Concentrix

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Concentrix Corporation
Company type Public
ISIN US20602D1019
Industry Business process outsourcing
Founded1983;42 years ago (1983)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Christopher Caldwell [1] (CEO)
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$7.114 billion (2023) [2]
Increase2.svg US$661.3 million (2023) [2]
Increase2.svg US$437.9 million (2023) [2]
Total assets Increase2.svg US$12.491 billion (2023) [2]
Total equity Increase2.svg US$4.413 billion (2023) [2]
Number of employees
440,000 (2023) [2] [3]
Website www.concentrix.com

Concentrix Corporation is an American business process outsourcing company headquartered in Newark, California. It was a subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) since 2006 and went public as an independent company on December 1, 2020. [4] [5] Concentrix made its debut on the Fortune 500 list in 2024, ranking #499. [6]

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History and acquisitions

Concentrix was founded in 1983, and it acquired its insurance administration business solutions and services in 2013 from IBM. [7] Concentrix has acquired eight companies since 2006, including IBM Daksh and the Minacs Group.

On June 28, 2018, Convergys and Synnex announced they had reached a definitive agreement in which Synnex would acquire Convergys for $2.43 billion in combined stock and cash, and integrate it with Concentrix. [8]

On October 5, 2018, Convergys Corporation and Synnex announced that they had completed the merger. [9]

On March 29, 2023, Concentrix announced the acquisition and merger of Concentrix and Webhelp in a transaction worth $4.8 billion. The overall combined company value was estimated to total around $9.8 billion. [10] In September 2023, the European Commission had approved the acquisition, under EU Merger Regulations. [11]

On January 15, 2025, Concentrix announced its acquisition and incorporation of Philippines' CX-SP BlinkCX, a consulting firm. [12]

HMRC contract

In 2014, Concentrix won a £75 million contract from the UK's tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, to review two million tax credit claims for fraud and incorrect tax credit awards. [13] Tax credits are a form of UK social welfare benefit paid out to parents and workers on low incomes. In 2016, Concentrix was receiving heavy criticism from the cross-party parliamentary committee on welfare for incorrectly closing the claims of tens of thousands of claimants, leaving them without money for essentials. [14] A government report disclosed that of 36,000 appeals against Concentrix, 87% were upheld. [15] In September 2016, HMRC announced that it would not renew the contract, due to expire in 2017, although the Treasury has resisted calls for a full inquiry thus far. [16] As a result of Concentrix's failings, thousands of claimants were also due to receive back-payments for incorrectly stopped claims. [17] Processing the resultant case reviews cost HMRC £43 million. [18] [19]

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