NIQ Global Intelligence (NielsenIQ), a leading provider of market research on consumer goods and services, announced terms for its IPO on Monday.
The Chicago, IL-based company plans to raise $1.1 billion by offering 50 million shares at a price range of $20 to $24. At the midpoint of the proposed range, NIQ Global Intelligence would command a fully diluted market value of $6.5 billion.
NielsenIQ is a leading global consumer intelligence company. Its comprehensive and integrated ecosystem, The NIQ Ecosystem, combines proprietary data, best-in-class technology, human intelligence, and sophisticated software applications and analytics solutions. Its unified, AI/ML-powered technology platform uses global consumer shopping data to generate reference data and metadata, providing a global, omnichannel view of consumer shopping behavior. NielsenIQ's global reach spans over 90 countries covering approximately 85% of the world's population, more than half the world's GDP, and more than $7.2 trillion in global consumer spend as of December 31, 2024.
NIQ Global Intelligence traces its roots to 1923 and booked $4.0 billion in revenue for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025. It plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol NIQ. J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Barclays, RBC Capital Markets, Citi, Wells Fargo Securities, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, BMO Capital Markets, and KKR are the joint bookrunners on the deal. It is expected to price during the week of July 21, 2025.
