Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies time series [AM]

Quarterly data on the value and number of mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving UK companies with values of £1 million or more.

Updated on DBnomics on March 6, 2024 (2:30 AM)

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Frequency [freq]

Dataset has 234 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Annual frequency

Series code 197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
AIHA.A 793 884 1210 1205 504 315 353 481 567 534 469 452 463 447 568 474 842 1528 1499 1337 779 506 432 526 674 505 584 506 635 493 587 492 430 558 741 769 779 869 558 286 325 373 266 238 189 245 428 364 960 911 817 1198 979 785
AIHD.A NA NA 1459 466 114 93 120 304 463 515 669 338 701 1261 1838 3708 8761 9974 4993 3520 1533 3034 2122 1162 2823 6617 10926 15583 13160 9592 65570 12356 6780 1667 10338 2768 5472 4909 1910 8435 1560 719 419 353 NA NA 13471 7286 11551 2331 NA NA NA NA
AIHE.A NA NA 580 147 47 25 7 8 23 208 46 31 222 56 690 525 2548 893 1853 1374 393 121 47 211 144 459 265 323 595 351 1272 1445 891 873 1168 431 335 1691 375 114 350 271 268 147 NA NA 418 364 63 0 NA NA NA NA
CBAQ.A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 431 648 681 586 550 679 521 422 365 442 464 569 590 557 371 262 243 305 365 405 441 298 118 199 286 122 58 113 170 141 155 301 261 209 311 310 295
CBAS.A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 118 112 134 134 157 219 221 149 117 178 176 218 198 168 139 128 136 118 110 89 104 71 37 73 80 40 NA 36 42 42 56 48 68 41 35 45 23

Quarterly frequency

Series code 1969-Q11969-Q21969-Q31969-Q41970-Q11970-Q21970-Q31970-Q41971-Q11971-Q21971-Q31971-Q41972-Q11972-Q21972-Q31972-Q41973-Q11973-Q21973-Q31973-Q41974-Q11974-Q21974-Q31974-Q41975-Q11975-Q21975-Q31975-Q41976-Q11976-Q21976-Q31976-Q41977-Q11977-Q21977-Q31977-Q41978-Q11978-Q21978-Q31978-Q41979-Q11979-Q21979-Q31979-Q41980-Q11980-Q21980-Q31980-Q41981-Q11981-Q21981-Q31981-Q41982-Q11982-Q21982-Q31982-Q41983-Q11983-Q21983-Q31983-Q41984-Q11984-Q21984-Q31984-Q41985-Q11985-Q21985-Q31985-Q41986-Q11986-Q21986-Q31986-Q41987-Q11987-Q21987-Q31987-Q41988-Q11988-Q21988-Q31988-Q41989-Q11989-Q21989-Q31989-Q41990-Q11990-Q21990-Q31990-Q41991-Q11991-Q21991-Q31991-Q41992-Q11992-Q21992-Q31992-Q41993-Q11993-Q21993-Q31993-Q41994-Q11994-Q21994-Q31994-Q41995-Q11995-Q21995-Q31995-Q41996-Q11996-Q21996-Q31996-Q41997-Q11997-Q21997-Q31997-Q41998-Q11998-Q21998-Q31998-Q41999-Q11999-Q21999-Q31999-Q42000-Q12000-Q22000-Q32000-Q42001-Q12001-Q22001-Q32001-Q42002-Q12002-Q22002-Q32002-Q42003-Q12003-Q22003-Q32003-Q42004-Q12004-Q22004-Q32004-Q42005-Q12005-Q22005-Q32005-Q42006-Q12006-Q22006-Q32006-Q42007-Q12007-Q22007-Q32007-Q42008-Q12008-Q22008-Q32008-Q42009-Q12009-Q22009-Q32009-Q42010-Q12010-Q22010-Q32010-Q42011-Q12011-Q22011-Q32011-Q42012-Q12012-Q22012-Q32012-Q42013-Q12013-Q22013-Q32013-Q42014-Q12014-Q22014-Q32014-Q42015-Q12015-Q22015-Q32015-Q42016-Q12016-Q22016-Q32016-Q42017-Q12017-Q22017-Q32017-Q42018-Q12018-Q22018-Q32018-Q42019-Q12019-Q22019-Q32019-Q42020-Q12020-Q22020-Q32020-Q42021-Q12021-Q22021-Q32021-Q42022-Q12022-Q22022-Q32022-Q42023-Q12023-Q22023-Q32023-Q4
AIHA.Q 235 236 187 188 206 203 178 206 159 219 225 281 278 326 285 321 362 256 276 311 191 128 101 84 56 99 88 72 93 93 95 72 101 112 144 124 137 131 141 158 134 136 124 140 138 99 116 116 120 110 102 120 128 108 108 119 95 111 93 148 141 153 97 177 104 100 148 122 134 147 241 320 301 382 456 389 339 331 464 365 279 288 359 411 230 181 202 166 102 162 115 127 119 111 96 106 103 139 120 164 182 185 157 150 139 114 110 142 138 148 148 150 115 120 142 129 140 155 178 162 117 127 145 104 139 133 163 152 131 108 129 124 83 120 88 139 107 122 153 176 151 169 211 210 166 215 211 177 207 208 163 201 191 212 258 208 172 183 104 99 88 59 62 77 67 95 80 83 76 94 97 106 62 81 62 61 39 68 72 59 40 51 42 56 47 59 60 79 93 130 115 90 97 114 99 54 225 212 220 303 244 221 217 229 251 164 185 217 314 246 335 303 230 254 236 259 201 248 170 166
AIHD.Q NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0 0 1459 0 0 0 466 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 304 0 0 0 463 0 0 0 515 0 0 0 669 0 0 0 338 0 0 0 701 0 0 0 1261 0 0 0 1838 0 0 0 3708 1747 4193 1348 1473 2749 3247 2292 1686 1423 1085 1383 1102 602 678 1582 658 544 121 635 233 701 248 341 1744 990 575 96 461 144 283 386 349 1434 444 645 300 3324 760 521 2012 3584 2251 3881 1210 500 1290 995 12798 1156 7932 817 3255 5735 1509 2098 250 14960 15045 7367 28198 982 555 10649 170 104 78 184 6414 609 258 153 647 8807 822 240 469 166 1285 1207 110 431 384 4064 593 2407 1874 358 270 786 187 341 596 7699 437 254 45 58 275 839 388 240 204 75 200 323 54 8 34 26 80 230 17 612 50 2019 101 281 1019 64 54 7617 4237 875 742 138 136 NA NA NA NA 45 NA 54 NA 81 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
AIHE.Q NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0 0 580 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 208 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 222 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 690 0 0 0 525 22 1842 560 124 621 48 83 141 290 411 262 890 343 38 594 399 53 19 297 24 30 24 5 62 9 5 22 11 62 19 114 16 8 53 10 73 21 23 224 191 25 92 99 49 70 68 65 120 113 195 228 59 76 82 81 112 160 319 314 479 338 442 447 218 250 170 28 443 353 345 133 42 358 300 374 136 98 114 96 123 42 13 216 64 142 282 1110 157 268 41 56 10 47 12 9 46 13 57 131 149 57 83 87 44 30 143 93 2 16 50 17 64 2 45 0 4 84 77 2 102 22 172 148 76 122 92 NA NA NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
CBAQ.Q NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 66 97 132 136 140 178 164 166 171 183 193 134 138 121 173 154 127 113 162 148 191 146 167 175 139 149 90 143 112 115 88 107 99 102 75 89 101 113 100 128 110 99 118 137 132 144 128 165 141 147 133 169 188 127 127 115 109 111 85 66 68 68 74 52 60 53 63 67 64 81 74 86 91 74 109 91 94 98 98 115 108 105 141 87 86 91 72 49 17 32 28 41 30 49 54 66 70 75 77 64 25 41 21 35 27 13 7 11 30 25 23 35 49 31 39 51 38 35 46 22 46 35 47 27 82 74 67 78 88 58 57 58 81 30 45 53 75 82 83 71 94 74 79 63 70 84 82 59
CBAS.Q NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31 26 29 32 34 28 25 25 29 36 47 22 36 21 31 46 35 43 42 37 46 52 21 100 65 51 27 78 48 25 36 40 35 22 12 48 29 38 44 67 43 36 48 49 55 63 51 49 47 75 43 33 48 34 50 36 30 39 26 44 24 38 35 31 26 26 40 44 42 18 35 23 20 22 42 26 18 18 24 29 23 39 23 19 15 19 19 18 13 7 7 10 13 18 18 24 18 19 22 21 8 14 7 11 10 13 5 NA NA 20 NA 4 NA NA 9 16 15 11 NA NA 15 16 17 8 17 14 12 5 14 14 27 13 15 4 7 15 5 7 11 12 14 15 8 8 6 6 6 5
Dimension codes and labels
[title] Title
  • [AIHA] M&A : Domestic : Number of companies acquired
  • [AIHD] M&A : Domestic : Value of ordinary shares : £m
  • [AIHE] M&A : Domestic : Value of preference & loan stock : £m
  • [CBAQ] M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions
  • [CBAS] M&A : Outward : Number of disposals
  • [CBAU] M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions
  • [CBAW] M&A : Inward : Number of disposals
  • [CBAY] M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions in EU : Annual
  • [CBAZ] M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions in EU : Annual : £m
  • [CBBA] M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions in USA : Annual
  • [CBBB] M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions in USA : Annual : £m
  • [CBBI] M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions : £m
  • [CBBJ] M&A : Outward : Number of disposals in EU : Annual
  • [CBBK] M&A : Outward : Value of disposals in EU : Annual : £m
  • [CBBL] M&A : Outward : Number of disposals in USA : Annual
  • [CBBM] M&A : Outward : Value of disposals in USA : Annual : £m
  • [CBBT] M&A : Outward : Value of disposals : £m
  • [CBBU] M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual
  • [CBBV] M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual : £m
  • [CBBW] M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions - indirect funded in UK : Annual
  • [CBBX] M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions - indirect funded in UK : Annual : £m
  • [CBBY] M&A : Outward : Number of acquisitions - indirect funded locally : Annual
  • [CBBZ] M&A : Outward : Value of acquisitions - indirect funded locally : Annual : £m
  • [CBCA] M&A : Outward : Number of disposals - direct transactions : Annual
  • [CBCB] M&A : Outward : Value of disposals - direct transactions : Annual : £m
  • [CBCC] M&A : Outward : Number of disposals - indirect funded in UK : Annual
  • [CBCD] M&A : Outward : Value of disposals - indirect funded in UK : Annual : £m
  • [CBCE] M&A : Outward : Number of disposals - indirect funded locally : Annual
  • [CBCF] M&A : Outward : Value of disposals - indirect funded locally : Annual : £m
  • [CBCG] M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions in EU : Annual
  • [CBCH] M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions in EU : Annual : £m
  • [CBCI] M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions in USA : Annual
  • [CBCJ] M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions in USA : Annual : £m
  • [CBCQ] M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions : £m
  • [CBCR] M&A : Inward : Number of disposals in EU : Annual
  • [CBCS] M&A : Inward : Value of disposals in EU : Annual : £m
  • [CBCT] M&A : Inward : Number of disposals in USA : Annual
  • [CBCU] M&A : Inward : Value of disposals in USA : Annual : £m
  • [CBDB] M&A : Inward : Value of disposals : £m
  • [CBDC] M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual
  • [CBDD] M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions - direct transactions : Annual : £m
  • [CBHZ] M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions - indirect by overseas parent : Annual
  • [CBIA] M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions - indirect by overseas parent : Annual : £m
  • [CBIB] M&A : Inward : Number of acquisitions - indirect funded locally : Annual
  • [CBIC] M&A : Inward : Value of acquisitions - indirect funded locally : Annual : £m
  • [CBID] M&A : Inward : Number of disposals - direct transactions : Annual
  • [CBIE] M&A : Inward : Value of disposals - direct transactions : Annual : £m
  • [CBIF] M&A : Inward : Number of disposals - indirect by overseas parent : Annual
  • [CBIG] M&A : Inward : Value of disposals - indirect by overseas parent : Annual : £m
  • [CBIH] M&A : Inward : Number of disposals - indirect funded locally : Annual
  • [CBII] M&A : Inward : Value of disposals - indirect funded locally : Annual : £m
  • [DUCM] M&A : Domestic : Total expenditure - (Initial plus deferred payments) : £m
  • [DWVH] M&A : Domestic : M&A of independents : number acquired
  • [DWVL] M&A : Domestic : Sales of subsidiaries between groups : number acquired
  • [DWVW] M&A : Domestic : Cash expenditure on M&A of independent companies : £m
  • [DWVX] M&A : Domestic : Cash expenditure on M&A of subsidiaries : £m
  • [DWVY] M&A : Domestic : Percentage of M&A in cash
  • [DWVZ] M&A : Domestic : Percentage of M&A in ordinary shares
  • [DWWA] M&A : Domestic : Percentage of M&A in fixed interest securities
  • [HCI7] Europe Total Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCI8] Europe Total Inward Acquisitions Value: £m
  • [HCI9] Europe Total Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCJ2] Europe Total Inward Disposals Value: £m
  • [HCJ3] Europe Total Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCJ4] Europe Total Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCJ5] Europe Total Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCJ6] Europe Total Outward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCJ7] Other Europe Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCJ8] Other Europe Inward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCJ9] Other Europe Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCK2] Other Europe Inward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCK3] Other Europe Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCK4] Other Europe Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCK5] Other Europe Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCK6] Other Europe Outward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCK7] Other Americas Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCK8] Other Americas Inward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCK9] Other Americas Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCL2] Other Americas Inward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCL3] Other Americas Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCL4] Other Americas Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCL5] Other Americas Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCL6] Other Americas Outward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCL7] Americas Total Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCL8] Americas Total Inward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCL9] Americas Total Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCM2] Americas Total Inward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCM3] Americas Total Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCM4] Americas Total Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCM5] Americas Total Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCM6] Americas Total Outward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCM7] Asia Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCM8] Asia Inward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCM9] Asia Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCN2] Asia Inward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCN3] Asia Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCN4] Asia Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCN5] Asia Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCN6] Asia Ouward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCN7] Australasia & Oceania Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCN8] Australasia & Oceania Inward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCN9] Australasia & Oceania Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCO2] Australasia & Oceania Inward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCO3] Australasia & Oceania Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCO4] Australasia & Oceania Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCO5] Australasia & Oceania Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCO6] Australasia & Oceania Outward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCO7] Africa Inward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCO8] Africa Inward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCO9] Africa Inward Disposals Number
  • [HCP2] Africa Inward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HCP3] Africa Outward Acquisitions Number
  • [HCP4] Africa Outward Acquisitions Value :£m
  • [HCP5] Africa Outward Disposals Number
  • [HCP6] Africa Outward Disposals Value :£m
  • [HIKB] M&A : Domestic : M&A of independents : Total payments : £m
  • [HIKC] M&A : Domestic : Sales of subsidiaries between groups : Total payments : £m
[freq] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
  • [Q] Quarterly
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