#Market-Concentration
Events indexed under #Market-Concentration — 18 entries in the record.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-09 | FTC Report Reveals PBM Oligopoly: Top 3 Control 80% of Market, Extract $7.3 Billion Through Markups
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-14 | FTC Blocks JAB Consumer Partners Veterinary Clinic Roll-Up: Private Equity Monopolization Strategy
3 src Federal Trade Commission · JAB Consumer Partners · JAB Holding Company · National Veterinary Associates · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-18 | Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Baby Formula After Abbott Recall Exposes Dangerous Monopoly
3 src Joe Biden · Abbott Nutrition · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2020-05-08 | AbbVie Completes $63 Billion Allergan Acquisition: Pharmaceutical Industry Consolidates Into Oligopoly
3 src AbbVie · Allergan · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-15 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes $74 Billion Celgene Acquisition Despite FTC Concerns
3 src Bristol-Myers Squibb · Celgene · Federal Trade Commission · Amgen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-07 | Sutter Health Settles Antitrust Case for $575 Million, Admits to All-or-Nothing Contracting and Price Concealment
3 src Sutter Health · Xavier Becerra · California Attorney General | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-01 | Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Big Four Meatpackers Conspired to Fix Beef Prices and Manipulate Markets
3 src Tyson Foods · JBS · Cargill · National Beef · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-07 | Bayer Completes $63 Billion Monsanto Acquisition: Agricultural Seeds and Chemicals Consolidate Into Big Four Oligopoly
3 src Bayer AG · Monsanto · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-10 | Anheuser-Busch InBev Completes $107 Billion SABMiller Acquisition: Beer Industry Consolidates Into Duopoly
3 src Anheuser-Busch InBev · SABMiller · Molson Coors · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2013-12-09 | American Airlines-US Airways Merger Creates Airline Oligopoly: Big Four Control 75% of Market
3 src American Airlines · US Airways · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-01 | Four Firms Control 85%+ of Multiple U.S. Industries, Documenting Oligopolistic Market Structure
3 src Airlines · Telecom companies · Pharmaceutical companies · Agribusiness | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Hospital Consolidation Wave (2010-2020): 1,164 Mergers with Only 1% FTC Enforcement Rate
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Hospital corporations | confirmed | |
| 2008-10-29 | Delta-Northwest Merger Approved: Beginning of Airline Industry Consolidation Wave
3 src Delta Air Lines · Northwest Airlines · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division | confirmed | |
| 2006-12-29 | AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup
3 src AT&T Inc. · BellSouth Corporation · Federal Communications Commission · SBC Communications | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-01 | Ares Management Acquires Aspen Dental: Private Equity Dental Roll-Up Strategy Launches Industry Consolidation
3 src Aspen Dental · Ares Management · Leonard Green & Partners · American Securities | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
3 src Dominant firms · Smaller competitors | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-30 | NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
4 src NationsBank · BankAmerica · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly
3 src Boeing · McDonnell Douglas · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 | confirmed |