Solutions - Corporate Development

Find Acquisition Targets,
See What Your Peers Bought

Build a target list, check who owns each company, and study the deals of competitors and sponsors, all linked in one database.

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In short

AcquityData helps corporate development teams screen companies by sector, country, ownership, founded year and revenue, see which companies have acquired others, and check each target's owners and past deals. It covers 180K+ companies and 236K+ transactions, from $79 a month.

Key facts

Covers 180K+ companies, 236K+ transactions, 4K+ PE firms and 15K+ professionals
Filters: ownership, PE owner size and country, founded year, revenue, buy-side and sell-side M&A
Start with a free 1-day pass (Google sign-in, no card) or a 7-day trial on the Monthly plan
Monthly $79, Yearly $790, Team from $1,580 a year (3 users, up to 10)

Last updated: 28 October 2026

What you can do

How do corporate development teams use AcquityData?

From first screen to board paper.

Screen for targets

Filter companies by sector, country, ownership, founded year and revenue.

Narrow to founder-owned, PE-backed, formerly PE-backed or public companies
Set a revenue band and a founded-year range
Save the search and run it again when you need it

See what peers and competitors bought

Find the companies that make acquisitions, and what they bought.

Use the Buy-Side M&A filter: target sector, country, deal value, and how recently
Open a company to see its acquisition history
Compare deal types, such as add-on acquisitions, divestitures and going-private deals

Know who owns a target

Ownership comes before approach.

See current and past investors on each company
For PE-backed companies, see the owner's size class, country and years since it invested
Use Ripe for Exit to see PE-backed companies held for five to ten years

Check precedents

Back a board paper with comparable deals.

Search transactions by sector, country, year and deal type
See deal values where they were recorded, and the advisors on each side
Open the source of a deal where we have one

Keep a pipeline

Turn a screen into a working list.

Add companies to My Pipeline with follow-up dates
Download results to Excel, within the per-download limit
Ask in plain words with AI Search, or from Claude or ChatGPT with the AI Connector

A typical search

How do you build a target shortlist in AcquityData?

Three steps, using only what is in your account.

Open Companies, choose your sector and country, and tick the ownership types you want.
Set a revenue band, open the best matches, and read the owners, investors and past deals.
Save the search, then add your top five to a My Pipeline list.

Help Center: Find PE-backed companies →

Why choose us

Why corporate development teams choose AcquityData

Built around how acquirers screen, check ownership and read precedents.

Companies, owners and deals are linkedOne click from a target to its owner, the owner's other holdings and the advisors on its deals.

Buy-side and sell-side filtersSee who has bought and who has sold in a sector.

Sources you can checkDeals link to the press release where we have one.

A price on the page$79 a month or $790 a year, no contract.

AcquityData is not for teams that need venture financing rounds or fund performance data. It focuses on private equity and M&A.

Questions

Corporate development questions

Short answers before you sign up.

How do I find companies that could be acquisition targets?

Open Companies in AcquityData, choose a sector and country, then filter by ownership, founded year and revenue. Open the best matches to see their owners, investors and earlier deals, save the search, and add the strongest to a My Pipeline list.

Can I see what my competitors have acquired?

Yes. Open a competitor's company profile to see its acquisition history, or use the Buy-Side M&A filter to find companies that have bought others in a given sector or country, with deal value and recency filters.

Can I find companies that are not owned by private equity?

Yes. In the Ownership filter, tick Never PE-backed, Public or Private. You can combine these with sector, country, founded year and revenue to narrow the list.

Does it show how much was paid in a deal?

Where a deal value was recorded, yes, and it is shown as recorded. Not every deal has one. Check the source link on the deal, where we have one, before relying on a figure.

Can a whole team use it?

Yes. The Team plan costs $1,580 a year for 3 users, each with their own login, and you can add up to 7 more users at $500 a year each.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Sign in with Google for a free one-day pass with no card, or start the Monthly plan with a 7-day free trial. The Yearly and Team plans start right away.

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