Mergers and acquisitions

Business mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies, including de-mergers and disposals, where the transaction value is £1 million or more.

Spotlight

M&A : Outward : Value of disposals : £m

£ 315 m

2022 Q1

Release date:
7 June 2022
Next release:
06 September 2022
View this data
More data

Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: January to March 2022

What's in the bulletin?

  • The total number of monthly mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals involving a change in majority share ownership decreased between January 2022 (138) and February 2022 (113) before increasing slightly to 120 in March 2022.
  • There were 371 completed M&A transactions in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2022, a sizeable decrease of 199 deals compared with Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2021 (570) and 239 fewer than Quarter 1 2021 (610).
  • Estimates for the total value of inward M&A (foreign companies abroad acquiring UK companies) were £11.2 billion in Quarter 1 2022, a notable £5.1 billion lower than the previous quarter (£16.3 billion).
Read this statistical bulletin
More publications
Back to top

Time series related to Mergers and acquisitions

View all time series related to Mergers and acquisitions Back to top

Datasets related to Mergers and acquisitions

View all datasets related to Mergers and acquisitions Back to top

Publications related to Mergers and acquisitions

Statistical bulletins

View all related statistical bulletins

Articles

View all related articles
Back to top

Methodology related to Mergers and acquisitions

View all related methodology

Looking for local statistics?

A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics.