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

United Kingdom M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual () was 43.00 count in 2025, down 10.4% from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 42.00 count (2023) to 244.0 count (2018), averaging 101.6 count.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.A.NSA.DIRECTION-OUTBOUND.ITEM-CBBU.MEASURE-COUNT.MEASURE-DIRECT`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: count
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (39 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-outward-number-of-acquisitions-direct-transactions-annual

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 43.00 count |
| 2024 | 48.00 count |
| 2023 | 42.00 count |
| 2022 | 80.00 count |
| 2021 | 73.00 count |
| 2020 | 75.00 count |
| 2019 | 68.00 count |
| 2018 | 244.0 count |
| 2017 | 148.0 count |
| 2016 | 142.0 count |
| 2015 | 155.0 count |
| 2014 | 79.00 count |
| 2013 | 44.00 count |
| 2012 | 83.00 count |
| 2011 | 223.0 count |
| 2010 | 149.0 count |
| 2009 | 97.00 count |
| 2008 | 196.0 count |
| 2007 | 289.0 count |
| 2006 | 277.0 count |
| 2005 | 239.0 count |
| 2004 | 186.0 count |
| 2003 | 161.0 count |
| 2002 | 185.0 count |

## API

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

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