Aquisitions

Posted on 11/10/1999 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

In case you are trying to keep track of who owns which agency here are some of

the acquisitions that have taken place in the stock photo industry since January

1994. The largest company is Getty Images at almost $300 million annual sales by

the end of 1999 when The Image Bank acquisition is completed.



We estimate the gross sales of the other groups as follows: VCG - $100 million,

Corbis - $70 million, and Index Stock Imagery - $9 million. We have no estimate

for the gross sales of Images.com Inc.

CORBIS



    The Bettmann Archive

    Digital Stock

    Westlight

    Sygma

    Starlight

    LGI

    Outline

GETTY IMAGES

    Allsport

    Art.com

    Energy Film Library

    Eyewire

    Hulton Deutsch Archive

    Liaison Agency

    Online USA

    PhotoDisc

    The Image Bank

      Archive Photo & Film

      Artville

      Swanstock

    Tony Stone Images

      After Image

      Allstpock

      Click-Chicago

IMAGES.COM INC.

    Graphistock

    Stock Illustration Source

INDEX STOCK IMAGERY

    Light Sources Stock

    PhotoBank

    Profiles West

    Southern Stock

    Stock Imagery

    Telephoto

    The Picture Cube

      Third Coast Stock Source

VCG INTERNATIONAL (VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP)

    FPG International

    Definitive Stock

    The Telegraph Colour Library

    Bavaria

    PIX

    Colorific (early 90's)

    Planet Earth Pictures

    Giraudon

Copyright © 1999 Jim Pickerell. The above article may not be copied, reproduced, excerpted or distributed in any manner without written permission from the author. All requests should be submitted to Selling Stock at 10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 162, Bethesda, MD 20817, phone 301-461-7627, e-mail: wvz@fpcubgbf.pbz
Jim Pickerell is founder of www.selling-stock.com, an online newsletter that publishes daily. He is also available for personal telephone consultations on pricing and other matters related to stock photography. He occasionally acts as an expert witness on matters related to stock photography. For his current curriculum vitae go to: http://www.jimpickerell.com/Curriculum-Vitae.aspx.  

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