The first place in the rating of industries in the M&A market for the first half of 2026 was taken by agriculture and fish farming, fishing (market share — 39.7%) with 10 transactions totaling $9.55 billion, which is 15 times higher than the total of January-June 2025. This is stated in the bulletin "Market of Mergers and Acquisitions" of the AK&M News Agency (issue No. 340).
The largest transaction of the reporting period was the nationalization of Rusagro, one of the largest Russian agricultural holdings, estimated at $7,737 million. It took the first place in the first half of the year in terms of volumes.
In second place was trading with 22 transactions worth $2.39 billion, which is 36.1% higher than the result of the first half of 2025. The industry's market share was 9.9%. The largest transaction was the consolidation of the majority share of the Ozon marketplace in the hands of Alexander Chachava's structures. He bought out 7.25% of the company's shares for an estimated $982.9 million and held 34.95% of the marketplace's shares. The deal took the fourth place for the period.
Construction and development took the third place in the first half of the year with 46 transactions totaling $2.01 billion, which is 1.9 times lower than the total for the first six months of 2025. The industry's market share in terms of volume was 8.4%, and in terms of the number of transactions it was 25.4%. The largest transaction of the reporting period was the June sale of previously nationalized facilities to Raven Russia for $607 million. It took the ninth place in the first half of the year in terms of volumes.
Information technology (IT, with a market share of 6.8%) was in fourth place in the first half of the year. The value of 14 transactions in this industry amounted to $1.64 billion— which is 4.1 times more than the total of the first six months of 2025. The most expensive transaction in the industry was Arkady Volozh's May purchase of Nebius Group, which acquired the American startup Eigen AI for $643 million, the eighth largest transaction in the period.
Transport came in fifth place (market share — 6%) with 6 transactions worth $1.45 billion, which is 33.7% lower than the total for the first half of 2025. The largest transaction of the period was the sale of the previously nationalized Domodedovo airport. It was acquired by Arkady Rotenberg's structures for $873.2 million. It became the fifth largest in January-June 2026.
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