Construction Output Grows With Mixed Outlook for the General Economy

The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of Construction Output for June 2025. The main points are as follows:

• Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 1.2% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2025 compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2025; new work increased by 1.1%, and repair and maintenance grew by 1.4%.
• Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.3% in June 2025; this follows a fall of 0.5% in May 2025 and an increase of 0.9% in April 2025. The increase in monthly output in June 2025 came solely from an increase in repair and maintenance (1.2%), as new work decreased by 0.4%.
• At the sector level, five out of the nine sectors grew in June 2025; the main contributors to the monthly increase were private housing repair and maintenance and non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 3.7% and 0.8%, respectively.
• Total construction new orders fell by 8.3% (£976 million) in Quarter 2 2025 compared with Quarter 1 2025; this quarterly decrease came mainly from infrastructure new work and private commercial new work.

This total construction output increase takes place in the context of a mixed outlook for the general economy. The latest UK gross domestic product (GDP) figures demonstrate a lesser growth of 0.3% in the spring quarter between April and June. Although a slowing start from the year’s 0.7% expansion between January and March, a total of 1% growth in the first half of the year is nonetheless solid growth, positioning the UK as one of the fastest growing economies in the G7.

Read the full Department for Business and Trade report here.

Download the ONS Construction update here.