Acquisition as one of the procedures for company take over is present in all large and small economies and the acquisition can be done in both small and large companies. The acquisition can be friendly or hostile nature and which kind of acquisition is carried out depends on the target company. In order for the acquisition to be successful, company must go through certain stages of the process itself and accordingly to the presented indicators, it is necessary to determine the need for the acquisition and its success. Since its inception, the Agrokor Group has played a significant role in the development of the Croatian economy but the overindebtedness that followed in the midst of inadequate takeovers (which should have been resolved with short-term loans) marked the collapse of this concern. The acquisition of the Agrokor Group is the most well-known major acquisition in the Croatian economy. For this reason, there was created need by many scientists and experts for a quantitative analysis of the Agrokor concern and finding the exact reason why the acquisition took place. The basic goal of this paper is to clarify the very concept of acquisition based on the largest acquisition in the history of the Croatian economy. The research work deals with the concept of acquisition and its process on the basis of the Croatian example of the acquisition of the Agrokor concern. With the help of qualitative analysis of the company and its activities, the paper presents the reasons why there was a need for acquisition and how the acquisition was carried out, and quantitative data analysis serves as a basis and clarification of existing data.