# Buying a competitor cma: UK Competitor Acquisition Rules

> The UK Competitor Acquisition Rules carries 7 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 40,000 to 350,000,000 GBP, read 28 October 2026.

Buying a Competitor · https://buyingacompetitor.co.uk/datasets/uk-competitor-acquisition-rules/ · computed 2026-10-29

**Range of the published figures:** 40,000 to 350,000,000 GBP (range 100,000 to 70,000,000 GBP; 2 published figures; 3 of 11 sources read publish one).

3 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 28 October 2026.

## By regime

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| regime nsi | 30 day | 30 to 30 day | 1 |
| regime cma-fee | 100,000 GBP | 100,000 to 100,000 GBP | 1 |
| regime jurisdiction | 70,000,000 GBP | 70,000,000 to 70,000,000 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4) | 350,000,000 GBP | jurisdiction | 2026-10-28 |
| [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4) | 70,000,000 GBP | jurisdiction | 2026-10-28 |
| [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4) | 10,000,000 GBP | jurisdiction | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 160,000 GBP | cma-fee | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 120,000 GBP | cma-fee | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 80,000 GBP | cma-fee | 2026-10-28 |
| [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) | 40,000 GBP | cma-fee | 2026-10-28 |
| [National Security and Investment Act 2021](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-security-and-investment-act) | 30 day | nsi | 2026-10-28 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (8)

- [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4), read 2026-10-28: "The condition mentioned in this subsection is that the total value of the turnover in the United Kingdom of E exceeds £350 million."
- [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4), read 2026-10-28: "the value of the turnover in the United Kingdom of the enterprise being taken over exceeds £70 million.”"
- [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4), read 2026-10-28: "he “and” at the end of paragraph (a); at the end insert “; and the value of the turnover in the United Kingdom of— the enterprise being taken over, or any other enterprise concerned, exceeds £10 million.” Before subsection (3) insert— For the purposes of subsection (2)(c)(ii), any turnover of any other enterprise concerned that is also turnover of the enterprise being taken over is to be ignored.”"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£160,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired exceeds £120 million"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£120,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired exceeds £70 million, but does not exceed £120 million"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£80,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired is over £20 million but not over £70 million"
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: "£40,000 Value of the UK turnover of the enterprises being acquired is £20 million or less"
- [National Security and Investment Act 2021](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-security-and-investment-act), read 2026-10-28: "Once accepted, all notifications are reviewed within 30 days, in line with statutory requirements."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Tell the CMA about your merger](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mergers-how-to-notify-the-cma-of-a-merger), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) Order 2003](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1370/contents), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Merger assessment guidelines](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-assessment-guidelines), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Mergers](https://www.gov.uk/business/competition-mergers), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Q](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1264/contents/made), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Merger investigation outcomes](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-investigation-outcomes), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Competition and Markets Authority cases and projects](https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases?case_type%5B%5D=mergers), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CMA Annual Report and Accounts 2025 to 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 9 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 5 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 9 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the jurisdiction tests stated as a decision a buyer can run on their own figures (target UK turnover over £100m; a 25% share of supply; the 33% share plus £350m turnover hybrid; the safe harbour where each party's UK turnover is £10m or less), the fee band for the target's turnover, the NSI trigger levels and sectors, each with its authority page; plus the count of merger investigations per year from the CMA's own outcomes file

## Sources

- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information/merger-fees-payment-information) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [How to pay merger investigation fees](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-fees-payment-information) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Mergers: guidance on jurisdiction and procedure](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mergers-guidance-on-the-cmas-jurisdiction-and-procedure) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Tell the CMA about your merger](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mergers-how-to-notify-the-cma-of-a-merger) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/4) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) Order 2003](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1370/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Merger assessment guidelines](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-assessment-guidelines) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Mergers](https://www.gov.uk/business/competition-mergers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [National Security and Investment Act 2021](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-security-and-investment-act) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [National Security and Investment Act 2021](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/25/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Q](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1264/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Merger investigation outcomes](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/merger-investigation-outcomes) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Competition and Markets Authority cases and projects](https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases?case_type%5B%5D=mergers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CMA Annual Report and Accounts 2025 to 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Business transfers, takeovers and TUPE: Overview](https://www.gov.uk/transfers-takeovers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The UK Competitor Acquisition Rules carries 7 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 40,000 to 350,000,000 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
- 3 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Competitor Acquisition Rules, regime nsi: median 30 day across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Competitor Acquisition Rules, regime cma-fee: median 100,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Competitor Acquisition Rules, regime jurisdiction: median 70,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.

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