Construction PMI (S&P Global) in United Kingdom

S&P Global · Monthly · Importance

44.3 (Aug-26) ABS · index · Monthly · CSV

Period	index
Aug 2026	44.3
Jul 2026	44.7
Jun 2026	38.4

Period	%
Aug 2026	-0.9%
Jul 2026	16.4%
Jun 2026	0.5%
May 2026	-3.8%
Apr 2026	-12.9%
Mar 2026	2.5%
Feb 2026	-4.1%
Jan 2026	15.7%
Dec 2025	1.8%
Nov 2025	-10.7%
Oct 2025	-4.5%
Sep 2025	1.5%
Aug 2025	2.7%
Jul 2025	-9.2%
Jun 2025	1.9%
May 2025	2.8%
Apr 2025	0.4%
Mar 2025	4.0%
Feb 2025	-7.3%

Period	%
Aug 2026	-2.6%
Jul 2026	0.9%
Jun 2026	-21.3%
May 2026	-20.3%
Apr 2026	-14.8%
Mar 2026	-1.7%
Feb 2026	-0.2%
Jan 2026	-3.5%

About this indicator

Source

S&P Global (private purchasing managers survey)

Frequency

Monthly

Release

Around the 4th-6th of the month after the reference period, 08:30/09:30 London time (no flash estimate of its own)

What it is

The S&P Global UK Construction PMI measures monthly activity in the British construction sector through a survey of purchasing managers at construction firms. A reading above 50 means expansion, below 50 contraction. It covers three sub-sectors: commercial work, housing and civil engineering.

How it's calculated

A diffusion index (0-100) compiled by S&P Global from a monthly survey of a panel of construction purchasing managers. Unlike the Manufacturing, Services and Composite PMIs, it has NO flash estimate: there is a single, final monthly reading.

Market implications

A leading indicator of British construction activity, watched alongside the Manufacturing and Services PMIs to complete the picture of the economy's three big sectors (S&P Global's official Composite does not include construction).

Limitations

A private panel survey, not a census, and more volatile than the ONS's official construction output statistics; with no flash estimate, it comes out a full month after the reference period.