The first place in the ranking of M&A industries for April 2026 was taken by trade (market share — 34.1%) with 4 transactions of $1114.2 million, which is 56.7% higher than the total of the same period in 2025. The largest transaction of the month was the consolidation of 34.95% of Ozon shares by Alexander Chachava's structures for an estimated $982.9 million. This is stated in the bulletin "Market of Mergers and Acquisitions" of the AK&M News Agency (issue No. 338).
Construction and development came in second place with 11 transactions worth $645.1 million, a decrease of 1.9 times compared to the total in April 2025. The industry's market share by volume was 19.8%, by number — 28.2%. The largest transaction of the month was the purchase of the management company "Modern Real Estate Funds" of two warehouses in the Bashkortostan park "Center of Agricultural Technologies" for an estimated $159.9 million.
The chemical and petrochemical industry came in third place (market share — 12.4%) with a single but large deal worth $405 million, 176 times higher than the total in April 2025. The only transaction of the month was the purchase at auction of the previously nationalized Sayanskkhimplast JSC by the Rosneft Oil Company. The transaction turned out to be the second largest in the reporting period.
Insurance unexpectedly took fourth place in April with two deals totaling $388.4 million, while no deals were concluded in the industry in the same period of 2025. The M&A market share in the industry was 11.9%. The largest transaction of the reporting period was Sovcombank's purchase of a large IC Capital Life for an estimated $387.3 million. The deal took the third place in a month.
According to the results of the reporting month, information technology (IT, market share — 4.5%) was in fifth place with three transactions totaling $146 million, which is 32.6% lower than the total of April 2025. The largest transaction in the industry was the purchase of the Flocktory cloud platform, which was acquired by Alfa—Bank structures for an estimated $104.8 million.
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