SIGNS OF GROWTH FOR CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN 2025 Q3

Published November 21, 2025

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published estimates of construction output for September 2025. Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in Quarter 3 2025 compared with Quarter 2 2025; new work decreased by 0.2%, while repair and maintenance grew by 0.6%. Meanwhile, monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.2% in September 2025; this follows a revised decrease of 0.5% in August 2025 and a revised increase of 0.2% in July 2025.

Other highlights are as follows:

  • At the sector level, four out of the nine sectors grew in Quarter 3 2025; the main positive contributor to the increase was private housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 2.9%; the main negative contributor was private new housing, which fell by 1.9%.
  • The increase in monthly output in September 2025 came solely from an increase in new work (0.7%), as repair and maintenance decreased by 0.5% on the month.
  • Total construction new orders grew by 9.8% (£1,078 million) in Quarter 3 2025 compared with Quarter 2 2025; this quarterly increase came mainly from private commercial new work and private industrial new work.
  • The annual rate of construction output price growth was 2.7% in the 12 months to September 2025.

Read the full DBT report here.

Download the ONS Construction update here.

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