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    <periodOfReport>2022-01-31</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001364742</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BlackRock Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BLK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001059246</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KAPITO ROBERT</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BLACKROCK INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>55 EAST 52ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10055</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-01-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>27491</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>283235.4</value>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-01-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>18967</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>808.14</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>264268.4</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects a 2018 BlackRock Performance Incentive Plan award value of $7,999,912 converted to 19,497 Restricted Stock Units by dividing the award value by $410.315, which was the average of the high and low price per share of Common Stock on January 17, 2019. The award was disclosed in the table on page 57 of BlackRock's 2019 Proxy Statement in the column headed &quot;Long-Term Incentive Award (BPIP).&quot; As outlined in BlackRock's 2019 Proxy Statement, the award was subject to adjustment based on certain performance metrics approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee at the time of the award. Based on the Company's performance, the Restricted Stock Units vesting represent 141% of the original award.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes Common Stock as well as Restricted Stock Units that will vest over a period of 1 to 3 years. Each Restricted Stock Unit is payable solely by delivery of an equal number of shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the withholding by BlackRock of common stock to satisfy tax obligations on the vesting of the reporting person's awards granted under the Second Amended and Restated BlackRock, Inc. 1999 Stock Award and Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ R. Andrew Dickson III as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert Kapito</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
