Mergers and acquisitions

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

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

£ 768 m

2025 Q3

Release date:
2 December 2025
Next release:
3 March 2026
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Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: July to September 2025

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  • The total value of completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) was broadly unchanged in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025, but the number of completed domestic M&A decreased to its lowest level since 2017.
  • The provisional combined number of M&A involving a change in majority share ownership was 456 during Quarter 3 2025; this was a fall of 75 from Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2025 (531).
  • There were an estimated 190 acquisitions involving a change in majority share ownership in July 2025, followed by a fall to 131 in August before increasing to 135 during September 2025.
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