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

United Kingdom M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions : £m () was down 25.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −48.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 2,657.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −91.4% (Q3 2018) to 1,775.6% (Q3 2021), averaging 110.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-OUTBOUND.ITEM-CBBI.MEASURE-VALUE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (157 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-outward-value-of-acquisitions-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 2,657.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,141.0 £m | −48.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,934.0 £m | 60.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,513.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,555.0 £m | −21.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,973.0 £m | 69.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,832.0 £m | −47.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,802.0 £m | 77.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,543.0 £m | 110.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,711.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,466.0 £m | −65.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,139.0 £m | −74.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,161.0 £m | −54.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,735.0 £m | 54.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 10,140 £m | 200.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 8,304.0 £m | −74.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,706.0 £m | −44.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,062.0 £m | 51.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,380.0 £m | −24.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 32,072 £m | 1,775.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 8,417.0 £m | 55.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,021.0 £m | −48.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,445.0 £m | 46.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,710.0 £m | −81.6 |

## API

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

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