---
title: "Search Acquisition Entities"
method: POST
path: "/data/searches/acquisitions"
tags: ["Search"]
---

# Search Acquisition Entities

`POST /data/searches/acquisitions`

Can perform more complex filtering based on the query defined in the request body

## Request body

- AcquisitionEntitySearch — EntitySearch for Acquisition search
  - `after_id` string, uuid — Used to paginate search results to the next page. after_id should be the uuid of the last item in the current page. May not be provided simultaneously with before_id.
  - `before_id` string, uuid — Used to paginate search results to the previous page. before_id should be the uuid of the first item in the current page. May not be provided simultaneously with after_id.
  - `field_ids` string[], required — The list of field_ids to include in the result
  - `limit` integer — Number of rows to return. Default is 100, min is 1, max is 1000.
  - `order` Order[] — Order in which the search results should be returned
    - `field_id` string, required — Name of the field to sort on
    - `nulls` 'first' | 'last'
    - `sort` 'asc' | 'desc', required
  - `query` Predicate[], required — Search query to perform on the designated entity
    - `field_id` string, required — The field to operate on
    - `operator_id` 'blank' | 'eq' | 'not_eq' | 'gt' | 'gte' | 'lt' | 'lte' | 'starts' | 'contains' | 'not_contains' | 'between' | 'includes' | 'not_includes' | 'includes_all' | 'not_includes_all' | 'domain_eq' | 'not_domain_eq' | 'domain_blank' | 'domain_includes' | 'not_domain_includes', required — Search operations for use in predicates * between - Between. Provide two values in "values" * blank - Is blank. Possible values in "values" is "true" or "false" * contains - Contains * domain_blank - Domain is blank. Possible values in "values" is "true" or "false" * domain_eq - Domain equals * domain_includes - Domain includes any * eq - Equals * gt - Greater than * gte - Greater than or equal to * includes - Includes any * includes_all - Includes all * lt - Less than * lte - Less than or equal to * not_contains - Does not contain * not_domain_eq - Domain not equal * not_domain_includes - Domain does not include * not_eq - Does not equal * not_includes - Does not include * not_includes_all - Does not include all * starts - Starts with
    - `type` 'predicate', required — The type of the query (Predicate)
    - `values` union[] — Values array with data type matching field_id type
      - union
        - string
        - number
        - boolean

## Response `200`

Results are identifiers matching the search query

- object — Search results include Acquisition entities
  - `count` integer — Total number of Acquisition entities
  - `entities` object[] — List of Acquisition entities
    - `properties` Acquisition
      - `acquiree_categories` EntityIdentifier[] — Keyword, sector, or industry
        - `entity_def_id` 'acquisition' | 'address' | 'award' | 'category' | 'category_group' | 'market_insight' | 'market_insight_reason' | 'degree' | 'diversity_spotlight' | 'event' | 'event_appearance' | 'fund' | 'funding_round' | 'growth_insight' | 'investment' | 'investor_insight' | 'investor_match' | 'ipo' | 'job' | 'key_employee_change' | 'layoff' | 'legal_proceeding' | 'location' | 'micro_category' | 'organization' | 'org_similarity' | 'product_similarity' | 'ownership' | 'partnership_announcement' | 'person' | 'press_reference' | 'product' | 'product_launch' | 'research_insight', required
        - `image_id` string
        - `permalink` string
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Universally Unique Identifier
        - `value` string
      - `acquiree_funding_total` Money — A field containing data that represents some amount of money
        - `currency` 'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYN' | 'BYR' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHF' | 'CLF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LTL' | 'LVL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRO' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SKK' | 'SLL' | 'SOS' | 'SRD' | 'SSP' | 'STD' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'UYU' | 'UZS' | 'VEF' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XAG' | 'XAU' | 'XBA' | 'XBB' | 'XBC' | 'XBD' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPD' | 'XPF' | 'XPT' | 'xts' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMK' | 'ZMW', required — Currency codes
        - `value` number, required
        - `value_usd` number
      - `acquiree_identifier` EntityIdentifier — Every entity in the system has a unique identifier that contains all necessary properties to represent it.
        - `entity_def_id` 'acquisition' | 'address' | 'award' | 'category' | 'category_group' | 'market_insight' | 'market_insight_reason' | 'degree' | 'diversity_spotlight' | 'event' | 'event_appearance' | 'fund' | 'funding_round' | 'growth_insight' | 'investment' | 'investor_insight' | 'investor_match' | 'ipo' | 'job' | 'key_employee_change' | 'layoff' | 'legal_proceeding' | 'location' | 'micro_category' | 'organization' | 'org_similarity' | 'product_similarity' | 'ownership' | 'partnership_announcement' | 'person' | 'press_reference' | 'product' | 'product_launch' | 'research_insight', required
        - `image_id` string
        - `permalink` string
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Universally Unique Identifier
        - `value` string
      - `acquiree_last_funding_type` 'pre_seed' | 'seed' | 'series_a' | 'series_b' | 'series_c' | 'series_d' | 'series_e' | 'series_f' | 'series_g' | 'series_h' | 'series_i' | 'series_j' | 'series_unknown' | 'angel' | 'private_equity' | 'debt_financing' | 'convertible_note' | 'grant' | 'corporate_round' | 'equity_crowdfunding' | 'product_crowdfunding' | 'secondary_market' | 'post_ipo_equity' | 'post_ipo_debt' | 'post_ipo_secondary' | 'non_equity_assistance' | 'initial_coin_offering' | 'undisclosed' — Last funding round type (e.g. Series A, Seed, Private Equity) * angel - Angel * convertible_note - Convertible Note * corporate_round - Corporate Round * debt_financing - Debt Financing * equity_crowdfunding - Equity Crowdfunding * grant - Grant * initial_coin_offering - Initial Coin Offering * non_equity_assistance - Non-equity Assistance * post_ipo_debt - Post-IPO Debt * post_ipo_equity - Post-IPO Equity * post_ipo_secondary - Post-IPO Secondary * pre_seed - Pre-Seed * private_equity - Private Equity * product_crowdfunding - Product Crowdfunding * secondary_market - Secondary Market * seed - Seed * series_a - Series A * series_b - Series B * series_c - Series C * series_d - Series D * series_e - Series E * series_f - Series F * series_g - Series G * series_h - Series H * series_i - Series I * series_j - Series J * series_unknown - Venture - Series Unknown * undisclosed - Undisclosed
      - `acquiree_locations` LocationIdentifier[] — Where the acquired organization is headquartered
        - `entity_def_id` string, required — What type of entity this be
        - `image_id` string — Optionally provided location to obtain an image representing this entity
        - `location_type` 'city' | 'region' | 'country' | 'continent' | 'group'
        - `permalink` string — Optionally provided within Entity Def unique nice id of this entity
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Globally unique id of this entity
        - `value` string — Textual representation of this entity (i.e. its "name")
      - `acquiree_num_funding_rounds` number — Acquired organization's total number of funding rounds
      - `acquiree_revenue_range` 'r_00000000' | 'r_00001000' | 'r_00010000' | 'r_00050000' | 'r_00100000' | 'r_00500000' | 'r_01000000' | 'r_10000000' — Estimated revenue range for acquired organization * r_00000000 - Less than $1M * r_00001000 - $1M to $10M * r_00010000 - $10M to $50M * r_00050000 - $50M to $100M * r_00100000 - $100M to $500M * r_00500000 - $500M to $1B * r_01000000 - $1B to $10B * r_10000000 - $10B+
      - `acquiree_short_description` string — Text of acquired organization's description, industries, and industry groups
      - `acquirer_categories` EntityIdentifier[] — Keyword, sector, or industry
        - `entity_def_id` 'acquisition' | 'address' | 'award' | 'category' | 'category_group' | 'market_insight' | 'market_insight_reason' | 'degree' | 'diversity_spotlight' | 'event' | 'event_appearance' | 'fund' | 'funding_round' | 'growth_insight' | 'investment' | 'investor_insight' | 'investor_match' | 'ipo' | 'job' | 'key_employee_change' | 'layoff' | 'legal_proceeding' | 'location' | 'micro_category' | 'organization' | 'org_similarity' | 'product_similarity' | 'ownership' | 'partnership_announcement' | 'person' | 'press_reference' | 'product' | 'product_launch' | 'research_insight', required
        - `image_id` string
        - `permalink` string
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Universally Unique Identifier
        - `value` string
      - `acquirer_funding_stage` 'seed' | 'early_stage_venture' | 'late_stage_venture' | 'private_equity' | 'm_and_a' | 'ipo' — Acquiring organization's most recent funding status * early_stage_venture - Early Stage Venture * ipo - IPO * late_stage_venture - Late Stage Venture * m_and_a - M&A * private_equity - Private Equity * seed - Seed
      - `acquirer_funding_total` Money — A field containing data that represents some amount of money
        - `currency` 'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYN' | 'BYR' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHF' | 'CLF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LTL' | 'LVL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRO' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SKK' | 'SLL' | 'SOS' | 'SRD' | 'SSP' | 'STD' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'UYU' | 'UZS' | 'VEF' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XAG' | 'XAU' | 'XBA' | 'XBB' | 'XBC' | 'XBD' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPD' | 'XPF' | 'XPT' | 'xts' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMK' | 'ZMW', required — Currency codes
        - `value` number, required
        - `value_usd` number
      - `acquirer_identifier` EntityIdentifier — Every entity in the system has a unique identifier that contains all necessary properties to represent it.
        - `entity_def_id` 'acquisition' | 'address' | 'award' | 'category' | 'category_group' | 'market_insight' | 'market_insight_reason' | 'degree' | 'diversity_spotlight' | 'event' | 'event_appearance' | 'fund' | 'funding_round' | 'growth_insight' | 'investment' | 'investor_insight' | 'investor_match' | 'ipo' | 'job' | 'key_employee_change' | 'layoff' | 'legal_proceeding' | 'location' | 'micro_category' | 'organization' | 'org_similarity' | 'product_similarity' | 'ownership' | 'partnership_announcement' | 'person' | 'press_reference' | 'product' | 'product_launch' | 'research_insight', required
        - `image_id` string
        - `permalink` string
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Universally Unique Identifier
        - `value` string
      - `acquirer_locations` LocationIdentifier[] — Where the organization is headquartered
        - `entity_def_id` string, required — What type of entity this be
        - `image_id` string — Optionally provided location to obtain an image representing this entity
        - `location_type` 'city' | 'region' | 'country' | 'continent' | 'group'
        - `permalink` string — Optionally provided within Entity Def unique nice id of this entity
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Globally unique id of this entity
        - `value` string — Textual representation of this entity (i.e. its "name")
      - `acquirer_num_funding_rounds` number — Acquiring organization's total number of funding rounds
      - `acquirer_revenue_range` 'r_00000000' | 'r_00001000' | 'r_00010000' | 'r_00050000' | 'r_00100000' | 'r_00500000' | 'r_01000000' | 'r_10000000' — Estimated revenue range for acquiring organization * r_00000000 - Less than $1M * r_00001000 - $1M to $10M * r_00010000 - $10M to $50M * r_00050000 - $50M to $100M * r_00100000 - $100M to $500M * r_00500000 - $500M to $1B * r_01000000 - $1B to $10B * r_10000000 - $10B+
      - `acquirer_short_description` string — Text of acquiring organization's description, industries, and industry groups
      - `acquisition_type` 'acquisition' | 'merge' | 'lbo' | 'acquihire' | 'management_buyout' — Type of acquisition * acquihire - Acquihire * acquisition - Acquisition * lbo - Leveraged Buyout * management_buyout - Management Buyout * merge - Merger
      - `announced_on` DateWithPrecision — A field that will contain date information up to a certain level of precision. E.g. month, day, etc.
        - `precision` 'none' | 'year' | 'month' | 'day', required
        - `value` string, date
      - `completed_on` DateWithPrecision — A field that will contain date information up to a certain level of precision. E.g. month, day, etc.
        - `precision` 'none' | 'year' | 'month' | 'day', required
        - `value` string, date
      - `created_at` string, date-time
      - `disposition_of_acquired` 'subsidiary' | 'separate_entity' | 'combined' | 'division' | 'product' — How is the acquired Organization structured after the acquisition * combined - Combined * division - Division * product - Product * separate_entity - Separate Entity * subsidiary - Subsidiary
      - `entity_def_id` 'acquisition' — * acquisition - Acquisition
      - `identifier` EntityIdentifier, required — Every entity in the system has a unique identifier that contains all necessary properties to represent it.
        - `entity_def_id` 'acquisition' | 'address' | 'award' | 'category' | 'category_group' | 'market_insight' | 'market_insight_reason' | 'degree' | 'diversity_spotlight' | 'event' | 'event_appearance' | 'fund' | 'funding_round' | 'growth_insight' | 'investment' | 'investor_insight' | 'investor_match' | 'ipo' | 'job' | 'key_employee_change' | 'layoff' | 'legal_proceeding' | 'location' | 'micro_category' | 'organization' | 'org_similarity' | 'product_similarity' | 'ownership' | 'partnership_announcement' | 'person' | 'press_reference' | 'product' | 'product_launch' | 'research_insight', required
        - `image_id` string
        - `permalink` string
        - `uuid` string, uuid, required — Universally Unique Identifier
        - `value` string
      - `permalink` string
      - `price` Money — A field containing data that represents some amount of money
        - `currency` 'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYN' | 'BYR' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHF' | 'CLF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LTL' | 'LVL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRO' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SKK' | 'SLL' | 'SOS' | 'SRD' | 'SSP' | 'STD' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'UYU' | 'UZS' | 'VEF' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XAG' | 'XAU' | 'XBA' | 'XBB' | 'XBC' | 'XBD' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPD' | 'XPF' | 'XPT' | 'xts' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMK' | 'ZMW', required — Currency codes
        - `value` number, required
        - `value_usd` number
      - `rank` number — Algorithmic rank assigned to the top profiles on Crunchbase
      - `rank_acquisition` number — Algorithmic rank assigned to the top 100,000 most active Acquisitions
      - `sentiment` 'c100_positive' | 'c200_neutral' | 'c300_negative' — Sentiment associated with acquisition * c100_positive - Positive * c200_neutral - Neutral * c300_negative - Negative
      - `short_description` string — Short description of the Acquisition
      - `status` 'complete' | 'pending' — Status of the acquisition * complete - Complete * pending - Pending
      - `terms` 'cash' | 'stock' | 'cash_and_stock' — Terms of the acquisition * cash - Cash * cash_and_stock - Cash & Stock * stock - Stock
      - `updated_at` string, date-time
      - `uuid` string, uuid
    - `uuid` string, uuid — UUID of the entity

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Request Failed

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