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How long the ACCC takes to clear a merger
Every waiver and notification on the register, checked every six hours.
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Every waiver and notification on the register, checked every six hours.
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Every waiver and notification on the register, checked every six hours.
Half decided within 21 days, 9 in 10 within 29. 503 decided.
Calendar days from filing to decision
Half decided within 26 days, 9 in 10 within 38. 244 decided.
Calendar days from filing to decision
Waivers went from about 36 a month (Jan–Mar) to 50 (Aug–Oct); median time to decide went from 18 to 24 days.
44 open, 2 in Phase 2. Longest first; click a bar to open the deal.
40 of 824 deals: 25 waiver refused, 5 approved with conditions, 3 withdrawn, 2 lapsed: phase 2 fee unpaid, 2 not approved, 2 still in phase 2, 1 public benefit assessment.
Median and 90th-percentile days from filing to decision. Select an industry to filter the charts above; grey figures rest on fewer than five decisions.
| Industry | Deals | Waiver median / 90% | Notification median / 90% | Not clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | 22d / 29dn=167 | 26d / 42dn=81 | 12 | |
| 100 | 19d / 26dn=53 | 26d / 35dn=34 | 4 | |
| 92 | 21d / 28dn=62 | 24d / 32dn=18 | 1 | |
| 53 | 17d / 28dn=34 | 26d / 37dn=14 | 2 | |
| 42 | 20d / 29dn=22 | 27d / 39dn=10 | 8 | |
| 40 | 16d / 29dn=23 | 25d / 32dn=12 | 1 | |
| 40 | 19d / 28dn=23 | 25d / 41dn=16 | – | |
| 37 | 19d / 29dn=27 | 24d / 69dn=6 | 3 | |
| 33 | 23d / 32dn=19 | 22d / 29dn=7 | 1 | |
| 31 | 19d / 31dn=14 | 27d / 43dn=16 | – | |
| 29 | 22d / 33dn=17 | 25d / 56dn=9 | – | |
| 28 | 21d / 30dn=12 | 27d / 34dn=11 | 3 | |
| 19 | 23d / 32dn=13 | 28d / 29dn=3 | 2 | |
| 13 | 18d / 27dn=8 | 30d / 36dn=3 | 2 | |
| 11 | 29d / 33dn=6 | 29d / 35dn=4 | 1 | |
| 3 | 14d / 18dn=3 | – | – |