---
name: "mergers_acquirers"
area: "mergers"
title: "Rank the most active acquirers"
price: "$0.01 per acquirer returned"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/mergers_acquirers"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/mergers"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/mergers/mergers_acquirers"
---

# Rank the most active acquirers (`mergers_acquirers`)

The companies that bought most often in the deals matching words, countries and dates, ranked, with their latest deals.

The companies that bought most often among the deals matching words, countries and dates, from merger authorities and SEC filings, ranked by how many deals they made, with their latest deal ids. Only deals whose source names the acquirer count; news never does.

Price: $0.01 per acquirer returned. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

To find the active buyers in an industry before selling a company or sizing competition for one.

- For every deal, one by one, use [mergers_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/mergers/mergers_search.md).
- For buyers scored for one target, use [longlists_buyers](https://conecto.chat/tools/longlists/longlists_buyers.md).

## Say this to your agent

> Who are the most active buyers of catering companies since 2021?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `text` | string | no | Words that must all appear in a deal's title, activities or sector. Up to 200 characters. |  |  |
| `countries` | array of strings | no | Two-letter codes: the authority's country (EU for the Commission) or a party's. Up to 20 items. |  |  |
| `sources` | array of strings | no | Up to 8 items. | `"eu_oj"`, `"uk_cma"`, `"us_ftc"`, `"sec"`, `"de_bkarta"`, `"fr_adlc"`, `"fi_kkv"` |  |
| `since` | string | no | Matches ^\\d{4}-\\d\\d-\\d\\d$. |  |  |
| `until` | string | no | Matches ^\\d{4}-\\d\\d-\\d\\d$. |  |  |
| `limit` | integer | no | 1 to 100. |  | `20` |

## Example

Written for Hansen & Voss, a restaurant-equipment wholesaler in Hamburg with 60 staff.

MCP: call `mergers_acquirers` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/mergers` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "text": "catering",
  "since": "2021-01-01",
  "limit": 10
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/mergers_acquirers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "catering", "since": "2021-01-01", "limit": 10}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "mergers_acquirers",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.10",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "acquirers": [
      {
        "name": "Bernhard Schulte Investment Holding GmbH",
        "deals": 2,
        "latest": "2025-11-18",
        "countries": [
          "DE"
        ],
        "deal_ids": [
          "de_bkarta:B9-113/25",
          "de_bkarta:B9-23/24"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Sodexo Beteiligungs B.V. & Co. KG",
        "deals": 1,
        "latest": "2026-07-31",
        "countries": [],
        "deal_ids": [
          "de_bkarta:B9-82/26"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "considered": 15,
    "notes": [
      "Merger authorities list the deals above their notification thresholds; their dates are notification and decision dates, not signing or closing.",
      "A company counts once a deal, by its name without the legal form: a group's subsidiaries that buy under their own names count apart."
    ],
    "coverage": [
      {
        "source": "eu_oj",
        "name": "The European Commission, in the Official Journal of the EU",
        "deals": 2,
        "from": "2020-12-01",
        "to": "2020-12-01",
        "read_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "state": "daily"
      },
      {
        "source": "uk_cma",
        "name": "The UK Competition and Markets Authority",
        "deals": 1,
        "from": "2022-03-10",
        "to": "2022-03-10",
        "read_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "state": "daily"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

`result`: acquirers (name, deals, latest, countries, deal_ids: up to 5, newest first), considered (deals counted), notes and coverage.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input` | 400 | A date that isn't YYYY-MM-DD, or since after until. | Send dates like 2024-01-31. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [mergers_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/mergers/mergers_search.md): Deals by company, role, words, country and date, from merger authorities and SEC filings read every day, each with its parties, dates, status and source. $0.01 per deal returned.
- [mergers_get](https://conecto.chat/tools/mergers/mergers_get.md): One deal by its id, as mergers_search returns it, with its source and license. $0.01 a call.