Jacobs
Dallas, Texas, United States
At Jacobs, we deliver end-to-end services and outcomes for the world’s most complex challenges—providing advisory, planning, design, program and lifecycle management across advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, life sciences, and transportation and water.
- Focus Areas
- Engineering & infrastructure services, Advisory and consulting, Digital transformation
- Website
- www.jacobs.com
Selective recent acquisition history
Updated September 2026
Digital engineering and intelligence services
Jacobs' selected historical acquisitions add mobility analytics, consulting and national security capabilities. These records describe the businesses at announcement time.
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StreetLight Data
Jacobs acquired StreetLight Data, adding mobility analytics based on location data and machine learning.
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PA Consulting stake
Jacobs agreed to acquire a 65% stake in PA Consulting, with employees retaining the remaining 35%.
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The Buffalo Group
Jacobs acquired The Buffalo Group, expanding cyber and intelligence analysis capabilities for government customers.
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Selected public announcements through September 19, 2026. Dates and deal status follow each source. This is not a complete acquisition list or confirmation that every announced agreement closed.
Frequently asked questions
What recent acquisitions has Jacobs made?
Jacobs acquired StreetLight Data, adding mobility analytics based on location data and machine learning. Jacobs agreed to acquire a 65% stake in PA Consulting, with employees retaining the remaining 35%. Jacobs acquired The Buffalo Group, expanding cyber and intelligence analysis capabilities for government customers. See the dated sources above for each record.
What acquisition themes appear in Jacobs’s history?
Jacobs' selected historical acquisitions add mobility analytics, consulting and national security capabilities. These records describe the businesses at announcement time. These are patterns in the selected records, not a confirmed current acquisition mandate.
What share of PA Consulting did Jacobs agree to acquire?
The 2020 announcement specifies a 65% stake for Jacobs and a 35% employee holding. It describes a strategic partnership, not a purchase of every share.
What does StreetLight Data measure?
StreetLight analyzes mobility using information from sources such as mobile devices and connected vehicles. Jacobs' announcement links this capability to transportation planning and its digital solutions portfolio.
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