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

United Kingdom M&A : Outward : Number of disposals - direct transactions : Annual () was 22.00 count in 2025, up 29.4% from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.00 count (2023) to 60.00 count (2017), averaging 31.45 count.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.A.NSA.DIRECTION-OUTBOUND.ITEM-CBCA.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-disposals-direct-transactions-annual

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 22.00 count |
| 2024 | 17.00 count |
| 2023 | 13.00 count |
| 2022 | 21.00 count |
| 2021 | 24.00 count |
| 2020 | 27.00 count |
| 2019 | 35.00 count |
| 2018 | 40.00 count |
| 2017 | 60.00 count |
| 2016 | 43.00 count |
| 2015 | 44.00 count |
| 2014 | 28.00 count |
| 2013 | 28.00 count |
| 2012 | 30.00 count |
| 2011 | 66.00 count |
| 2010 | 59.00 count |
| 2009 | 33.00 count |
| 2008 | 54.00 count |
| 2007 | 87.00 count |
| 2006 | 65.00 count |
| 2005 | 85.00 count |
| 2004 | 87.00 count |
| 2003 | 105.0 count |
| 2002 | 103.0 count |

## API

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

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