It subsequently grew to incorporate other companies in the information services sector such as Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Global Insight, Jane's Information Group, Prime Publications Limited, and John S. Information Handling Services (IHS) 'was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases'.
Headquartered in London, it was formed in 2016 with the merger of IHS Inc. IHS Markit Ltd was an information services provider that completed a merger with S&P Global in 2022. Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Global Insight, Carfax, Inc.
