"Figure 1: Number of acquisitions involving UK companies, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1990 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Please click on image to enlarge" "Unit","Number" "","" "","In UK by UK companies","Abroad by UK companies","In UK by foreign companies" "Q1 1990","230","138","46" "Q2 1990","181","121","21" "Q3 1990","202","173","49" "Q4 1990","166","154","27" "Q1 1991","102","127","30" "Q2 1991","162","113","41" "Q3 1991","115","162","41" "Q4 1991","127","148","34" "Q1 1992","119","191","48" "Q2 1992","111","146","43" "Q3 1992","96","167","47" "Q4 1992","106","175","72" "Q1 1993","103","139","63" "Q2 1993","139","149","52" "Q3 1993","120","90","68" "Q4 1993","164","143","84" "Q1 1994","182","112","65" "Q2 1994","185","115","44" "Q3 1994","157","88","45" "Q4 1994","150","107","48" "Q1 1995","139","99","30" "Q2 1995","114","102","34" "Q3 1995","110","75","25" "Q4 1995","142","89","42" "Q1 1996","138","101","26" "Q2 1996","148","113","34" "Q3 1996","148","100","34" "Q4 1996","150","128","39" "Q1 1997","115","110","37" "Q2 1997","120","99","44" "Q3 1997","142","118","47" "Q4 1997","129","137","65" "Q1 1998","140","132","49" "Q2 1998","155","144","75" "Q3 1998","178","128","61" "Q4 1998","162","165","67" "Q1 1999","117","141","75" "Q2 1999","127","147","56" "Q3 1999","145","133","52" "Q4 1999","104","169","69" "Q1 2000","139","188","54" "Q2 2000","133","127","61" "Q3 2000","163","127","64" "Q4 2000","152","115","48" "Q1 2001","131","109","54" "Q2 2001","108","111","36" "Q3 2001","129","85","42" "Q4 2001","124","66","30" "Q1 2002","83","68","30" "Q2 2002","120","68","27" "Q3 2002","88","74","40" "Q4 2002","139","52","20" "Q1 2003","107","60","33" "Q2 2003","122","53","34" "Q3 2003","153","63","35" "Q4 2003","176","67","27" "Q1 2004","151","64","38" "Q2 2004","169","81","57" "Q3 2004","211","74","47" "Q4 2004","210","86","36" "Q1 2005","166","91","51" "Q2 2005","215","74","65" "Q3 2005","211","109","67" "Q4 2005","177","91","59" "Q1 2006","207","94","54" "Q2 2006","208","98","62" "Q3 2006","163","98","71" "Q4 2006","201","115","72" "Q1 2007","191","108","61" "Q2 2007","212","105","75" "Q3 2007","258","141","80" "Q4 2007","208","87","53" "Q1 2008","172","86","86" "Q2 2008","183","91","63" "Q3 2008","104","72","54" "Q4 2008","99","49","49" "Q1 2009","88","17","28" "Q2 2009","59","32","22" "Q3 2009","62","28","28" "Q4 2009","77","41","34" "Q1 2010","67","30","54" "Q2 2010","95","49","48" "Q3 2010","80","54","59" "Q4 2010","83","66","51" "Q1 2011","76","70","54" "Q2 2011","94","75","68" "Q3 2011","97","77","68" "Q4 2011","106","64","47" "Q1 2012","62","25","51" "Q2 2012","81","41","48" "Q3 2012","62","21","39" "Q4 2012","61","35","23" "Q1 2013","39","27","19" "Q2 2013","68","13","33" "Q3 2013","72","7","59" "Q4 2013","59","11","30" "Q1 2014","40","30","29" "Q2 2014","51","25","28" "Q3 2014","42","23","25" "Q4 2014","56","35","28" "Q1 2015","47","49","28" "Q2 2015","59","31","31" "Q3 2015","60","39","37" "Q4 2015","79","51","49" "Q1 2016","93","39","59" "Q2 2016","133","34","66" "Q3 2016 ","118","49","65" "Q4 2016 ","56","13","37"