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Construction output in Great Britain: May 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.6% in May 2025; this follows three consecutive periods of growth, including an increase of 0.8% in April 2025.
- The decrease in monthly output in May 2025 came solely from a decrease in repair and maintenance (2.1% fall), as new work increased by 0.6%.
- At the sector level, output in five out of the nine sectors fell in May 2025; the main contributors to the monthly increase were non-housing repair and maintenance, and private housing repair and maintenance, which fell by 2.4% and 1.8%, respectively.
Construction statistics, Great Britain: 2023
Statistics on the construction industry, including value of output, new orders by sector, number of firms and total employment, and construction Output Price Indices.Datasets related to Construction industry
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Output in the construction industry – revisions triangle (one-month growth)
Revisions triangles for monthly construction output indices in Great Britain.
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Output in the construction industry: all-work summary
An all-work summary of monthly construction output in Great Britain at current price and chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted by public and private sector.
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Output in the construction industry
Monthly construction output for Great Britain at current price and chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted by public and private sector. Quality measures, including response rates.
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Output in the construction industry: index categories and their percentage weights
Construction output work types and their percentage of all construction work in Great Britain. Contains monthly, quarterly and annual data.
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Output in the construction industry – revisions triangle (three-month growth)
Revisions triangles for monthly construction output indices in Great Britain.
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Construction statistics annual tables
The construction industry in Great Britain, including value of output and type of work, new orders by sector, number of firms and total employment.
Publications related to Construction industry
Statistical bulletins
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Construction output in Great Britain: May 2025
Short-term measures of output by the construction industry in May 2025.
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Non-financial business economy, UK (Annual Business Survey): 2017 provisional results
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Articles
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Price movements in construction materials and plant hire, UK
Price movements of construction materials and plant hire between 2019 and 2021 and their causes: a brief overview of construction in the UK, construction output indices and how these are computed, and construction inputs and their price movements and the factors behind them.
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Productivity in the construction industry, UK
An investigation into productivity growth and its drivers for the UK construction industry.
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Construction statistics, Great Britain
Statistics on the construction industry, including value of output, new orders by sector, number of firms and total employment, and construction Output Price Indices.
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Short-term economic indicators commentary
A summary of the short-term indicators published in early June 2018.
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Construction development
Description of the improvements that have been incorporated into construction output, as part of Blue Book 2017, including the impact of the changes.
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Construction Output Price Indices (OPIs)
This article contains a summary of the construction output price indices (OPIs) for Quarter 1 (January to March) 2016, produced using an interim solution whilst ONS continues to develop appropriate methodologies for the long-term. Data in this release are experimental statistics.
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