# United Kingdom M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions ()

United Kingdom M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions () was down 27.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 15.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 61.00 count.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −56.9% (Q4 2016) to 188.9% (Q4 2018), averaging 14.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-OUTBOUND.ITEM-CBAQ.MEASURE-COUNT`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: count
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (158 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-outward-number-of-acquisitions

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 61.00 count | −27.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 82.00 count | 15.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 84.00 count | 9.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 86.00 count | 30.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 84.00 count | 2.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 71.00 count | −9.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 77.00 count | 16.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 66.00 count | −22.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 82.00 count | 9.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 78.00 count | 13.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 66.00 count | 4.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 85.00 count | 7.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 75.00 count | 1.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 69.00 count | −26.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 63.00 count | −11.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 79.00 count | −4.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 74.00 count | −9.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 94.00 count | 25.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 71.00 count | 34.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 83.00 count | 84.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 82.00 count | 173.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 75.00 count | −7.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 53.00 count | −8.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 45.00 count | −21.1 |

## API

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

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