# Bloomberg Excel Plug-ins

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-excel-plug-ins/  
**Website:** https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Bloomberg Excel Plug-ins integrate Bloomberg market data, analytics, and functions directly into Microsoft Excel. The Bloomberg Add-in for Excel provides the BDH, BDP, BDS, and other Bloomberg formula functions to pull real-time and historical data, enabling quantitative analysis, financial modeling, and reporting without leaving the spreadsheet environment.

## Kin Score — 19.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 19.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 33.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Bloomberg Excel Add-in** — The Bloomberg Add-in for Microsoft Excel provides formula functions including BDP (Bloomberg Data Point), BDH (Bloomberg Data History), BDS (Bloomberg Data Set), and BQL for acc...
- **Bloomberg BQL in Excel** — Access Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) directly within Excel to run flexible, custom queries for financial data, analytics, and derived metrics using the Bloomberg BQL Add-in.

## Security (1)

- **Bloomberg Excel Plug Ins Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bloomberg Excel Plug Ins Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Financial Modeling** — Build discounted cash flow models and valuation models with live Bloomberg data.
- **Portfolio Reporting** — Create automated portfolio reports with real-time and historical data.
- **Risk Analysis** — Pull pricing, volatility, and correlation data for risk calculations.
- **Market Research** — Analyze market trends and securities data without leaving Excel.
- **Quantitative Analysis** — Run quantitative screens and backtests using Bloomberg historical data in Excel.

## Tags

Excel, Spreadsheet, Financial Modeling, Market Data, Bloomberg, Add-in

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-excel-plug-ins/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.