List of acquisitions by Sony

Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony (Japanese: ソニー・グループ株式会社, Sonī Gurūpu Kabushiki Kaisha) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates. The company's history of acquisitions reflects its strategic efforts to expand and diversify its business across various sectors such as entertainment, technology, and digital media. As a result, Sony has successfully broadened its presence across multiple industries, solidifying its position as a leader.

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In 1988, Sony acquired CBS Records Group, marking its first major step into the music industry. The company entered the film and television sectors with the acquisition of Columbia Pictures Entertainment in 1989. The acquisition of Psygnosis in 1993 played a key role in bolstering the launch of Sony's PlayStation console in 1994, which became a global success and marked the company's shift to digital entertainment.

Established in 2001, Sony Ericsson was a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson, and in 2012, it acquired Ericsson's 50% stake in the joint venture, making Sony the sole owner of the mobile phone business. Formed in 2004 as a joint venture between Sony Music Group and Bertelsmann Music Group, Sony BMG became fully part of Sony in 2008 when it acquired Bertelsmann's stake.

In 2012, Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Gaikai to enhance its PlayStation Network offerings and expand its gaming portfolio into the realm of cloud gaming. That same year, Sony Music Group acquired a 30% stake in EMI Music Publishing and purchased the remaining 70% stake in 2018. Toshiba's image sensor business was acquired by Sony Semiconductor Solutions in 2015.

Crunchyroll, a leading anime streaming service and licensing company, was acquired in 2020 by Aniplex and Sony Pictures Entertainment. During the same year, Sony acquired the remaining shares of Sony Financial Group that it did not already own. Sony Interactive Entertainment's acquisition of Bungie in 2022 was a crucial step in expanding its gaming portfolio and strengthening its position in the highly competitive gaming industry.

Sony is known for acquiring over 100 companies, taking stakes in more than 50 others, and making over 20 divestments, although the actual total may be higher, as the company generally does not disclose most of its transactions unless revealed by the press. Furthermore, Sony has not disclosed the financial details of most of its acquisitions, stakes, and divestments.

Acquisitions

Date	Company	Business	Country	Value (USD)	Used as or integrated with	References
28 February 1975	WEGA	Consumer electronics	DEU	—	Sony Corporation	[1]
4 February 1982	Music Center	Professional audio	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[2]
28 October 1987	Nippon Fairchild Semiconductor chip plant	Semiconductor	JPN	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[3]
5 January 1988	CBS Records Group, CBS/Sony	Music	USA	2,000,000,000	Sony Music Group	[4]
4 January 1989	Tree International Publishing	Music publishing	USA	40,000,000	Sony Music Group	[5]
12 April 1989	Trans Com Systems	In-flight entertainment	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[6]
19 September 1989	Materials Research	Semiconductor	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[7]
8 November 1989	Columbia Pictures Entertainment	Film, television	USA	3,400,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[8]
9 November 1989	Guber-Peters Entertainment	Film, television	USA	200,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[9][10]
22 February 1990	AMD chip plant	Semiconductor	USA	55,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[11]
26 June 1991	Culver Studios	Film, television	USA	80,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[12]
23 August 1991	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	Home entertainment	USA	325,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[13]
21 May 1993	Psygnosis	Video game	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[14]
19 January 1995	Sony of Canada	Consumer electronics	CAN	207,000,000	Sony Canada	[15]
1 March 1996	Sony Life	Insurance	JPN USA	—	Sony Financial Group	[16]
15 July 1997	CyberLife Technology game development business	Video game	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[17]
30 August 2000	RTime	Broadband networks	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[18]
1 December 2000	Bend Studio	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[19]
22 January 2001	Naughty Dog, Red Zone Interactive	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[20]
9 July 2002	Acuff-Rose Music	Music publishing	USA	157,000,000	Sony Music Group	[21]
7 August 2002	Incognito Entertainment	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[22]
27 September 2002	Aiwa	Consumer electronics	JPN	—	Sony Corporation	[23]
31 July 2003	Sonic Foundry desktop software business	Editing software	USA	19,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[24]
12 October 2004	GospoCentric Records	Music	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[25]
7 January 2005	International Display Technology	Display	JPN	177,000,000	Sony Corporation	[26]
27 September 2005	SN Systems	Game development tool	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[27]
7 December 2005	Guerrilla Games	Video game	NLD	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[28]
19 January 2006	Konica Minolta camera business	Digital camera	JPN	—	Sony Corporation	[29]
25 January 2006	Zipper Interactive	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[30]
23 August 2006	Crackle	Film, television, video on demand	USA	65,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[31]
30 May 2007	Famous Music	Music publishing	USA	370,000,000	Sony Music Group	[32][33]
20 September 2007	Bigbig Studios, Evolution Studios	Video game	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[34]
29 February 2008	Sony Bank	Bank	JPN	—	Sony Financial Group	[35]
4 June 2008	2waytraffic	Television	NLD	363,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[36]
2 July 2008	Gracenote	Automatic content recognition	USA	260,000,000	Sony Corporation of America	[37][38]
1 October 2008	Sony BMG	Music	JPN DEU	1,200,000,000	Sony Music Group	[39][40][41]
5 December 2008	Sony NEC Optiarc	Computer data storage	JPN	—	Sony Corporation	[42]
14 January 2009	Embassy Row	Television	USA	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[43]
28 January 2010	Convergent Media Systems	Content delivery network	USA	—	Sony Corporation	[44]
10 February 2010	iCyt Mission Technology	Flow cytometry	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[45]
2 March 2010	Media Molecule	Video game	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[46][47]
2 February 2011	Suzhou Epson	Display	CHN	118,000,000	Sony China	[48]
28 February 2011	Toshiba chip plant	Image sensor	JPN	648,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[49]
7 March 2011	Hawk-Eye Innovations	Computer vision	GBR	—	Sony Corporation	[50]
2 August 2011	Sucker Punch Productions	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[51]
28 September 2011	Micronics	Medical device	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[52]
24 October 2011	Netblender	Optical disc authoring	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[53]
16 February 2012	Sony Ericsson	Mobile phone	JPN SWE	1,500,000,000	Sony Corporation	[54]
12 June 2012	Bulldog United	Automatic content recognition	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[55]
14 June 2012	Multi Screen Media	Television	IND	271,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[56]
2 July 2012	Gaikai	Cloud gaming	USA	380,000,000	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[57]
9 August 2012	Sony Network Communications	Internet service provider	JPN	697,000,000	Sony Corporation	[58]
23 August 2012	Left Bank Pictures	Television	USA	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[59][60]
12 September 2012	Pixim	Semiconductor	USA	—	Sony Corporation	[61]
11 November 2013	Senior Enterprise	Nursing	JPN	—	Sony Financial Group	[62]
29 January 2014	Renesas chip plant	Image sensor	JPN	72,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[63]
10 February 2014	Stellify Media	Television	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[64]
21 February 2014	Teleset	Television	COL	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[65]
15 August 2014	CSC Media Group	Television	GBR	180,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[66][67]
1 December 2014	Curio Pictures	Television	AUS	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[68][69]
18 March 2015	The Orchard	Music	USA	200,000,000	Sony Music Group	[70]
24 April 2015	Wakanim	Film, television, video on demand	FRA	—	Aniplex	[71][72]
27 May 2015	Optical Archive	Digital preservation	USA	—	Sony Corporation of America	[73]
2 July 2015	Memnon Archiving Services	Digital preservation	BEL	—	Sony Europe	[74]
24 August 2015	Century Media Records	Music	DEU	17,000,000	Sony Music Group	[75]
8 October 2015	Softkinetic	Semiconductor	BEL	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[76]
6 December 2015	Toshiba image sensor business	Image sensor	JPN	155,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[77]
26 January 2016	Altair Semiconductor	Semiconductor	ISR	212,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[78]
16 February 2016	Plumbee	Online casino	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[79]
2 March 2016	Essential Music & Marketing	Music	GBR	—	Sony Music Group	[80]
14 March 2016	Sony/ATV Music Publishing	Music publishing	JPN USA	750,000,000	Sony Music Group	[81]
2 August 2016	eSaturnus	Professional video over IP	BEL	—	Sony Europe	[82]
10 August 2016	Ministry Of Sound Recordings	Music	GBR	104,000,000	Sony Music Group	[83]
31 August 2016	Ten Sports	Television	IND	385,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[84]
1 February 2017	Wildstar Records	Music	GBR	2,250,000	Sony Music Group	[85]
16 February 2017	TruTV	Television	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[86]
23 April 2017	Crispin	Broadcast automation	USA	—	Sony Corporation	[87]
4 May 2017	finetunes, Phonofile	Music	DEU NOR	—	Sony Music Group	[88]
10 July 2017	Yuuai Holdings	Nursing	JPN	—	Sony Financial Group	[89]
31 July 2017	Funimation	Film, television, video on demand	USA	143,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[90][91]
4 September 2017	Revolve	Action figure	JPN	—	Aniplex	[92]
22 May 2018	EMI Music Publishing	Music publishing	GBR	2,300,000,000	Sony Music Group	[93]
8 January 2019	Audiokinetic	Game development tool	CAN	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[94]
6 February 2019	Madman Anime Group	Film, television, video on demand	AUS	25,000,000	Aniplex	[95]
29 May 2019	Manga Entertainment	Film, television	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[96]
10 June 2019	Mido Holdings	Network virtualization	CHE	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[97]
8 July 2019	Nurulize	On-set virtual production	USA	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[98]
31 July 2019	Milan Records	Music	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[99]
6 August 2019	The Araca Group merchandising business	Merchandising	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[100]
19 August 2019	Insomniac Games	Video game	USA	229,000,000	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[101]
5 September 2019	Kontraband	Merchandising	GBR	—	Sony Music Group	[102]
18 November 2019	Game Show Network	Television	USA	500,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[103]
10 December 2019	Silvergate Media	Television	USA	195,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[104]
30 January 2020	Insightness	Dynamic vision sensor	CHE	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[105]
1 July 2020	Eleven	Television	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[106]
2 September 2020	Sony Financial Holdings	Financial services	JPN	3,700,000,000	Sony Financial Group	[107][108]
1 October 2020	Nevion	On-set virtual production	NOR	—	Sony Corporation	[109][110]
12 November 2020	Pure Flix	Film, television, video on demand	USA	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[111]
4 December 2020	Human Re-Sources	Music	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[112]
8 December 2020	Probity	Merchandising	GBR	—	Sony Music Group	[113]
11 June 2021	Floresta	Television	BRA	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[114][115]
16 June 2021	Somethin' Else	Podcast, radio program	GBR	—	Sony Music Group	[116]
23 June 2021	Alamo Records	Music	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[117]
29 June 2021	Housemarque	Video game	FIN	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[118]
1 July 2021	Nixxes Software	Video game	NLD	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[119]
9 August 2021	Crunchyroll	Film, television, video on demand	USA	1,175,000,000	Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment	[120][121]
8 September 2021	Firesprite	Video game	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[122]
29 September 2021	Fabrik Games	Video game	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[122]
30 September 2021	Bluepoint Games	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[123]
1 December 2021	Bad Wolf	Television	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[124]
10 December 2021	Valkyrie Entertainment	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[125]
19 January 2022	Ceremony of Roses	Merchandising	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[126]
20 January 2022	Ultra Records	Music	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[127]
1 February 2022	Lasengle	Video game	JPN	—	Aniplex	[128]
3 March 2022	Industrial Media	Television	USA	350,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[129]
4 March 2022	Som Livre	Music	BRA	255,000,000	Sony Music Group	[130][131]
16 March 2022	AWAL, Kobalt Neighboring Rights	Music	USA	430,000,000	Sony Music Group	[132][133]
11 July 2022	Haven Studios	Video game	CAN	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[134][135]
15 July 2022	Bungie	Video game	USA	3,700,000,000	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[136][137]
18 July 2022	Repeat.gg	Esports	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[138]
4 August 2022	Right Stuf	Film, television, e-commerce	USA	—	Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment	[139]
29 August 2022	Neon Koi	Video game	DEU FIN	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[140][141]
25 November 2022	Pixomondo	Visual effects	USA	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[142]
7 November 2022	Beyond Sports	Software visualization	NLD	—	Sony Corporation	[143]
9 March 2023	Above Board	Music	GBR	—	Sony Music Group	[144]
20 April 2023	Firewalk Studios	Video game	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[145]
31 May 2023	Myriagon Studio	Film, television	JPN	—	Aniplex	[146]
26 June 2023	OKListen	Music	IND	—	Sony Music Group	[147]
24 August 2023	Audeze	Audio electronics	USA	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[148]
2 November 2023	iSIZE	Video processing	GBR	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[149]
16 January 2024	Altafonte Network	Music	ESP	—	Sony Music Group	[150]
1 April 2024	Japan Display panel plant	Display	JPN	11,460,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[151]
8 April 2024	Neon Hum Media	Podcast	USA	—	Sony Music Group	[152]
12 June 2024	Alamo Drafthouse Cinema	Movie theater	USA	200,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[153][154]
17 June 2024	3Hz	Animation	JPN	—	Aniplex	[155]
1 July 2024	Eleventh Hour Films	Television	GBR	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[156][157]
11 September 2024	Zepp	Music venue	JPN	—	Sony Music Group	[158]
16 October 2024	KinaTrax	Motion capture	USA	—	Sony Corporation	[159]
19 November 2024	Wati B	Music	FRA	11,000,000	Sony Music Group	[160][161]
22 November 2024	Just In Case	Insurance	JPN	—	Sony Financial Group	[162]
4 December 2024	Cobalt Music	Music	GRC	—	Sony Music Group	[163]
14 January 2025	Supraphon	Music	CZE	—	Sony Music Group	[164]
10 March 2025	A.W.A.	Music	FRA	—	Sony Music Group	[165]

Stakes

Date	Company	Stake	Business	Country	Value (USD)	References
1 March 1968	CBS/Sony	50%, currently 100%	Music	JPN USA	—	[166]
1 August 1979	Sony Prudential Life	50%, currently 100%	Insurance	JPN USA	—	[167]
8 November 1989	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	50%, currently 100%	Home entertainment	USA	—	[168]
30 September 1995	Multi Screen Media	62%, currently 100%	Television	IND	—	[169][170]
27 November 1995	Sony/ATV Music Publishing	50%, currently 100%	Music publishing	JPN USA	115,000,000	[171]
27 October 1997	ST Liquid Crystal Display	50%, currently 10%	Display	JPN	—	[172]
25 November 1997	Telemundo	37.48%, currently 0%	Television	USA	125,000,000	[173][174]
1 December 1998	General Instrument	4.3%	Semiconductor	USA	187,500,000	[175]
30 July 1999	ePlus	50%, currently 51%	Primary ticket outlet	JPN	—	[176][177]
29 September 2000	M3	90%, currently 34%	Medical websites	JPN	—	[178][179]
11 June 2001	Sony Bank	80%, currently 100%	Bank	JPN	248,000,000	[180]
1 October 2001	Sony Ericsson	50%, currently 100%	Mobile phone	JPN SWE	250,000,000	[181][182]
8 October 2001	Square	19%, currently 0%	Video game	JPN	124,000,000	[183][184]
13 November 2002	Intertrust Technologies	49%	Digital rights management	USA	226,500,000	[185]
26 April 2004	S-LCD	49%, currently 0%	Display	JPN KOR	1,000,000,000	[186]
6 August 2004	Sony BMG	50%, currently 100%	Music	JPN DEU	—	[187]
28 November 2004	Huaso	49%	Film, television	CHN	—	[188]
8 April 2005	MGM Holdings	20%, currently 0%	Film, television	USA	257,000,000	[189]
16 June 2005	Shine Group	21%, currently 0%	Television	GBR	—	[190][191]
1 September 2005	Madhouse	minority	Animation	JPN	—	[192]
1 December 2005	Sony Network Communications	58%, currently 100%	Internet service provider	JPN	—	[193]
3 April 2006	Sony NEC Optiarc	55%, currently 0%	Computer data storage	JPN	—	[194]
6 March 2007	Cellius	49%	Video game	JPN	—	[195]
2 April 2007	Field Emission Technologies	36.5%	Field-emission display	JPN	—	[196]
11 October 2007	Sony Financial Holdings	60%, currently 100%	Financial services	JPN	—	[197]
14 November 2007	Moversa	50%	Contactless smart card	JPN NLD	14,000,000	[198]
13 December 2007	Tuvalu Media	60%, currently 0%	Television	NLD	—	[199][200]
27 March 2008	Gogglebox	minority	Television	GBR	—	[201]
7 October 2008	Spotify	6%, currently 2.85%	Music streaming service	SWE	2,200,000	[202][203][204]
1 July 2009	Sharp Display Products	7.04%, currently 0%	Display	JPN	109,000,000	[205][206]
8 December 2009	Fearnet	33.3%, currently 0%	Film, television, video on demand	USA	—	[207][208]
8 December 2009	Vevo	majority	Music	USA	—	[209][210]
19 January 2010	Syco Entertainment	50%, currently 0%	Music	GBR	—	[211]
23 June 2011	Victory Television	50%	Television	GBR	—	[212]
1 March 2012	Silver River Productions	majority	Television	GBR	—	[213]
29 June 2012	EMI Music Publishing	30%, currently 100%	Music publishing	GBR	607,500,000	[214][215]
28 September 2012	Olympus	11.46%, currently 0%	Optical devices	JPN	600,000,000	[216]
8 November 2012	Game Show Network	58%, currently 100%	Television	USA	234,000,000	[217]
16 April 2013	Sony Olympus Medical Solutions	51%	Medical device	JPN	—	[218]
12 August 2013	Bleeding Fingers Music	50%	Film score, soundtrack	USA	—	[219]
22 August 2013	Scarlet Media	majority	Television	GBR	—	[220]
8 July 2015	Internet Media Services	51%, currently minority	Digital marketing	USA	100,000,000	[221][222]
16 March 2016	Fable Pictures	minority	Television	GBR	—	[223]
7 April 2016	Planet TV	majority	Television	TUR	—	[224]
18 May 2016	Cogitai	majority	Artificial intelligence	USA	—	[225]
7 June 2016	Blueprint Television	minority	Television	GBR	—	[226]
19 July 2016	Palladium Fiction	minority	Television	SWE	—	[227]
1 September 2016	DefinedCrowd	minority	Artificial intelligence	USA	—	[228]
20 September 2017	Stolen Picture	minority	Television	GBR	—	[229]
28 March 2018	Live2D	majority	Motion graphics, computer animation	JPN	—	[230]
14 May 2018	Peanuts Worldwide	39%	Film, television, comic	USA	185,000,000	[231]
22 May 2018	APM Music	50%	Production music	USA	—	[232]
28 January 2019	Cinnamon AI	minority	Artificial intelligence	JPN	—	[233]
6 August 2019	Senbla	majority	Event promotion	GBR	—	[234]
18 February 2020	The Whisper Group	minority	Television	GBR	—	[235]
9 April 2020	Bilibili	4.98%	Film, television, video on demand	CHN	400,000,000	[236]
14 April 2020	BeatStars	minority	Music licensing	USA	—	[237]
28 April 2020	iDreamSky	minority	Video game	CHN	5,000,000	[238]
8 July 2020	Satisfaction Group	20%	Television	FRA	—	[239]
9 July 2020	Epic Games	1.4%, currently 5.4%	Video game, software development	USA	1,450,000,000	[240][241][242]
4 February 2021	Kadokawa	1.93%, currently 10.11%	Film, television, publishing	JPN	365,000,000	[243][244]
18 March 2021	Evolution Championship Series	50%	Esports	USA	—	[245]
3 May 2021	Discord	minority	Voice over IP, instant messaging	USA	—	[246]
10 August 2021	Tiger Media International	minority	Music	DEU	—	[247]
18 October 2021	Scopely	minority	Video game	USA	500,000,000	[248]
4 November 2021	Devolver Digital	5.03%	Video game	USA	—	[249]
9 November 2021	Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing	20%, currently 6%	Semiconductor	JPN	500,000,000	[250][251]
23 November 2021	NetEase Cloud Music	minority	Music streaming service	CHN	100,000,000	[252]
14 March 2022	WK Records	minority	Music	USA	—	[253]
3 May 2022	AccelByte	minority	Backend as a service	USA	—	[254]
16 June 2022	Sony Honda Mobility	50%	Battery electric vehicle	JPN	—	[255]
31 August 2022	FromSoftware	14.09%	Video game	JPN	122,000,000	[256]
11 November 2022	Rapidus	minority	Semiconductor	JPN	7,500,000	[257]
12 April 2023	Raspberry Pi Trading	minority	Semiconductor	GBR	—	[258]
24 April 2023	Rimas Entertainment	30%	Music	PRI	—	[259]
26 April 2023	Neural Pocket	4.56%	Artificial intelligence	JPN	5,000,000	[260]
18 May 2023	Proactiv Entertainment	majority	Music	ESP	—	[261]
12 September 2023	Sony Network Communications Labs	90%	Blockchain, Web3	JPN SGP	—	[262]
20 December 2023	Akatsuki	9.87%	Video game	JPN	—	[263]
23 January 2024	OVO Sound	minority	Music	CAN	—	[264]
29 January 2024	Carry1st	minority	Video game	ZAF	—	[265]
13 August 2024	Black Sky Creative	majority	Music	USA	—	[266]

Divestitures

Date	Acquirer	Target company	Target business	Acquirer country	Value (USD)	References
8 December 1999	Praxair	Materials Research	Sony Corporation of America	USA	—	[267]
1 June 2000	Rockwell Collins	Trans Com Systems	Sony Corporation of America	USA	—	[268]
6 August 2002	Oaktree Capital Management, Onex	Loews Cineplex Entertainment	Sony Pictures Entertainment	USA CAN	—	[269]
6 April 2004	Studio City Los Angeles	Culver Studios	Sony Pictures Entertainment	USA	125,000,000	[270]
20 February 2008	Toshiba	Cell chip plant	Sony Interactive Entertainment	JPN	835,000,000	[271]
1 March 2011	J. Front Retailing	StylingLife Holdings	Sony Corporation	JPN	—	[272]
28 June 2012	Development Bank of Japan	Sony Chemicals	Sony Corporation	JPN	730,000,000	[273]
21 December 2012	BMG Rights Management	Famous Music UK music catalogue	Sony Music Group	DEU	90,000,000	[274]
2 July 2013	Anthem Records	Music catalogue 1993-2012	Sony Pictures Entertainment	CAN	150,000,000	[275]
23 December 2013	Tribune Media	Gracenote	Sony Corporation of America	USA	170,000,000	[276][277]
6 February 2014	Japan Industrial Partners	Sony Vaio	Sony Corporation	JPN	—	[278]
2 February 2015	Columbus Nova	Sony Online Entertainment	Sony Interactive Entertainment	USA	—	[279]
24 May 2016	Magix	Sonic Foundry desktop software business	Sony Pictures Entertainment	USA	—	[280]
28 July 2016	Murata Manufacturing	Lithium-ion battery business	Sony Corporation	JPN	168,000,000	[281]
7 June 2017	Reservoir Media	Century Media Records music catalogue	Sony Music Group	USA	—	[282]
19 June 2017	VinPower Digital	Sony NEC Optiarc	Sony Corporation	USA	—	[283]
28 March 2019	Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment	Crackle	Sony Pictures Entertainment	USA	—	[284][285]
8 July 2020	Satisfaction Group	Sony Pictures Television France	Sony Pictures Entertainment	FRA	—	[286]
21 April 2021	ES Broadcast	Memnon Archiving Services	Sony Europe	GBR	—	[287]
18 October 2021	Scopely	GSN Games	Sony Pictures Entertainment	USA	1,000,000,000	[248]
27 July 2022	Banijay	Sony Pictures Television Germany	Sony Pictures Entertainment	FRA	—	[288]
27 July 2022	Média Participations	Anime Digital Network	Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment	FRA	—	[289]
22 December 2023	Blackstone	Sony Payment Services	Sony Financial Group	USA	280,000,000	[290][291]

See also

• List of largest mergers and acquisitions
• Lists of corporate acquisitions and mergers