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ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization
NIQ is a leading global consumer intelligence company positioned at the nexus of brands, retailers and consumers. NIQ manages a comprehensive and integrated ecosystem – The NIQ Ecosystem – which combines proprietary data, best-in-class technology, human intelligence, and highly sophisticated software applications and analytics solutions. NIQ’s unified, artificial intelligence powered technology platform aggregates, harmonizes and enriches vast amounts of global consumer shopping data from a myriad of diverse sources, generates rich, proprietary reference data and metadata, and provides a global, omnichannel view of consumer shopping behavior – The Full View.
NIQ was created when funds managed by Advent International, L.P. (formerly known as Advent International Corporation) (“Advent”) acquired certain subsidiaries of Nielsen Holdings plc (“Nielsen”) on March 5, 2021 (“the Advent Acquisition”). Intermediate Dutch Holdings B.V., a private company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“Dutch Holdings”), formed two subsidiaries: Indy US Holdco, LLC (“US Holdco”) and Indy Dutch Bidco B.V. Through its subsidiaries, Dutch Holdings acquired Nielsen Consumer Inc., TNC Europe B.V. and The Nielsen Company (Europe) S.àr.l (the “NIQ subsidiaries”) from Nielsen. As a result of the Advent Acquisition, Dutch Holdings became the beneficial owner of the NIQ subsidiaries. Dutch Holdings is an indirect subsidiary of AI PAVE Dutchco I B.V. (“AI PAVE”), and its consolidated subsidiaries, including US Holdco, and the Company’s other operating subsidiaries.
Reorganization
On January 21, 2025, AI Global Investments (Netherlands) PCC Limited acquired Flower Road Limited, an Irish private company with limited liability that was incorporated in Ireland on June 6, 2017 as a dormant company. On January 23, 2025, Flower Road Limited was renamed to NIQ Global Intelligence Limited. On June 12, 2025, NIQ Global Intelligence Limited was re-registered under the Irish Companies Act 2014 as a public limited company and was renamed NIQ Global Intelligence plc. On July 22, 2025, in connection with the initial public offering (“IPO”) as further discussed below, NIQ Global Intelligence plc became the direct parent of AI PAVE and the indirect parent of other intermediate holding companies, including AI PAVE Dutchco II B.V., AI PAVE Dutchco III B.V. (collectively, with AI PAVE, the “AI PAVE Entities”), and Dutch Holdings (the “Reorganization”). All holders of equity interests in AI PAVE became shareholders of NIQ Global Intelligence plc.
The “Company” or “NIQ” means, prior to the Reorganization, Dutch Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries and, after the Reorganization, NIQ Global Intelligence plc and its consolidated subsidiaries. See Note 17. "Subsequent Events" for further information on the impact of the Reorganization on the Company’s future consolidated financial statements.
Initial Public Offering
On July 24, 2025, NIQ Global Intelligence plc completed its IPO, in which NIQ Global Intelligence plc sold 50,000,000 ordinary shares at the initial public offering price of $21.00 per share. NIQ Global Intelligence plc received aggregate net proceeds of $985.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by NIQ Global Intelligence plc. See Note 17. "Subsequent Events" for further information.
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Noncontrolling interests are recorded for entities that are consolidated, but for which NIQ owns less than 100% of the equity interests.
Prior to the effects of the Reorganization and IPO, the accompanying financial statements present the historical financial information of Dutch Holdings. Subsequent to the Reorganization and IPO as described above, the historical financial statements of the AI PAVE Entities and the historical consolidated financial statements of Dutch Holdings will be combined with the historical financial statements of NIQ Global Intelligence plc and accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, beginning with the financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, which is the first reporting period following the Reorganization and IPO. See Note 17. "Subsequent Events" for further information.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements and reflect all normal and recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results for the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other future annual or interim period.
On July 10, 2023, the Company completed a transaction to combine with GfK SE (“GfK”), a European company (societas Europaea) organized under German law (“the GfK Combination”). Prior to the GfK Combination, GfK entered into an agreement to sell its Consumer Panel business on July 6, 2023. On January 9, 2024, the Company completed the sale. See Note 3. "Discontinued Operations and Disposals" for further information.
In the second and third quarters of 2024, the Company determined that it could no longer exercise control over its subsidiaries in Russia and deconsolidated the operations of these entities. See Note 3. "Discontinued Operations and Disposals" for further information.
The Company entered into an agreement to sell its ownership interest in Netquest, a consumer panel provider acquired through the GfK Combination, on December 17, 2024. The assets and liabilities of the Netquest business were classified as “Held for Sale” at December 31, 2024. On February 3, 2025, the Company completed the sale. See Note 3. "Discontinued Operations and Disposals" for further information.
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period financial information to conform to the presentation used in the financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated annual financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 as disclosed in the Company’s prospectus, dated July 22, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act on July 24, 2025 in connection with the Company’s IPO.
There have been no changes to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s audited consolidated annual financial statements and notes thereto presented for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“the FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which expands segment disclosure requirements for public entities. This ASU updates the requirements for segment reporting to include, among other things, disclosing significant segment expenses by reportable segment if they are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included in the measure of segment profit and extending nearly all annual segment reporting requirements to quarterly reporting requirements. The standard is effective on a retrospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted this ASU for the year ended December 31, 2024. See Note 13. "Reportable Segments" for more information on reportable segments.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvement to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disclosure of disaggregated income taxes paid, prescribes standard categories for the components of the effective tax rate reconciliation and modifies other income tax-related disclosures. The standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of this ASU on its related disclosures and plans to adopt this ASU for the year ended December 31, 2025.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires entities to disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to the financial statements on an interim and annual basis. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of this ASU on its related disclosures.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets for Private Companies and Certain Not-for-Profit Entities (PCC), which allows all entities to apply a practical expedient that simplifies the estimation of expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under ASC 606. This elective guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of this ASU on its related disclosures.
Other recently issued accounting pronouncements are either not applicable or are not expected to have a material impact on the Company.