Competition Markets Authority Details These figures detail the outcomes of all merger inquiries completed in each year, from 1 April 2004 to the latest full month.
Please note that decisions up to and including 31 March 2014 were given by the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission. Decisions on or after 1 April 2014 were given by the Competition and Markets Authority.
More information about overall UK merger activity is available from the Office for National Statisticss quarterly statistical bulletin on mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies .
Published 7 May 2014
Last updated 9 November 2020
+show all updates 9 November 2020 October 2020 statistics added.
9 October 2020 September statistics added.
4 September 2020 Updated statistics to August 2020.
6 August 2020 Updated statistics to July 2020.
3 June 2020 Updated statistics to May 2020.
13 May 2020 Updated statistics to April 2020.
5 March 2020 February statistics added.
3 February 2020 Updated statistics to January 2020.
9 January 2020 Updated statistics to December 2019.
10 October 2019 Updated statistics to September 2019.
11 September 2019 Updated statistics to August 2019.
7 August 2019 Updated statistics to July 2019.
4 July 2019 Updated statistics to June 2019.
13 June 2019 Updated statistics to May 2019.
10 May 2019 Updated statistics to April 2019.
15 April 2019 Updated statistics to March 2019.
6 March 2019 Updated statistics added for February 2019.
7 February 2019 Updated statistics to January 2019.
12 November 2018 Updated statistics added for October 2018.
2 October 2018 Updated statistics added for September 2018.
14 September 2018 Updated statistics added for August 2018.
7 August 2018 Merger inquiry outcomes for July published.
5 July 2018 Merger inquiry outcomes published.
15 June 2018 Merger inquiry outcomes published.
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