13,390.4 | 143 | 9,142.0 | 673 | 51,308.9 |
| Printing, Publishing, and Allied Services | 67 | 509.9 | 8 | 116.0 | 17 | 2,200.0 | 92 | 2,825.9 |
| Public Administration | 6 | 16.0 | 4 | 14.3 | 5 | .0 | 15 | 30.3 |
| Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations | 40 | 5,794.2 | 4 | 7,939.0 | 17 | 4,071.3 | 61 | 17,804.5 |
| Real Estate; Mortgage Bankers and Brokers | 307 | 35,683.7 | 56 | 6,861.5 | 61 | 6,198.6 | 424 | 48,743.8 |
| Repair Services | 42 | 3,227.8 | 5 | 304.5 | 7 | 295.1 | 54 | 3,827.4 |
| Retail Trade-Eating and Drinking Places | 51 | 2,220.1 | 3 | 1,400.0 | 7 | 597.5 | 61 | 4,217.6 |
| Retail Trade-Food Stores | 19 | 1,597.1 | 10 | 133.8 | 3 | 126.5 | 32 | 1,857.4 |
| Retail Trade-General Merchandise & Apparel | 22 | 6,408.5 | 3 | 1,380.3 | 11 | 1,786.1 | 36 | 9,574.9 |
| Retail Trade-Home Furnishings | 5 | 118.4 | - | - | 4 | 84.5 | 9 | 202.9 |
| Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products | 57 | 2,067.8 | 12 | 716.9 | 20 | 977.5 | 89 | 3,762.2 |
| Sanitary Services | 20 | 2,199.5 | 3 | 656.7 | 3 | 97.0 | 26 | 2,953.2 |
| Savings and Loans, Mutual Savings Banks | 5 | 264.2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 264.2 |
| Soaps, Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products | 19 | 1,644.0 | 2 | 19.9 | 7 | 377.0 | 28 | 2,040.9 |
| Social Services | 20 | 719.1 | 2 | 230.0 | 3 | 154.1 | 25 | 1,103.2 |
| Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products | 19 | 1,288.4 | 8 | 958.2 | 5 | .0 | 32 | 2,246.6 |
| Telecommunications | 62 | 15,581.2 | 9 | 311.3 | 19 | 414.8 | 90 | 16,307.3 |
| Textile and Apparel Products | 19 | 799.0 | 8 | 279.2 | 6 | 358.9 | 33 | 1,437.1 |
| Tobacco Products | 1 | 135.0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 135.0 |
| Transportation and Shipping (except air) | 137 | 7,531.7 | 16 | 443.8 | 28 | 710.6 | 181 | 8,686.1 |
| Transportation Equipment | 38 | 1,473.7 | 11 | 1,364.2 | 22 | 1,257.9 | 71 | 4,095.8 |
| Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods | 139 | 5,283.2 | 12 | 342.0 | 57 | 2,816.9 | 208 | 8,442.1 |
| Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods | 55 | 984.2 | 8 | .0 | 22 | 6,257.5 | 85 | 7,241.7 |
| Wood Products, Furniture, and Fixtures | 24 | 153.0 | 5 | 374.0 | 13 | 236.6 | 42 | 763.6 |
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