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# Subsidiary Status Change

> The company became or stopped being a subsidiary.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `subsidiary_status_change`
  </Card>

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

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (company type field).
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The company became or stopped being a subsidiary.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `company_type` changes to or from Subsidiary.
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## Magnitude

High, ties closely to M\&A activity.

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

## Why it matters

Becoming or shedding subsidiary status usually ties to acquisition activity. A company becoming a subsidiary was likely acquired; one shedding the status was spun off, both reshape who controls budget and vendor decisions.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Acquisition marker">
    Becoming a subsidiary usually means being acquired.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Spin-off marker">
    Leaving subsidiary status signals independence.
  </Card>

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

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  M\&A indicator. Determine whether budget authority moved to or from a parent.
</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="Company Type Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/company-type-change">
    The company's entity type changed.
  </Card>

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

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