---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-22-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:27:18.663577+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel posts record FY2021 revenue $735M, Adj EBITDA $140M; reiterates 2022 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $192M, net income $7M; FY revenue $735M, net income $32M (vs FY2020 revenue $316M).
- Adjusted EBITDA $33M Q4, $140M FY; net debt $143M, down 31% YoY.
- Locations up 6% to 2,584; VGTs up 11% to 13,639; avg contract term 6.8 years.
- Acquisition of Century Gaming expected close by end of May 2022; began Iowa ops in Dec 2021.
- Repurchased $20M of stock in 2021 and Jan-Feb 2022; 2022 revenue guidance $820-$870M (ex-Century) or $1.07-$1.18B (pro forma).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-22-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000002/0001698991-22-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000002/acel-20220309.htm

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