Mergr is a curated database of private equity firms, portfolio companies, and M&A transactions designed to help you research ownership, track deal activity, and uncover opportunities created by acquisitions.

Many Mergr users work directly in private equity, investment banking, or corporate development.

But many others use Mergr because M&A creates opportunity.

When a company is acquired, things change:

Mergr helps you understand who owns what, who’s buying, and where change is happening.

Mergr is used by professionals who rely on private equity and M&A data, including:

Whether you execute deals or identify opportunities created by them, Mergr helps you find the right information quickly.

Mergr is an interconnected Private Equity and M&A database. Every day, our research team identifies and publishes:

All data is manually researched and structured in-house. We do not license or aggregate third-party databases.

This means:

Mergr contains structured information on:

Mergr focuses on PE firms, corporates, and their M&A activity.

This means:

This focus helps keep results relevant and actionable.

When you log in, you’ll land on the Dashboard. This is your starting point for navigating the platform.

The dashboard gives you quick access to:

At the top of every page is the Search bar.

You can instantly search for:

This is the fastest way to begin if you already know who you’re researching.

Mergr includes six specialized search tools. Use these when you want to explore, filter, or build lists.

Find private equity firms based on geography, investment activity, and deal history.

Research companies involved in acquisitions and private equity ownership.

Explore acquisitions, investments, and financing activity.

Identify investment banks and law firms active in deals.

Find professionals working across PE and advisory firms.

Browse official transaction announcements and deal news.

Search modules answer "who matches these filters?" — Tools answer specific deal and research questions. Each tool is a pre-built workflow that combines several queries with the right defaults and a focused output.

Buyer Match — describe a target (or pick one from Mergr) and surface PE firms most likely to bid based on sector, size, and historical buying patterns.

Investor Match — same idea for minority investors and growth capital.

Advisor Match — find sell-side bankers and law firms with the right sector + size + geography experience.

Prospector — pick a reference company; Mergr returns lookalikes (sector, geography, specialty), useful for sourcing add-on targets.

Roll-Up Tracker — active PE platforms with the highest add-on velocity in any sector.

Shed — portfolio companies likely to be divested soon, filtered by hold age, sector, and PE owner.

Investor Lookalikes — pick a PE firm; find others with similar investment patterns.

Dossier — AI-assisted strategic narrative with inline citations to press releases. The fastest way to brief yourself on a firm or company.

Lineage — visualize the full ownership history of a company across changes of control.

Ownership Graph — interactive map of who owns what, including add-ons and divestitures.

Trading Partners — who an entity tends to buy from and sell to.

Compare — side-by-side view of firms or companies on the metrics that matter.

Rankings — top PE firms, corporates, banks, or law firms ranked by activity.

Analytics — interactive dashboard of deal volume, value, sector mix, and geography across a rolling 10-year window.

Deal Flow Map — visual map of cross-border M&A flows.

If you’re new to Mergr, here’s the easiest way to get started:

Search for a company or private equity firm you already know.

Open their profile and review:

Pick the tool that matches what you're trying to learn:

Researching a firm? → Dossier

Looking for buyers for a client? → Buyer Match or Advisor Match

Sourcing add-on targets? → Prospector or Roll-Up Tracker

Getting a market read? → Analytics or Rankings

Within a few minutes, you'll see how Mergr supports both research and active deal work.

Mergr is commonly used to:

Because the data is structured and focused, both search and tools are fast and intuitive.

We’re happy to help.

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