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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 20 days, 9 in 10 within 29. 432 decided.
Calendar days from filing to decision
Half decided within 26 days, 9 in 10 within 40. 212 decided.
Calendar days from filing to decision
Waivers went from about 36 a month (Jan–Mar) to 67 (Jun–Aug); median time to decide went from 18 to 23 days.
28 open, 2 in Phase 2. Longest first; click a bar to open the deal.
36 of 703 deals: 21 waiver refused, 5 approved with conditions, 3 not approved, 3 withdrawn, 2 lapsed: phase 2 fee unpaid, 2 still in phase 2.
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 | |
| 78 | 17d / 26dn=40 | 26d / 35dn=30 | 4 | |
| 69 | 21d / 28dn=48 | 26d / 32dn=15 | 1 | |
| 43 | 14d / 27dn=27 | 26d / 28dn=11 | 2 | |
| 37 | 18d / 28dn=22 | 25d / 41dn=14 | – | |
| 32 | 17d / 29dn=18 | 28d / 52dn=8 | 6 | |
| 31 | 15d / 29dn=19 | 24d / 32dn=8 | – | |
| 31 | 19d / 27dn=23 | 24d / 69dn=6 | 3 | |
| 24 | 21d / 29dn=14 | 22d / 29dn=6 | 1 | |
| 24 | 17d / 31dn=7 | 27d / 43dn=12 | – | |
| 22 | 19d / 23dn=10 | 27d / 47dn=7 | 2 | |
| 21 | 18d / 27dn=11 | 25d / 31dn=5 | – | |
| 15 | 21d / 32dn=11 | 28d / 29dn=3 | 2 | |
| 11 | 18d / 27dn=7 | 30d / 36dn=3 | 2 | |
| 10 | 29d / 33dn=6 | 29d / 31dn=3 | 1 | |
| 2 | 14d / 18dn=2 | – | – |