Credit reporting and data company Experian has reported strong half-year growth.
For the six months ended 30th September 2025, revenues closed on $4.1 billion, up from $3.6bn in the corresponding period last year – signalling growth of 12% at the FTSE 100 firm.
Profit before tax was $975m, up from $718m – a rise of 36%.
The Dublin-headquartered firm, which experienced its strongest growth in North America, said revenue growth was at the top end of its expected performance range.
During the period it invested $377m in strategic acquisitions including Clear Sale, a provider of digital fraud prevention solutions in Brazil, which cost $329m.
The firm spent a net $194m of its $200m share repurchase programme.
“We are making good strategic progress across our recent acquisitions of illion in Australia and New Zealand, Audigent in North America and ClearSale in Brazil,” it said.
“Each integration is advancing well and on track to deliver revenue and expense synergies that enhance our bureau, marketing services and fraud capabilities globally.”
Following the end of the H1 period, Experian acquired UK firm KYC360, enhancing its fraud and financial crime compliance capabilities.
It now serves more than 208m consumer members globally, while its B2B growth was driven by new product innovation and key client wins, it said.
“H1 B2B highlights included strength in our core data and analytics offerings, and solid performance in our health and automotive verticals,” said CEO Brian Cassin.
“We drove strong consumer services growth across geographies, with particularly strong momentum in our marketplace. We continue to capitalise on our unique dual-sided platform, leveraging our broad credit and expanding insurance panels with over 208m free members.
“H1 organic revenue growth was 8%. Consumer services grew 9% organically, and B2B delivered 8% growth. All regions contributed to growth in the half.
“North America maintained strong momentum, EMEA and Asia Pacific delivered consistent performance, and Latin America and the UK and Ireland grew modestly, with strong consumer services results offsetting ongoing macro headwinds.”