Bloomberg - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Bloomberg M&A Summary

Bloomberg has acquired 10 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Bloomberg’s largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Bloomberg BNA for $900M. Bloomberg has acquired in 3 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (40%) and business services (30%).

Bloomberg Business Overview

Where is Bloomberg headquartered?

Bloomberg is headquartered in New York, New York.

What sector is Bloomberg in?

Bloomberg is an information services company.

When was Bloomberg founded?

Bloomberg was founded in 1982.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity10
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 1

Bloomberg LP

731 Lexington Avenue,
New York, New York 10022
United States,
(212)318-2000
www.bloomberg.com

Bloomberg is a financial technology firm that supplies data, reports and analytics services to clients worldwide. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 7 1 1 - 1 - 10
vol $937M $937M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
  11

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Broadway Technology LLC 2023-03-13 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.broadwaytechnology.com
Geller & Co., LLC 2021-07-07 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.gellerco.com
Second Measure, Inc. 2020-12-24 - Add-on Acquisition
San Mateo, California · www.secondmeasure.com
RegTek.Solutions 2019-08-13 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.regteksolutions.com
Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions Ltd. 2015-12-16 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Bloomberg Sports 2014-09-04 - Divestiture
New York, New York
RTS Realtime Systems AG 2014-07-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Frankfurt, Germany · www.rtsgroup.net
Polarlake Ltd. 2012-05-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Dublin, Ireland · www.polarlake.com
Bloomberg BNA 2011-08-25 900M USD Add-on Acquisition
Bethesda, Maryland · www.bna.com
New Energy Finance 2009-12-10 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.newenergyfinance.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 4 (40%) - - -
Business Services 3 (30%) 900M (96%) - -
Software 2 (20%) - - -
Publishing 1 (10%) 37M (4%) - -
Information Services - - 1 (100%) -
Total 10 $937M 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 937M 1 -
  New York 4 37M 1 -
  Maryland 1 900M - -
  California 1 - - -
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Germany 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Domestic 6 (60%) 937M (100%) 1 (100%) -
Cross-border 4 (40%) - - -
Total 10 $937M 1 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Geller & Co.
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $900M
< $100M 1 $37M
TOTAL $937M
Largest Bloomberg BNA
$900M (2011-08-25)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
10%
1 (10%)
Strategic(s)
30%
3 (30%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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