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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2024 Q4

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The provisional combined number of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving a change in majority share ownership was 402 during Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2024; this was 62 fewer than during Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2024 (464).
There were an estimated 186 monthly domestic and cross-border acquisitions involving a change in majority share ownership during October 2024, before falling to 151 in November and declining further to 65 during December 2024.
The value of domestic M&A (UK companies acquiring other UK companies) was £8.6 billion during Quarter 4 2024, an increase of £6.7 billion compared with Quarter 3 2024 (£1.9 billion).

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