The Business Sector Saw More than Half a Billion M&A Deals in the Past Decade

AIthough 2023 saw less than 40,000 mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals, considerably less than at the market peak in 2021, this figure still pushed the ten-year total to impressive highs.

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According to data presented by Altindex.​com, the business sector saw more than half a billion merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the past decade.

Total Value of Deals Hits USD 39.3 Trillion in the Past Decade The deal activity in the mergers and acquisitions market has been on a downward spiral for the last year and a half, as macroeconomic uncertainty, inflation, rising interest rates, and volatile capital markets brought declining values for potential sellers and caused many corporations to focus internally instead of making acquisitions.