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ACQUISITIONS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
ACQUISITIONS | ACQUISITIONS The Company has made 23, and 34 acquisitions that are not material individually or in the aggregate to the Company’s consolidated financial statements during the years ended December 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively. The largest acquisitions made during these periods are as follows: The Company completed the acquisition of Northwest Exterminating effective August 1, 2017. Northwest was established in 1951 and services approximately 120,000 customers in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. Northwest Exterminating is the 17th largest pest control operator in the country, making it the largest Rollins acquisition since the Company acquired HomeTeam Pest Defense in 2008. Rollins UK was formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company to acquire Safeguard Pest Control (“Safeguard”). Safeguard, which was acquired in June 2016, is a pest control company established in the United Kingdom in 1991 with a history of providing superior pest control, bird control, and specialist services to residential and commercial customers. Total cash purchase price for the Company’s acquisitions in 2017 and 2016 were $130.2 million and $46.3 million, respectively. The fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed along with the contingent consideration liability recorded during the valuation period of acquisition is included in the reconciliation of the total consideration as follows (in thousands):
December 31, | 2017 |  | 2016
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 3,836 |  |  | $ | 3,334 |
Materials and supplies | 312 |  |  | 353 |
Equipment and property | 3,027 |  |  | 4,525 |
Goodwill | 87,261 |  |  | 6,468 |
Customer contracts | 60,695 |  |  | 49,365 |
Other intangible assets | 20,086 |  |  | 1,285 |
Current liabilities | (30,344 | ) |  | (10,809 | )
Other assets and liabilities, net | 1,209 |  |  | (594 | )
Total consideration paid | 146,082 |  |  | 53,927 |
Less: Contingent consideration liability | (15,893 | ) |  | (7,619 | )
Total cash purchase price | $ | 130,189 |  |  | $ | 46,308 |

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