Number of M&A deals worldwide 2022-2023 by industry

According to data provided by the Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA) the highest volume of M&A deals took place in the consumer products industry in both 2022 and 2023. The banking industry noted the largest decrease in transaction volume between 2023 and 2023. Additionally, the consumer products industry also accounted for the highest total value of deals made.

Global M&A activity

2019 has seen both deal volume and value fall from 2018, with last year's figures reflecting those seen in 2016. The year saw a total of under 50 thousand deals with a combined value of 3.7 trillion U.S. dollars. To discover far more in-depth information on the global M&A market please read the Statista annual report on the subject.

Largest deals

With a transaction value amounting to 202.8 billion U.S. dollars, the acquisition of Mannesmann AG by Vodafone Air Touch PLC in 1999 was the largest merger and acquisition (M&A) deal to ever take place. It is also one of the oldest transactions on the list. In 2019, the 100 percent acquisition by pharmaceutical and beauty products manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb Company of the Biopharmaceuticals manufacturer Celgene Corporation for a deal value of 74 billion U.S. dollars was the largest deal during the year.