Auction Technology Group
👤 John-Paul Savant (CEO since 2016, ex-PayPal. Not the founder; he bought rivals LiveAuctioneers and Proxibid to consolidate the demand side.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
A roll-up of ten online auction sites: it takes a cut of every lot won online, then sells payments and shipping on top.
Will it work? · our read
Owns both sides. A two-sided moat with a rising take rate. But GMV depends on discretionary art and surplus spend, so revenue falls when the cycle turns, and growth leans on acquisitions.
01How the money moves
Auction houses list lots on ATG's ten marketplaces
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Global bidders bid online and win lots
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ATG takes commission on each lot won, plus payments and shipping fees
02The numbers
$190.2mFiledFY25 revenue, audited
FY2025 (ended Sep 2025)
GMV is what buyers paid across the marketplaces, not revenue; ATG kept about 6% of it. [our read] ATG FY25 results
Commission $92.2m + value-added services $52.8m; adj. EBITDA $76.8m (40.4% margin).
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ATG FY25 full year results (LSE RNS) — revenue $190.2m, GMV $3.3bn, adj. EBITDA $76.8mATG Annual Report 2025Wikipedia — ATG history, 2021 LSE IPO, PE backers (Mobeus, ECI, TA Associates)LiveAuctioneers $525m acquisition (2021)In Focus with CEO John-Paul Savant (ECI Partners)
Revenue $190.2m is FILED: ATG PLC's audited FY25 results announcement (LSE RNS, year ended 30 Sep 2025) prints 'Revenue up 9.2% to $190.2m'. GMV $3.3bn and adj. EBITDA $76.8m are on the same release. GMV is what buyers paid across ATG's ten marketplaces, NOT ATG's revenue — ATG kept about 6% (our read: $190.2m / $3.3bn; ATG's own blended take rate is reported at 4.8% on a segment basis). ATG separately cites 'over $12bn' of goods facilitated a year (a broader listed/facilitated-value metric, not GMV) — not used here. John-Paul Savant is CEO from Feb 2016, not a founder; the online-auction business traces to Antiques Trade Gazette (1971) with live bidding launched 2006. verified: first-party audited results. We never score you.