Top consumer mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the consumer sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 7 deals in the consumer sector in May 2026, 6 of them with a disclosed value, worth $87.9bn in total. The largest was GameStop Corp.'s $55.5bn deal for eBay Inc., ahead of Fertitta Entertainment, Inc. and Caesars Entertainment, Inc. at $17.6bn.
Top consumer mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
- 13 MayGameStop Corp. → eBay Inc.GameStop bids US$55.5bn for eBayConsumer / E-commerceAnnounced$55.5bn
- 228 MayFertitta Entertainment, Inc. → Caesars Entertainment, Inc.Fertitta agrees US$17.6bn deal for CaesarsConsumer / Casinos and gamingAgreed$17.6bn
- 331 MayBerkshire Hathaway Inc. → Taylor Morrison Home CorporationBerkshire Hathaway agrees US$8.5bn deal for Taylor MorrisonConsumer / HomebuildingCompleted$8.5bn
- 429 MayCVC Capital Partners → IFF Food Ingredients businessCVC agrees US$4.3bn carve-out of IFF's food ingredients armConsumer / Food ingredientsAgreed$4.3bn
- 511 MayMEDIPAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION → PALTAC CORPORATION (47.6% minority)Medipal takes PALTAC private in ¥192bn buyoutConsumer / Wholesale distributionCompleted$1.2bn
- 621 MayAuthentic Brands Group → Lee business (from Kontoor Brands)Authentic Brands agrees deal for Lee jeans worth up to US$1bnConsumer / Apparel brandsAgreed$750m
- 722 MayAvista Healthcare Partners and Damier Group → sanotact Group GmbHAvista and Damier buy German supplements maker sanotactConsumer / Vitamins and supplementsCompletedUndisclosed