In Q2 2019, 45 M&A transactions were announced or completed, vs. 38 in Q2 2018, representing an increase of more than 18%.
In Q2 2019, the most active staffing segments were Software/Cloud and Healthcare, with 7 transactions each and Commercial with 6 transactions, vs 8 for Software/Cloud, 7 for Healthcare and 5 for Commercial in Q2 2018. These were followed by IT Staffing and VMS/MSP/RPO with 5 transactions each and Executive Search with 4 transactions in Q2 2019 vs 10 transactions for IT Staffing, and 2 transactions for both VMS/MSP/RPO and Executive Search in Q2 2018.
