# United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual ()

United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual () was 91.00 count in 2025, up 28.2% from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 64.00 count (2023) to 274.0 count (2016), averaging 131.4 count.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.A.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBDC.MEASURE-COUNT.MEASURE-DIRECT`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: count
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (40 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-inward-number-of-acquisitions-direct-transactions-annual

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 91.00 count |
| 2024 | 71.00 count |
| 2023 | 64.00 count |
| 2022 | 110.0 count |
| 2021 | 118.0 count |
| 2020 | 87.00 count |
| 2019 | 100.0 count |
| 2018 | 123.0 count |
| 2017 | 257.0 count |
| 2016 | 274.0 count |
| 2015 | 150.0 count |
| 2014 | 78.00 count |
| 2013 | 94.00 count |
| 2012 | 103.0 count |
| 2011 | 158.0 count |
| 2010 | 161.0 count |
| 2009 | 87.00 count |
| 2008 | 179.0 count |
| 2007 | 200.0 count |
| 2006 | 178.0 count |
| 2005 | 175.0 count |
| 2004 | 128.0 count |
| 2003 | 76.00 count |
| 2002 | 93.00 count |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MANDA.A.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBDC.MEASURE-COUNT.MEASURE-DIRECT"

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