PE - VC & Investment Banking
Data-driven intelligence for deal sourcing, valuation, and portfolio strategy - built on government-verified company data.
Why Private Markets Firms Choose BrightQuery
From screening to exit - one verified source of truth.
Deep Visibility into Private Companies
Access financial statements, revenue trends, payroll data, and ownership structures for millions of private companies - filling a critical gap left by traditional market data providers. BrightQuery is the sole provider of historical and current financials, employment, and payroll data for private companies sourced from validated government filings.
Structured Data for Smarter Investment Decisions
Transform messy, fragmented public records into standardized, AI-ready datasets that power screening, valuation models, trend analysis, and predictive insights across investment workflows.
Integrated, Scalable API & Data Feeds
Whether you’re building in-house models or integrating with portfolio management systems, BrightQuery’s flexible APIs and bulk data feeds provide seamless connectivity for real-time investment analytics.
Enhanced Competitive Benchmarking
Compare candidate companies against industry peers using deep historical financials, sector performance trends, and workforce dynamics - key differentiators for successful deal sourcing and valuation.
Core Use Cases for Private Markets
Deal Sourcing & Target Screening
Identify promising investment opportunities with rich firmographic filters, growth trend analytics, and corporate hierarchy data.
Investment Diligence & Valuation
Support financial modeling with accurate revenue, EBITDA, and payroll trends to validate assumptions and uncover hidden risks.
Portfolio Monitoring & Reporting
Track portfolio company performance - from employment dynamics to quarterly financial flows - with a unified data view.
Market Intelligence & Benchmarking
Leverage granular industry trends and cross-sector comparisons to inform investment theses and exit timing.
The BrightQuery Advantage
Government-sourced accuracy for diligence and portfolio workflows
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Unmatched Private Company Coverage
BrightQuery tracks close to 80 million companies, providing verified financials, firmographic attributes, and monthly employment data that enable private markets professionals to work with confidence.
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Government-Sourced Accuracy
Unlike datasets relying on self-reported or scraped data, BrightQuery’s insights derive from validated government filings, giving investment teams a higher degree of trust in the data powering decisions.
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Ownership & Corporate Family Trees
Understand complex ownership structures and relationships across subsidiaries and affiliates - critical for accurate valuation, antitrust screening, and exit analysis.
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Flexible Delivery for Your Workflow
From interactive dashboards to APIs and bulk datasets, BrightQuery meets the needs of analysts, data scientists, and portfolio managers alike.
BQ Products
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BQ Bulk Data Feeds
Structured private-company financials and firmographics for screening models, data science, and portfolio analytics at scale.
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BQ Terminal
Interactive diligence with financials, ownership, legal entities, and executive intelligence for deal teams and analysts.
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BQ Prospector
Target lists by industry, revenue, employment, and geography for origination and market mapping.
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Financials and Employment API
Real-time access to quarterly financials and monthly employment signals for monitoring and valuation workflows.