UK construction orders rose 28.6% year-on-year in Q4 2025, easing slightly from an upwardly revised 30.5% surge in Q3, which had marked the fastest growth since Q4 2021. New housing orders weakened (12.6% vs 17.3%), with public housing accelerating (99.8% vs 72.5%) but private housing slowing sharply (2.4% vs 9.6%). Meanwhile, orders for other work remained strong (34.4% vs 34.3% in Q3). On a quarterly basis, construction orders declined 3.8%, reversing a 14.4% jump in Q3, suggesting some loss of momentum toward the end of the year. source: Office for National Statistics

Construction Orders in the United Kingdom increased 28.60 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Construction Orders in the United Kingdom averaged 0.10 percent from 1965 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 126.40 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of -45.00 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides - United Kingdom Construction Orders- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Construction New Orders - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Construction Orders in the United Kingdom increased 28.60 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Construction Orders in the United Kingdom is expected to be 0.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Construction New Orders is projected to trend around 1.90 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-11-13 07:00 AM
Construction Orders YoY
Q3 29.3% -11.7% 6%
2026-02-12 07:00 AM
Construction Orders YoY
Q4 28.6% 30.5% 25.0%
2026-05-14 06:00 AM
Construction Orders YoY
Q1 28.6% 0.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Average House Prices 300077.00 297938.00 GBP Jan 2026
Construction Orders YoY 28.60 30.50 percent Dec 2025
Construction Output YoY -0.30 -0.30 percent Dec 2025
Mortgage Lending 4601.00 4593.00 GBP Million Dec 2025
Home Ownership Rate 64.50 64.70 percent Dec 2023
Halifax House Price Index MoM 0.70 -0.50 percent Jan 2026
Halifax House Price Index YoY 1.00 0.40 percent Jan 2026
Housing Index 517.50 513.80 points Jan 2026
Housing Starts 29620.00 29650.00 units Sep 2025
Mortgage Approvals 61.01 64.07 Thousand Dec 2025
BBA Mortgage Rate 6.62 6.77 percent Jan 2026
Nationwide Housing Prices 540.40 540.80 points Jan 2026
Nationwide Housing Prices MoM 0.30 -0.40 percent Jan 2026
Nationwide Housing Prices YoY 1.00 0.60 percent Jan 2026
Price to Rent Ratio 111.46 111.34 Sep 2025
Private Rental Prices YoY 4.00 4.40 percent Dec 2025
Residential Property Prices 2.96 2.83 Percent Sep 2025
RICS House Price Balance -10.00 -13.00 percent Jan 2026


United Kingdom Construction New Orders
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.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
28.60 30.50 126.40 -45.00 1965 - 2025 percent Quarterly
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News Stream
UK Q4 Construction Orders Remain Solid
UK construction orders rose 28.6% year-on-year in Q4 2025, easing slightly from an upwardly revised 30.5% surge in Q3, which had marked the fastest growth since Q4 2021. New housing orders weakened (12.6% vs 17.3%), with public housing accelerating (99.8% vs 72.5%) but private housing slowing sharply (2.4% vs 9.6%). Meanwhile, orders for other work stayed strong (34.4% vs 34.3% in Q3). On a quarterly basis, construction orders declined 3.8%, reversing a 14.4% jump in Q3, suggesting some loss of momentum toward the end of the year.
2026-02-12
UK Q3 Construction Orders Bounce Back
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.
2025-11-13
UK Q2 Construction Orders Shrinks the Most in 1-1/2 Years
Construction orders in the UK plunged 11.9% year-on-year in Q2 2025, reversing a 10.5% increase in the previous quarter. This marked the first annual contraction in construction orders since Q3 2024 and the steepest decline since Q3 2023, driven by broad-based weakness across segments. Orders for all other work fell 7.2% in Q2, a sharp reversal from a downwardly revised 18.8% surge in Q1. Meanwhile, new housing orders declined at a much faster rate, dropping 24.8% compared to a 13.1% fall in Q1, with private housing orders plunging 27.1% (vs -17.4% in Q1) and public housing orders shrinking 10.0%, reversing a 35.9% increase in the previous quarter. On a quarterly basis, construction orders fell 8.3% in Q2, following an upwardly revised 26.8% rise in Q1, which was the fastest quarterly growth since Q3 2020.
2025-08-14