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Signal key

parent_company_removed

Category

Structure

Source

Company Professional Network page (parent relationship).
A parent company relationship was cleared.

When it fires

Trigger condition

parent_id was populated and is now null. Spin-off or divestiture signal.

Magnitude

High, spin-offs are major events.
For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see Magnitude buckets.

Why it matters

Pointing to a spin-off or divestiture. A company losing its parent has become independent, often through a spin-off or divestiture, which means it now controls its own budget and will rebuild its vendor stack.

How to read it

Independence

Losing a parent means newfound autonomy.

Stack rebuild

Newly independent companies re-evaluate every vendor.

Spin-off

Often a deliberate divestiture from the former parent.

Outreach playbook

Prime greenfield opportunity. Newly independent companies rebuild their stack.

Parent Company Added

A parent company was set where there was none.

Parent Company Change

The parent company changed to a different one.

Subsidiary Status Change

The company became or stopped being a subsidiary.

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