# United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: £m: CP: NSA () was down 3.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 46.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 30.00 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −60.5% (Q3 2016) to 230.4% (Q3 2025), averaging 14.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9N.NACE-M`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-sector-purchased-software-arts-entertainment-and-recreation-m-cp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 30.00 £m | −3.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 38.00 £m | 46.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 53.00 £m | −17.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 76.00 £m | 230.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 31.00 £m | −40.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 26.00 £m | −48.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 64.00 £m | 60.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 23.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 52.00 £m | 40.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 50.00 £m | 11.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 40.00 £m | −33.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 23.00 £m | −30.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 37.00 £m | 8.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 45.00 £m | 28.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 60.00 £m | 27.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 33.00 £m | −2.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 34.00 £m | 100.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 35.00 £m | 34.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 47.00 £m | 27.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 34.00 £m | 3.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 17.00 £m | −37.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 26.00 £m | −21.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 37.00 £m | −43.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 33.00 £m | −36.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9N.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9N.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```