ONS: Construction Output for December 2025

The ONS has published data on construction output in Great Britain for December 2025, and new orders and Construction Output Price Indices for October to December 2025. 

These are short-term measures of output by the construction industry in December 2025, contracts awarded for new construction work in Great Britain and a summary of the Construction Output Price Indices (OPIs) in the UK for Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2025.

• 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.

• At the sector level, seven out of the nine sectors fell in Quarter 4 2025; the main negative contributor to the decrease was private new housing, which fell by 3.6%.

• 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.

• The decrease in monthly output in December 2025 came solely from a decrease of 2.5% in repair and maintenance, as new work grew by 1.0%.

• Annual construction output increased by 1.8% in 2025 compared with 2024; this is the fifth consecutive year of annual growth.

• The annual rate of construction output price growth was 2.7% in the 12 months to December 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.

Source : ONS

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