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# Acquired Signal

> A company was acquired.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `acquired_signal`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Composite
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Composite of Parent Company Added with name or description change.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

A company was acquired.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `parent_company_added` AND (`name_change` OR `description_change_major`) within a 60-day window.
</Card>

## Magnitude

Hyper, a confirmed acquisition.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

That combination is a near-certain acquisition. A new parent appearing alongside a name or description change is the structural fingerprint of an acquisition, far more reliable than any single signal, and it reshapes who controls budget and vendor decisions.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Confirmed M&A">
    The signal combination strongly confirms an acquisition.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Budget control shifts">
    The parent may centralize or release purchasing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Stack consolidation">
    Acquirers often consolidate vendors post-deal.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Top-tier. Determine whether the parent controls budget; expect stack consolidation.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Parent Company Added" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/parent-company-added">
    A parent company was set where there was none.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Name Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/identity/name-change">
    The company name string changed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Description Change Major" href="/buying-signals/signals/identity/description-change-major">
    The company description was substantially rewritten.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Merger Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/merger-signal">
    Two companies merged under a common new parent.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Subsidiary Status Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/subsidiary-status-change">
    The company became or stopped being a subsidiary.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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