> ## Documentation Index
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# Parent Company Change

> The parent company changed to a different one.

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

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

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (parent relationship).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

The parent company changed to a different one.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `parent_id` already existed but is now a different company.
</Card>

## Magnitude

High, ownership transfers are major.

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

## Why it matters

That's a re-acquisition or ownership transfer. When an existing parent is replaced by a new one, the company has been sold again or moved between portfolio entities, a significant change in who controls strategy and budget.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Ownership transfer">
    The company moved to a new owner.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Re-acquisition">
    Common in PE portfolio shuffles.
  </Card>

  <Card title="New budget control">
    A new parent may reset vendor relationships.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Significant. Map the new parent and reassess budget authority.
</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="Parent Company Removed" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/parent-company-removed">
    A parent company relationship was cleared.
  </Card>

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

  <Card title="Acquired Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/acquired-signal">
    A company was acquired.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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