Construction Output Increased by 1.8% in 2025

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published estimates of Construction Output for December 2025.

Main points:

• Annual construction output increased by 1.8% in 2025 compared with 2024; this is the fifth consecutive year of annual growth.
• Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 2.1% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec 2025) compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept 2025); new work and repair and maintenance both fell by 2.6% and 1.5%, respectively.
• Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.5% in December 2025, this follows an upwardly revised decrease of 0.8% in November 2025 and a downwardly revised decrease of 1.6% in October 2025.
• Total construction new orders fell by 3.8% (£469 million) in Quarter 4 2025 compared with Quarter 3 2025; this quarterly decrease came mainly from private commercial new work and private industrial new work.

Read the full Department for Business and Trade (DBT) report here.

Download the ONS Construction update here.