March Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade

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%).

Download the latest Monthly Construction update for the Department for Business & Trade here.