The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for June 2025 yesterday.
Main points:
- 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.
Read the full DBT report here.
Download the ONS Construction update here.
