United Kingdom Construction Orders

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

29.3

Units In

-11.9

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
132.6 Jun 2021	-46.3 Jun 2020	-0.01 %	1965-2025	Office for National Statistics

In the UK, new orders in construction measures the value of new orders of main contractors by type of work and region within Great Britain. Since April 2013, data have been supplied directly from Barbour ABI with a sample size of all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, plus 10,000 contractors per year.

Latest Updates

Construction orders in the UK surged 29.3% year-on-year in Q3 2025, rebounding sharply from a marginally revised 11.7% decline in the previous period and marking the fastest pace since Q4 2021. The strong recovery was broad-based across segments, with orders for all other work recovering (32.7% vs -7.0%) in Q2. New housing orders also strengthened (17.0% vs -24.9%), boosted by gains in both public housing (72.9% vs -9.9%) and private housing (9.2% vs -27.2%). On a quarterly basis, construction orders increased 9.8%, reversing a 6.6% decline in Q2.