# United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions in EU : Annual : £m ()

United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions in EU : Annual : £m () was 17,548 £m in 2025, up 201.1% from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5,649.0 £m (2018) to 125,172 £m (2016), averaging 19,733 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.A.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBCH.MEASURE-VALUE.PARTNER-EU`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (39 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-inward-value-of-acquisitions-in-eu-annual-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 17,548 £m |
| 2024 | 5,828.0 £m |
| 2023 | 7,055.0 £m |
| 2022 | 6,423.0 £m |
| 2021 | 15,742 £m |
| 2020 | 7,288.0 £m |
| 2019 | 11,320 £m |
| 2018 | 5,649.0 £m |
| 2017 | 9,224.0 £m |
| 2016 | 125,172 £m |
| 2015 | 5,816.0 £m |
| 2014 | 4,681.0 £m |
| 2012 | 3,533.0 £m |
| 2011 | 6,238.0 £m |
| 2010 | 3,856.0 £m |
| 2009 | 15,277 £m |
| 2008 | 17,918 £m |
| 2007 | 27,489 £m |
| 2006 | 42,412 £m |
| 2005 | 23,907 £m |
| 2004 | 13,936 £m |
| 2003 | 920.0 £m |
| 2002 | 11,628 £m |
| 2001 | 15,820 £m |

## API

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

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