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

United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions : £m () was up 161.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −22.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 25,395 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −95.8% (Q4 2017) to 1,084.7% (Q2 2021), averaging 112.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBCQ.MEASURE-VALUE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (162 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-inward-value-of-acquisitions-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 25,395 £m | 161.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 15,749 £m | −22.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 32,910 £m | 732.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,892.0 £m | −39.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,725.0 £m | 112.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 20,275 £m | 218.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,952.0 £m | −61.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 11,457 £m | 139.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,577.0 £m | −23.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,363.0 £m | −45.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 10,129 £m | 74.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,775.0 £m | −78.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,977.0 £m | −50.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 11,711 £m | −30.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,822.0 £m | −64.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 22,400 £m | 79.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 12,067 £m | −63.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 16,761 £m | 11.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 16,258 £m | 172.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 12,513 £m | 132.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 32,924 £m | 1,084.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 14,986 £m | 197.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,970.0 £m | −62.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 5,381.0 £m | −61.7 |

## API

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

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