Construction orders in the UK decreased by 14.3 percent from a year earlier in Q1 of 2023, from 4.3 percent slump in the previous three-month period. Orders dropped for all other work (-12.9% vs -5.2%), amid sluggish demand for other new work infrastructure (-15.3% vs 2.3%). Meanwhile, orders for all new housing continued to decline (-18% vs -2.2%). On a quarterly basis, construction orders went down by 12.4 percent, from 1.8 percent fall previously. source: Office for National Statistics

Construction Orders in the United Kingdom averaged 0.07 percent from 1965 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 127.00 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of -44.50 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 June of 2023.

Construction Orders in the United Kingdom is expected to be 8.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.

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United Kingdom Construction New Orders



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2023-02-10 07:00 AM Q4 -4.3% 10.2% -10.4%
2023-05-12 06:00 AM Q1 -14.3% -4.3% -8.0%
2023-08-11 06:00 AM Q2 -22.3% 8.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Construction Output 4.10 6.00 percent Mar 2023
Construction Orders -14.30 -4.30 percent Mar 2023

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
-14.30 -4.30 127.00 -44.50 1965 - 2023 percent Quarterly
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UK Q4 Construction Orders Fall 14.3% YoY
Construction orders in the UK decreased by 14.3 percent from a year earlier in Q1 of 2023, from 4.3 percent slump in the previous three-month period. Orders dropped for all other work (-12.9% vs -5.2%), amid sluggish demand for other new work infrastructure (-15.3% vs 2.3%). Meanwhile, orders for all new housing continued to decline (-18% vs -2.2%). On a quarterly basis, construction orders went down by 12.4 percent, from 1.8 percent fall previously.
2023-05-12
UK Q4 Construction Orders Fall 4.3% YoY
Construction orders in the UK declined by 4.3 percent from a year earlier in Q4 of 2022, shifting from an upwardly revised 10.5 percent growth in the previous three-month period. Orders dropped for all new work (-4.3% vs -10.2% in Q3) and all other work (-5.2% vs 22.5%), amid sluggish demand for other new work infrastructure (2.3% vs 58.7%). Meantime, orders for all new housing remained weak (-2.2% vs -14.1%). On a quarterly basis, construction orders decreased by 1.8 percent, reversing from an upwardly revised 6.4 percent previously.
2023-02-10
UK Construction New Orders Rebound in Q3
Construction orders in the UK rose by 8.5 percent from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2022, following an upwardly revised 13.3 percent drop in the previous three-month period. Orders rebounded for all new work (8.6 percent vs -13.3 percent in Q2) and all other new work (19.8 percent vs -14.1 percent), boosted by other new work infrastructure (50.1 percent vs 5.3 percent). Meanwhile, orders for all new housing declined further (-14.1 percent vs -11.4 percent). On a quarterly basis, construction orders rebounded by 6.4 percent, following a revised 3.5 percent fall in the previous quarter.
2022-11-11