Which Countries are Buying Kuwait Companies?

Which Countries are Buying Kuwait Companies?

19 February 2023

Kuwait-based buyers dominated the Kuwait M&A landscape accounting for 57% of all the transactions.

The UAE based acquirors are a distant second accounting for only 5% of all transactions.

There are two other countries from the GCC in the top five including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Others includes acquirors from the USA, Oman, France, Singapore, China, Egypt and Spain all with single transactions.

There are 37 transactions, accounting for 26%, where there are either undisclosed buyers or multiple buyers from multiple countries.

Year-on-year, UAE based acquirors ranked 2nd in three years, while Saudi Arabian acquirors ranked 2nd during 2 years.

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