Experian raises full-year forecast after successful six months

Revenue and profits have risen at Nottingham-based data and technology company

The firm posted revenues of £2.8bn for the six months to the end of September, while operating profit rose by 10% to £691m.

All regions contributed positively in H1. Organic revenue growth was 7% in North America, 7% in Latin America, 2% in the UK and Ireland, and 7% in EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Brian Cassin, Chief Executive Officer, said: “We delivered good growth in H1. We continue to execute successfully on our growth strategy to introduce new products, deploy advanced analytics and scale our leading platforms. At constant currency and from ongoing activities, revenue was up 7%.

“For FY25, we continue to expect organic revenue growth in the range of 6% to 8%. Based on our progress, we are raising our margin outlook, and now expect margin accretion to be towards the upper end of our +30 to +50 basis points guidance range. “