Get acquisition by ID
Returns a single acquisition record by its Specter acquisition ID, covering both sides of the deal: the acquirer and the acquiree, each with their Specter company ID and primary domain.
What you need
An acquisition ID in the path. You’ll find one on Get company by ID, Get company acquisitions, or Get acquisitions by date.
Behaviour
acquisitionId(acq_…) is required.- Returns a single acquisition object.
- Returns
404if no acquisition with that ID exists.
What you do next
- Open the acquirer. Follow
acquirer_company_idto Get company by ID. - Open the acquiree. Follow
acquiree_company_idto Get company by ID.
Authorizations
Path Parameters
The ID of the acquisition being requested (e.g. acq_5f3a2b1c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e).
Response
A single acquisition.
The Specter ID for this acquisition.
"acq_fd583a1b99d5c85635a56283"
The Specter company ID of the acquirer. Use with GET /companies/{companyId} to fetch the full company record.
"6576fa02f5c870dd55a4982a"
The acquirer company's name.
"Uber"
The Specter company ID of the acquiree. Use with GET /companies/{companyId} to fetch the full company record.
"5e3ba36800c8f4c9668e5b8f"
The acquiree company's name.
"Delivery Hero"
The acquirer's primary domain.
"uber.com"
The acquiree's primary domain.
"deliveryhero.com"
The type of deal. One of acquisition, merge, lbo, acquihire, or management_buyout. Null when Specter could not classify the deal.
acquisition, merge, lbo, acquihire, management_buyout "acquisition"
Deal value in USD, if disclosed.
14564220183
Date the acquisition was announced or closed (YYYY-MM-DD).
"2026-07-16"