SRS Acquiom Barometer: 2025 M&A Outlook

All signs point to an active M&A market in the year ahead. To help you prepare, our team polled more than 100 individuals from law firms, investment banks, strategic and financial buyers, and venture capital firms between December 9 and 13, 2024, for their views on the 2025 dealmaking climate. The survey includes answers to such questions as: 

• Will a second Trump term have a material impact on M&A activity? Find out how many of your peers believe it will have a positive impact. 
• Almost half of respondents have a more active pipeline than a year ago. What do they think will happen with M&A deal volume and sizes?  
• 49% say pent-up market demand is the biggest M&A market driver in 2025. What are the other top three? 
• A majority see credit volume growing. What do they think about interest rates and terms? 

Download the 2025 M&A Outlook Report above.