Private Equity Transactions Dataset
DFX currently tracks 9,786 dated private equity transactions in the Private Equity Transactions Dataset, as of 9 October 2026.
Published by DFX Intelligence. As of .
Description
Announced private equity transactions with their date, sponsor, platform and target, and the announcement each one was read from.
A transaction announcement with a date that names a sponsor resolved to a firm on the private equity graph.
Coverage
- Records
- Transactions, Sponsors, Platforms and add-ons, Targets
- Geography
- Mostly United States targets; firms elsewhere appear when they sponsor a US transaction.
- Dated private equity transactions
- 9,786
Summary: dated transactions by year announced
| Year | Transactions |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 1,283 |
| 2024 | 1,077 |
| 2023 | 886 |
| 2022 | 909 |
| 2021 | 1,048 |
Counts of transactions with an announcement date, by the year announced. Shown on Private equity transactions.
Update schedule
Recounted from the published transaction view every hour; the date above is the newest announcement counted.
Methodology and sources
Limitations
- A transaction is counted only when an announcement names the sponsor and the name resolves to a firm; unresolved names and undated deals are left out.
- Deal values are rarely announced and are not summed here.
- The current year is partial: compare it with earlier years only up to the same date.
Cite this dataset
Recommended citation. Select the text below to copy it.
DFX Intelligence. (2026). Private Equity Transactions Dataset [Data set]. Retrieved 9 October 2026, from https://dfxintel.com/datasets/pe-transactions
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