Operating Company Financial Services

Kpler

Brussels, Belgium

Kpler is a subscription-based data and analytics platform providing trade intelligence for global markets, including commodity flow insights and maritime analytics via the MarineTraffic brand, with real-time and historical market intelligence tools.

Focus Areas
Commodity market analytics, Maritime intelligence / ship tracking data, Supply-chain and trade flow analytics
Website
kpler.com

Tracked deals

3

3 tracked deals across 2025-2026.

Recent pace

2

2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

2 buyout · 1 divestiture

Kpler Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 2 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 2 years for Kpler. 2 2025 ~1 est. 1 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Kpler Acquires CITAC to Expand African Downstream Energy Intelligence Coverage
    May 21, 2026
    Buyer
    Kpler
    Target
    CITAC
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    London, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Kpler announced it is acquiring CITAC, a market intelligence firm focused on Africa’s downstream energy sector. The acquisition will expand Kpler’s trade intelligence tools—especially for African refining, trading, and product flows—by integrating CITAC’s regional expertise and data network into Kpler’s global analytics platform.

  • Kpler Acquires Bridgeton Research Group
    December 15, 2025
    Buyer
    Kpler
    Target
    Bridgeton Research Group LLC
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    Connecticut, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Kpler has acquired Bridgeton Research Group LLC to integrate Bridgeton’s predictive models of systematic and algorithmic trading into Kpler’s trade intelligence platform. The deal expands Kpler’s analytics capabilities by combining physical commodity fundamentals with systematic flow analysis to better serve traders, asset managers, and other market participants.

  • Kpler Acquires Spire Maritime from Spire Global
    April 25, 2025
    Buyer
    Kpler
    Target
    Spire Maritime
    Seller
    Spire Global, Inc.
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    Virginia, United States
    Type
    Divestiture

    Kpler has completed the acquisition of Spire Maritime, the maritime data and ship-tracking business of Spire Global, in a transaction reported at approximately $241 million. The deal (a divestiture by Spire Global) strengthens Kpler’s maritime data and analytics capabilities; Kpler and regulators including the UK CMA have been engaged as the transaction completed.

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Data & Analytics Buyers & Acquisitions 3 tracked deals by Kpler. Acquisitions in Connecticut 1 tracked deal by Kpler. Acquisitions in Virginia 1 tracked deal by Kpler.

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