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Bloomberg

United States

Bloomberg L.P. is a global financial data, news and analytics provider best known for the Bloomberg Terminal, which delivers real-time market data, company financials, news and communication tools to financial professionals. For M&A practitioners it offers deal databases, league tables, comparable company and transaction analysis, and market intelligence used across sourcing, valuation and execution. The company is headquartered in New York.

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Key features

  • Bloomberg Terminal with real-time market data
  • M&A deal database and league tables
  • Company financials and estimates
  • Comparable company and transaction analysis
  • News and research
  • Instant Bloomberg messaging network
  • Excel add-in / API access
  • Data License enterprise data feeds

AI capabilities

Bloomberg has developed AI capabilities including BloombergGPT, a finance-specific large language model, and AI-powered features in the Terminal such as automated earnings call summaries.

Integrations

  • Integrates via Bloomberg API/B‑PIPE with Excel, Python/R, in‑house systems, and execution platforms
  • widely used alongside OMS/EMS and risk systems.

What Makes Bloomberg Different

Key differentiators highlighted by the vendor.

  1. Breadth and depth of real-time global market data
  2. Integrated news, analytics and messaging in one terminal
  3. Widely used M&A deal database and league tables

Key facts

Year founded
1981
Pricing
Standard Bloomberg Terminal contracts typically cost about 2,000–2,665 USD/month per terminal (≈24,000–31,980 USD/year), with volume discounts for multi‑terminal deployments; exact pricing via Bloomberg quote.
Deal stage
All
Target market
Investment Banking · M&A Advisory · Corporate M&A · Private Equity · Asset Managers · Venture Capital

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