
René Muschter
Research Expert für Internationale Länderdaten
Despite the uncertain economic environment and the challenges that the industry is facing, the construction sector in the United Kingdom has continued growing in the past year. The gross value added of construction activities in the UK has been growing since the first quarter of 2025, although the fourth quarter saw a small decline compared to the previous quarter. There are several issues putting pressure on the construction sector, such as the ambitious housing construction goals from the government, the labor shortage, costs remaining high, and regulatory changes.
The construction output of the construction sector in the UK has continued increasing in the past years, with a growth rate of 0.2 percent in 2024 and 1.8 percent in 2025. However, that growth has been decelerating since 2021, when there was a strong recovery, growing by 12.6 percent. Figures on the residential segment also showed a positive outlook; the number of housing starts in the UK as a whole increased noticeably in the past year, with England driving most of that growth, while housing starts in Scotland and Wales were lower than in previous years. Other segments also show signs of growth, with the value of infrastructure and private commercial construction orders growing by about 1.5 billion British pounds in 2025. Both of those figures, housing starts and construction orders, show that the number of projects under construction in those segments is expected to grow.
Despite those indicators showing positive trends in the residential, commercial, and infrastructure segments, certain issues will remain challenging for the construction industry in 2025. Although inflation has been slowing down in the past year, the price of most building materials continued growing in 2025, with the price of imported sawn or planed wood growing by 8.6 percent, that of paint by 6.5 percent, and that of a couple of other products by over four percent. Meanwhile, there were roughly 34,000 job vacancies in the construction sector in the UK, the lowest figure since 2020. According to industry professionals, financial constraints, planning, and regulation were a few of the other factors that were limiting the building activity in 2025.
Although the construction industry in the UK has some uncertain times ahead, public and private spending is expected to continue growing in 2026.

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Construction industry gross value added (GVA) in the UK 1997-2025, quarterly

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Construction workforce estimate in the UK in 2024 with 2029 forecast, by occupation

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Largest construction companies in the UK 2024, by revenue in the UK

Construction industry gross value added (GVA) in the UK 1997-2025, quarterly
Gross value added (GVA) of the construction industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from the 1st quarter of 1997 to 4th quarter of 2025 (in billion GBP)

Regional construction output value in Great Britain in 2025
Construction output value of all work in England, Scotland and Wales in 2025, by region (in billion British pounds)

Construction output in Great Britain 1997-2025, by industry segments
Construction output in England, Scotland and Wales from 1997 to 2025, by industry segments (in billion British pounds)

Share of the output of different construction segments in the UK 1997-2025
Share of the construction output in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1997 to 2025, by segment

Largest construction companies in the UK 2024, by revenue in the UK
UK revenue of the largest construction firms in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2024 (in million GBP)

Largest builders' merchants in the UK 2024, by revenue
Largest builders' merchants in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2024, by revenue (in billion GBP)

London Stock Exchange (UK): largest construction companies 2025, by market cap
Leading construction and materials companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as of February 2025, by market capitalization (in billion GBP)

Number of employees in the construction industry in the UK 2002-2025, by quarters
Total number of employees in the construction industry in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2002 to 4th quarter 2025 (in thousands)

Number of construction companies based on employees in Great Britain 2024
Number of construction firms in Great Britain in the 3rd quarter of 2024, by employment size

Construction workforce estimate in the UK in 2024 with 2029 forecast, by occupation
Total employment estimates in the construction industry in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2024 with a forecast for 2029, by occupation (in thousands)

New residential construction in the UK 2005-2025, by country
New housing starts in the United Kingdom (UK) from the 1st quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2025, by country

Housing starts forecasts in the UK 2029
Housing starts forecast in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2024 to 2029 (in 1,000s)

New housing registered for NHBC's ten-year warranty in the UK 2010-2025, by region
New housing registered for the ten-year warranty of the National House Building Council (NHBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2025, by region (in 1,000s)

Housing completions in the UK 1949-2024, by tenure
New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2024 (in 1,000s)

Largest private and social housing projects to start in the UK in 2026
Largest housing projects in the United Kingdom (UK) with a start date in 2026, by total project value (in million GBP)

Value of prefab building imports and exports in the UK 2001-2024
Imports and exports of prefabricated buildings or modular construction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2024 (in million British pounds)

Value of private commercial construction orders in Great Britain 1990-2025
Value of new private commercial construction orders in Great Britain from 1990 to 2025, by region (in million GBP)

Value of private industrial construction orders in Great Britain 1990-2025
Value of new private industrial construction orders in Great Britain from 1990 to 2025, by region (in million GBP)

Value of office construction orders in Great Britain 2000-2025, by type
Value of new office construction orders in Great Britain from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2025, by type (in million GBP)

Value of factory construction orders in Great Britain 2000-2024
Value of new private factory construction orders in Great Britain from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2025 (in million GBP)

Value of warehouse construction orders in Great Britain 2000-2025
Value of new warehouse construction orders in Great Britain from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2025 (in million GBP)

Value of construction orders for the health sector in Great Britain 2000-2025
Value of construction orders for the health sector in Great Britain from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2025, by type (in million GBP)

New infrastructure construction output index in Great Britain 2000-2024
New infrastructure construction output index in Great Britain from 2000 to 2024

Value of new infrastructure construction orders in Great Britain 1990-2025
Value of new infrastructure construction orders in Great Britain from 1990 to 2025, by region (in million GBP)

Government spending on transport in the UK 2025, by function
Public sector expenditure on transport in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function (in million GBP)

Value of planned infrastructure projects in the UK 2023-2032, by sector
Value of planned and projected investment in national infrastructure and construction projects from the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2023/24 to 2032/33, by sector (in billion GBP)

Quarterly value of new infrastructure in Great Britain 1980-2024, by type
Output value of new infrastructure construction in Great Britain from 1980 to 2024, by type (in million GBP)

Specialized construction companies in Great Britain 2010-2024, by segment
Number of specialized construction companies in Great Britain from 2010 to 2024, by segment

Number of plumbing and HVAC firms in Great Britain 1998-2024
Number of companies active in plumbing, heat, and air conditioning (HVAC) installation in England, Scotland, and Wales from 1998 to 2024 (in 1,000s)

Imports and exports of raw building materials in the UK 2010-2025
Value of raw building materials imports and exports in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2025 (in million GBP)

Leading five import and export markets for construction materials in the UK 2025
Five most important countries for construction material imports and exports in the United Kingdom in 2025 (in million GBP)

Production of cement in Great Britain 2001-2024
Production volume of cement in Great Britain (GB) from 2001 to 2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)

Annual levels of brick production in Great Britain 2010-2025
Annual production of bricks in Great Britain from 2010 to 2025 (in millions of bricks)

Quarterly delivery of ready-mixed concrete in the UK 2011-2025
Deliveries of ready-mixed concrete in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2025 (in million cubic meters)

Cost index for construction, repair, and maintenance in the UK 2014-2025
Output prices index for construction, repair, and maintenance in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2025

Average industrial building construction cost in UK 2024, by selected cities
Average industrial buildings construction cost in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2024, by selected cities (in GBP per square meter)

Average office construction cost in UK 2024, by selected cities
Average office construction cost in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2024, by selected cities (in GBP per square meter)

Building materials and fixtures price indices in the UK 2022-2025, by type
Annual change of the price for building materials and fixtures in the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2025, by type

Annual growth of land value in the UK 2021-2025, by type
Year-to-year growth of development land value in the United Kingdom (UK) from September 2021 to December 2025, by type

Weekly salary in the construction sector in the UK 2000-2026
Average weekly earnings in the construction sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from June 2000 to January 2026 (in GBP)

Fatal injuries at work in Great Britain 2024/25 by industry
Number of fatal injuries to workers in Great Britain in 2024/25, by industry

Rate of fatal injuries at work Great Britain 2024/25, by industry
Number of fatal injuries to workers in Great Britain in 2024/25, by industry (per 100,000 workers)

Causes of major non-fatal injuries in construction in Great Britain 2014/15-2024/25
Number of major non-fatal injuries to employees in the construction industry in Great Britain from 2014/15 to 2024/25, by cause

CO₂ emissions from the construction industry in the United Kingdom 1990-2024
Carbon dioxide emissions from the construction industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)

GHG emissions from the construction industry in the UK 1990-2024
Greenhouse gas emissions from the construction industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2024 (in 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

CO₂ emissions from cement manufacturing in the United Kingdom 1990-2023
Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons)

Energy efficiency rating of housing in the UK in 2025 by tenure
Number of housing units in different energy efficiency rating bands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2025 (in 1,000s)
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