Construction Output Rebounds in June 2025

MONTHLY construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.3% in June 2025. This follows a fall of 0.5% in May 2025 and an increase of 0.9% in April 2025.

The increase in monthly output in June 2025 came solely from an increase in repair and maintenance (1.2%), as new work decreased by 0.4%, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

June Rebound

Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 1.2% in Q2,25 (Apr to June) compared with Q1,25. In the second quarter, new work increased by 1.1%, and repair and maintenance grew by 1.4%.

At the sector level, five out of the nine sectors grew in June 2025. The main contributors to the monthly increase were private housing repair and maintenance and non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 3.7% and 0.8%, respectively.

The figures show total construction new orders fell by 8.3% (£976 million) in Q2,25 compared with Q1,25. This quarterly decrease came mainly from infrastructure new work and private commercial new work.

INDUSTRY COMMENT

Dr David Crosthwaite, Chief Economist at BCIS said: “New orders and output in construction were at odds in the second quarter. Output was broadly positive, with the sector outperforming the wider economy and posting 1.2% growth on the previous quarter.

“New order figures provided less positive reading. Orders were down on the quarter and the year with substantial quarterly decreases in the commercial, industrial and infrastructure sectors.

“In part, this may be symptomatic of the lack of clearly defined private finance routes in the Infrastructure Pipeline. Without the investment fine print, there’s little impetus yet for investors to engage.

“As ever, housebuilding is a major concern. Private housebuilding new orders were down significantly on the year in the second quarter, overshadowing the small increases in new private housing output.

“The stakes are high for this government. But it’s still impossible to see how it plans to scale up housebuilding with little to no control over housebuilders’ output.”

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