The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for January 2025 this morning.
Main points:
- Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in volume terms in January 2025; this follows a decrease of 0.2% in December 2024.
- This decrease in monthly output came solely from a fall in new work (0.7%) as repair and maintenance grew by 0.4%.
- Anecdotal evidence from survey returns noted adverse weather, including heavy rain, snow and storms as having a negative effect on output.
- At the sector level, three out of the nine sectors fell in January 2025; the main contributors to the monthly decrease were private commercial new work, and private housing new work, which fell by 6.1% and 1.8%, respectively.
- Construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.4% in the three months to January 2025; this came solely from an increase in new work (1.4%), as repair and maintenance fell by 0.9%.
- The increase in construction output in the three months to January 2025 came solely from November 2024 (0.6%).
Read the full DBT report here.
Download the ONS Construction update here.
