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Strategic Intelligence: Global M&A Deals in 2025- Top Themes by Sector

Publisher GlobalData
Published Feb 02, 2026
Length 65 Pages
SKU # GBDT20890160

Description

Strategic Intelligence: Global M&A Deals in 2025- Top Themes by Sector

Summary

If you want to understand the themes that drive an industry, simply look at the list of recent mergers and acquisitions (M&As). This report analyzes the disruptive themes that have driven M&A activity in 2025 across all sectors including materials, consumer, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, technology, media & telecoms.

The global M&A market in 2025 witnessed deals worth $3 trillion, a growth of 31% compared to 2024.  The TMT sector led the M&A deal activity, with deals worth $885 billion recorded in 2025. Most of the sectors saw a year-on-year fall in deal value in 2025. Mega-deals (defined as any deal valued at more than $1 billion) recorded a deal value worth $2.4 trillion in 2025, compared to $1.8 trillion in 2024.

Scope
  • This report provides an overview of merger and acquisition activity globally in 2025 across all sectors. This report takes a close look at the top deals in all the sectors and identifies the themes driving each of these deals.
  • This report also looks at the deals trend across North America, Europe, China, APAC Ex-China, South America, and Middle east and Africa.
Reasons to Buy
  • Companies that invest in the right themes become success stories; those that miss the big themes end up as failures. If you want to understand the themes that drive an industry, simply look at the list of recent mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
  • This report lists the most notable deals across all sectors to make it easy for our clients to get a view of themes disrupting these sectors and prepare for the future.

Table of Contents

65 Pages
Executive Summary
Review of the Global M&A Market - 2025
Top Themes Driving M&A Activity - 2025
Top M&A Deals by Sector - 2025
Top M&A Deals by Geography - 2025
M&A Outlook for 2026
Further Reading
Report Authors
Appendix 1: Deal Selection Criteria
Appendix 2: Our Thematic Research Methodology
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