"Figure 1: Monthly mergers and acquisitions","" "The total number of monthly domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies from January 2019 to December 2021 ranged from 58 to 281","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Number" "","" "Month","Total","Domestic","Inward","Outward" "Jan-19","174","94","53","27" "Feb-19","138","68","39","31" "Mar-19","153","82","41","30" "Apr-19","143","65","58","20" "May-19","165","82","61","22" "Jun-19","137","74","47","16" "Jul-19","164","78","57","29" "Aug-19","131","66","53","12" "Sep-19","142","73","53","16" "Oct-19","159","80","61","18" "Nov-19","134","76","36","22" "Dec-19","141","73","50","18" "Jan-20","151","82","36","33" "Feb-20","135","66","48","21" "Mar-20","195","103","65","27" "Apr-20","106","63","31","12" "May-20","58","35","20","3" "Jun-20","110","66","30","14" "Jul-20","108","53","35","20" "Aug-20","98","64","27","7" "Sep-20","119","68","34","17" "Oct-20","144","61","64","19" "Nov-20","141","88","42","11" "Dec-20","144","68","53","23" "Jan-21","143","76","50","17" "Feb-21","171","81","65","25" "Mar-21","281","151","99","31" "Apr-21","161","68","62","31" "May-21","153","79","46","28" "Jun-21","192","102","64","26" "Jul-21","171","73","66","32" "Aug-21","169","80","62","27" "Sep-21","150","70","53","27" "Oct-21","200","93","80","27" "Nov-21","144","62","55","27" "Dec-21","77","30","32","15"