Acquisition Search

Search across all acquisitions tracked in Crunchbase. Sort by announcement date or rank and paginate through results. Each result includes the acquirer and acquiree organizations with their categories and locations — useful for M&A intelligence, market consolidation analysis, and competitive monitoring.

HTTP Request

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GET /acquisition/search

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`acquirer`	string	No	—	Slug, UUID, or name of the acquiring organization
`acquiree`	string	No	—	Slug, UUID, or name of the acquired organization
`category`	string	No	—	Limit to acquisitions of companies in this category
`announced_on_after`	string	No	—	Only acquisitions announced on or after this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`announced_on_before`	string	No	—	Only acquisitions announced on or before this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`completed_on_after`	string	No	—	Only acquisitions completed on or after this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`completed_on_before`	string	No	—	Only acquisitions completed on or before this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`rank_max`	integer	No	—	Only acquisitions ranked this good or better
`rank_min`	integer	No	—	Only acquisitions ranked this or worse
`per_page`	integer	No	`5`	Results per page (max 15)
`order_by`	string	No	`announced_on`	Sort field
`sort`	string	No	`desc`	`desc` for newest first
`page`	integer	No	`1`	Page number (sequential, 1-indexed)

Response

Example Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "request_id": "7a66cd7b-6805-9873-7084-6040b767",
  "data": {
    "total": 203644,
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": false,
    "results": [
      {
        "name": "Reliance Motor Car Company acquired by General Motors",
        "slug": "general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea",
        "uuid": "71c669ea-43cb-23a2-a158-71bb06cf785b",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/v1465390856/yz07glmgyhwzacacrdrr.jpg",
        "type": "acquisition",
        "acquirer": {
          "uuid": "5087a047-80c5-4aa3-dfdf-30dd8ac88b5e",
          "slug": "general-motors",
          "name": "General Motors",
          "type": "organization",
          "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/hmmrtltnb5pke51rxlvg"
        },
        "acquiree": {
          "uuid": "65cbc73a-6584-ab45-db78-5939b7938024",
          "slug": "reliance-motor-car-company",
          "name": "Reliance Motor Car Company",
          "type": "organization",
          "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/v1465390856/yz07glmgyhwzacacrdrr.jpg"
        },
        "acquiree_last_funding_type": null,
        "rank_acquisition": 162176,
        "acquirer_categories": [
          {
            "name": "Automotive",
            "slug": "automotive",
            "uuid": "bb2ad65f-1009-db81-c6f6-83dbcfd64870",
            "image_id": "70b9211be4744e26936e45db0b986706",
            "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/70b9211be4744e26936e45db0b986706"
          }
          // ... more items
        ],
        "acquiree_categories": [
          {
            "name": "Automotive",
            "slug": "automotive",
            "uuid": "bb2ad65f-1009-db81-c6f6-83dbcfd64870",
            "image_id": "70b9211be4744e26936e45db0b986706",
            "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/70b9211be4744e26936e45db0b986706"
          }
          // ... more items
        ],
        "acquirer_locations": [
          {
            "name": "Detroit",
            "slug": "detroit-michigan",
            "uuid": "169942a0-8e9f-a450-cba1-f5c0e0430180",
            "location_type": "city"
          },
          {
            "name": "Michigan",
            "slug": "michigan-united-states",
            "uuid": "e38a2116-36db-d2e1-c526-30a42b3e9bb4",
            "location_type": "region"
          }
        ],
        "acquiree_locations": [
          {
            "name": "Detroit",
            "slug": "detroit-michigan",
            "uuid": "169942a0-8e9f-a450-cba1-f5c0e0430180",
            "location_type": "city"
          },
          {
            "name": "Michigan",
            "slug": "michigan-united-states",
            "uuid": "e38a2116-36db-d2e1-c526-30a42b3e9bb4",
            "location_type": "region"
          }
        ]
      }
      // ... more items
    ],
    "resolved_filters": {}
  },
  "request_params": {
    "order_by": "announced_on",
    "page": "1",
    "per_page": "2",
    "sort": "asc"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`status`	boolean	Whether the request was successful
`request_id`	string	Unique identifier for the request
`data.total`	integer	Total number of acquisitions matching the query
`data.page`	integer	Current page number
`data.has_next_page`	boolean	Whether more pages are available
`data.results`	array	List of acquisition results
`data.results[].name`	string	Display name (e.g., “CompanyB acquired by CompanyA”)
`data.results[].slug`	string	URL slug — use this as the `id` param in acquisition-details
`data.results[].uuid`	string	Crunchbase UUID of the acquisition
`data.results[].image`	string	URL to the acquiree’s logo
`data.results[].type`	string	Entity type, always `"acquisition"`
`data.results[].acquirer`	object	The acquiring organization
`data.results[].acquirer.uuid`	string	Acquirer UUID
`data.results[].acquirer.slug`	string	Acquirer slug — use in company-details
`data.results[].acquirer.name`	string	Acquirer name
`data.results[].acquirer.type`	string	Entity type, always `"organization"`
`data.results[].acquirer.image`	string	URL to the acquirer’s logo
`data.results[].acquiree`	object	The acquired organization
`data.results[].acquiree.uuid`	string	Acquiree UUID
`data.results[].acquiree.slug`	string	Acquiree slug — use in company-details
`data.results[].acquiree.name`	string	Acquiree name
`data.results[].acquiree.type`	string	Entity type, always `"organization"`
`data.results[].acquiree.image`	string	URL to the acquiree’s logo
`data.results[].acquiree_last_funding_type`	string\|null	Last funding type of the acquiree before acquisition
`data.results[].rank_acquisition`	integer	Crunchbase rank for this acquisition
`data.results[].acquirer_categories`	array	Industry categories of the acquirer
`data.results[].acquirer_categories[].name`	string	Category name
`data.results[].acquirer_categories[].slug`	string	Category slug
`data.results[].acquirer_categories[].uuid`	string	Category UUID
`data.results[].acquirer_categories[].image_id`	string	Category image ID
`data.results[].acquirer_categories[].image`	string	Full URL to category icon
`data.results[].acquiree_categories`	array	Industry categories of the acquiree
`data.results[].acquiree_categories[].name`	string	Category name
`data.results[].acquiree_categories[].slug`	string	Category slug
`data.results[].acquiree_categories[].uuid`	string	Category UUID
`data.results[].acquiree_categories[].image_id`	string	Category image ID
`data.results[].acquiree_categories[].image`	string	Full URL to category icon
`data.results[].acquirer_locations`	array	Acquirer headquarters locations
`data.results[].acquirer_locations[].name`	string	Location name
`data.results[].acquirer_locations[].slug`	string	Location slug
`data.results[].acquirer_locations[].uuid`	string	Location UUID
`data.results[].acquirer_locations[].location_type`	string	Type of location: `city` or `region`
`data.results[].acquiree_locations`	array	Acquiree headquarters locations
`data.results[].acquiree_locations[].name`	string	Location name
`data.results[].acquiree_locations[].slug`	string	Location slug
`data.results[].acquiree_locations[].uuid`	string	Location UUID
`data.results[].acquiree_locations[].location_type`	string	Type of location: `city` or `region`
`data.resolved_filters`	object	Filters that were applied to the query
`request_params`	object	Echo of the parameters sent in the request

Code Examples

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import requests

url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/acquisition/search"

params = {
    "per_page": "20",
    "order_by": "announced_on",
    "sort": "desc",
    "page": "1"
}

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
data = response.json()["data"]

print(f"Total acquisitions: {data['total']}")
for acq in data["results"]:
    acquirer = acq["acquirer"]["name"]
    acquiree = acq["acquiree"]["name"]
    print(f"  {acquirer} acquired {acquiree}")

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const url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/acquisition/search";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  per_page: "20",
  order_by: "announced_on",
  sort: "desc",
  page: "1",
});

const response = await fetch(`${url}?${params}`, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});

const { data } = await response.json();

console.log(`Total acquisitions: ${data.total}`);
data.results.forEach((acq) => {
  console.log(`  ${acq.acquirer.name} acquired ${acq.acquiree.name}`);
});

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curl -G "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/acquisition/search" \
  --data-urlencode "per_page=20" \
  --data-urlencode "order_by=announced_on" \
  --data-urlencode "sort=desc" \
  --data-urlencode "page=1" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"

Acquisition Details — Get full details of a specific acquisition using its slug
Company Financials — View acquisitions made by or of a specific company
Company Search — Search companies to find potential acquirers or targets