# United Kingdom M&A : Domestic : Number of companies acquired ()

United Kingdom M&A : Domestic : Number of companies acquired () was down 46.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −22.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 130.0 count.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2009.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.1% (Q2 2026) to 461.1% (Q4 2018), averaging 21.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-DOMESTIC.ITEM-AIHA.MEASURE-COUNT`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: count
- Coverage: 1969-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (230 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-domestic-number-of-companies-acquired

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 130.0 count | −46.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 142.0 count | −22.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 167.0 count | −27.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 166.0 count | −16.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 241.0 count | 17.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 183.0 count | −30.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 231.0 count | 11.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 199.0 count | 6.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 206.0 count | −19.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 263.0 count | 25.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 207.0 count | −20.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 187.0 count | −20.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 256.0 count | 0.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 210.0 count | −8.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 259.0 count | −14.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 236.0 count | −29.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 254.0 count | 3.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 230.0 count | −26.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 303.0 count | 39.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 335.0 count | 81.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 246.0 count | 50.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 314.0 count | 25.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 217.0 count | −5.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 185.0 count | −14.7 |

## API

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

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