# United Kingdom M&A : Domestic : M&A of independents : Total payments : £m ()

United Kingdom M&A : Domestic : M&A of independents : Total payments : £m () was down 54.4% year on year in Q1 2026, compared with −73.1% in Q4 2025.
The level stood at 1,244.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −88.4% (Q2 2020) to 457.3% (Q2 2021), averaging 50.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-DOMESTIC.ITEM-HIKB.MEASURE-COUNT`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-01-01 (153 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-domestic-m-and-a-of-independents-total-payments-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q1 2026 | 1,244.0 £m | −54.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,426.0 £m | −73.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,295.0 £m | 90.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,804.0 £m | 234.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,728.0 £m | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,296.0 £m | 246.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,829.0 £m | 392.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 839.0 £m | −32.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,702.0 £m | 200.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,527.0 £m | −35.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 778.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,234.0 £m | −41.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 899.0 £m | −60.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,350.0 £m | 45.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 769.0 £m | −52.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,093.0 £m | 51.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,277.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,617.0 £m | −75.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,626.0 £m | 95.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,382.0 £m | 457.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,470.0 £m | 139.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 6,506.0 £m | 272.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 833.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q2 2020 | 248.0 £m | −88.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-DOMESTIC.ITEM-HIKB.MEASURE-COUNT"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-DOMESTIC.ITEM-HIKB.MEASURE-COUNT",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```