What do the UK construction orders and materials series measure?

They track quarterly contractor demand and heavy material usage in the UK, combining the value of new orders won across housing and infrastructure with physical sales, deliveries and stocks of sand, gravel, concrete, slate and roof tiles.

Which construction sectors and building materials are covered?

The data cover public and private housing, infrastructure, private industrial and private commercial new work, as well as sand for building and concreting, gravel, ready-mixed concrete, slate and concrete roofing tiles.

How far back do these UK construction statistics go?

Quarterly records for UK construction new orders and building material sales go back to 1964 and are updated with every official release.

Are the construction series seasonally adjusted?

Certain series, including sand and gravel sales and ready-mixed concrete deliveries, provide seasonally adjusted figures alongside unadjusted physical volumes and values in £m.

UK construction orders and materials

Name: UK construction orders and materials
Creator: Office for National Statistics (ONS); GOV.UK official statistics
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quarterly leading indicators for UK construction: the value of new orders won by contractors for housing, infrastructure and other new work (ONS), and sales of the heavy materials building sites consume — sand and gravel by region, ready-mixed concrete, slate and concrete roofing tiles (Department for Business and Trade).

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
New orders in the construction industry (ONS)1
All new work2	9,163	10,395	11,782	12,183	11,192	11,805	9,157	9,355	12,517	10,643	9,141	10,418	9,783
All new housing2	2,659	2,756	2,824	2,456	2,470	2,380	2,504	2,094	3,285	2,742	2,801	3,284	3,125
New housing, public	327	334	505	441	404	321	252	256	446	232	452	456	392
New housing, private	2,333	2,423	2,319	2,015	2,066	2,059	2,252	1,838	2,839	2,510	2,348	2,829	2,734
All other work4	6,503	7,637	8,959	9,727	8,721	9,425	6,653	7,261	9,232	7,901	6,340	7,134	6,659
Other new work, infrastructure	2,086	2,197	2,522	2,299	2,691	3,463	1,483	2,208	2,108	1,674	1,595	1,609	1,380
Other new work, excluding infrastructure	1,302	1,670	1,948	1,269	2,401	1,480	1,364	1,305	1,888	1,731	1,262	1,446	1,101
Private industrial	1,127	1,254	1,306	1,960	847	1,211	833	966	1,362	1,205	930	1,141	1,180
Private commercial	1,988	2,516	3,183	4,199	2,782	3,271	2,973	2,782	3,874	3,291	2,553	2,938	2,998
Sales of sand, gravel, concrete and slate (DBT)10
Sand and gravel sales7
Sand and gravel, total	10,299	8,872	9,269	10,865	11,113	9,718	9,819	10,920	11,235	9,962	9,303	11,590	12,868
Sand for building	1,073	821	876	1,112	1,117	840	1,152	1,276	1,264	1,000	969	1,283	1,482
Sand for concreting	4,074	3,541	3,759	4,537	4,821	3,975	3,688	4,056	4,191	4,149	3,673	4,604	5,168
Gravel for concreting and screening	3,740	3,175	3,235	3,907	3,863	3,638	3,625	4,213	4,105	3,843	3,613	4,658	5,089
Marine-dredged sand and gravel	2,217	2,079	1,952	2,296	2,353	2,221	2,202	2,474	2,656	2,364	1,973	2,357	2,995
Sand and gravel for coating	261	244	220	244	304	225	270	257	224	170	210	239	214
Sand, gravel and hoggin for fill	1,150	1,091	1,179	1,065	1,009	1,040	1,085	1,117	1,451	800	839	807	915
Sand and gravel sales, seasonally adjusted	9,322	9,610	10,211	10,188	10,261	10,335	10,946	10,189	10,299	10,630	10,481	10,772	11,845
Ready-mixed concrete delivered	2,693	2,404	2,456	2,945	2,868	2,757	2,965	3,316	3,191	2,788	2,998	3,415	3,845
Ready-mixed concrete delivered, seasonally adjusted	2,594	2,555	2,619	2,743	2,763	2,896	3,146	3,141	2,886	3,096	3,213	3,217	3,652
Slate production	9,202.28	9,308.11	9,841	10,462	10,594	15,482	11,383	11,924	10,066	12,035	11,047	12,848	13,771
Slate deliveries	10,099.79	10,203.69	9,421	9,812	9,755	15,685	11,333	11,883	9,881	12,011	10,920	12,987	13,792
Slate stocks held	2,423.48	3,233.42	4,118	3,807	2,148	2,322	2,525	2,475	2,434	2,249	2,225	2,098	2,237
Concrete roofing tiles produced	6,877	7,098	4,497	4,282	3,869	4,076	4,500	3,681	5,082	5,500	4,612	8,866	7,232
Concrete roofing tiles delivered	6,130	5,912	3,499	3,939	4,029	3,554	3,642	3,976	5,594	4,404	5,352	9,947	6,467
Concrete roofing tiles stocks	7,351	7,076	5,387	4,389	4,046	4,206	3,943	3,525	3,888	4,539	3,491	4,375	5,702

Latest reading

All new work stood at £9,163m in Q2 2026. That is −11.9% from Q1 2026 and −18.1% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 1964 to Q2 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS); GOV.UK official statistics.

Latest: £9,163m; Q2 2026
vs previous period: −11.9%; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: −18.1%

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Frequently asked questions

What do the UK construction orders and materials series measure?: They track quarterly contractor demand and heavy material usage in the UK, combining the value of new orders won across housing and infrastructure with physical sales, deliveries and stocks of sand, gravel, concrete, slate and roof tiles.
Which construction sectors and building materials are covered?: The data cover public and private housing, infrastructure, private industrial and private commercial new work, as well as sand for building and concreting, gravel, ready-mixed concrete, slate and concrete roofing tiles.
How far back do these UK construction statistics go?: Quarterly records for UK construction new orders and building material sales go back to 1964 and are updated with every official release.
Are the construction series seasonally adjusted?: Certain series, including sand and gravel sales and ready-mixed concrete deliveries, provide seasonally adjusted figures alongside unadjusted physical volumes and values in £m.