November Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for September 2025
and Quarter 3 2025 this morning.
Main points:
• 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%.
• 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%.
• 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.
• 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.
Download the latest Monthly Construction update for the Department for Business & Trade here.
