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Construction Market Report: Q2 2025

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Find the latest verified leads in the UK and Republic of Ireland Construction Market 

Our Market Intelligence platform is the go-to source for construction leads in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

In this quarterly construction market research report round-up, we’ll cover all the construction projects published on Market Intelligence between 1st April 2025 – 30th June 2025, covering Premium Leads, Public Tenders and Planning Applications.

This newsletter is useful for subcontractors looking for new leads, and main contractors looking at the number of opportunities published across the UK nation and by competitors. 

With the team based across the UK, our Market Intelligence team nurtures close relationships with main contractors to find and verify the hottest construction leads on their way to the market, which are then published on our platform via Market Intelligence and Premium Leads – only available to our customers that have access to Marketplace. 

 

What happened in Q2 within the UK and Republic of Ireland construction market? 

Map of the UK showing construction project counts and values by region, with North East leading at 48 projects worth £546 million.

Q2 Construction Market Report: London and North West leading the way for new opportunities 

Of the 849 projects published on Market Intelligence, it appears housing tenders (214) are on the up for Q2, shortly followed by education (194) and offices (101).

North West sees just as many projects published as London in Q2! 

Multiple projects were published, including £2 billion in London (169 projects), and £2 billion in the North West (121 projects).

Bar chart illustrating the number of construction projects by sector, highlighting Housing (214), Education (194), and Offices (101) among 849 total projects.

 

Construction on housing projects on the up 

Housing projects made up approximately 25% of Q2’s projects published on Market Intelligence: could this be an early sign of the construction industry working towards meeting Labour’s 1.5m housing target by 20291? 

London and North West lead the way for project value 

Results across the board are impressive, but London and the North West show £2 billion worth of projects published in each region, across 169 and 121 projects respectively.

For subcontractors based, or looking for construction work, in the North West, this could be a region to watch… 

 

Top 10 Main Contractors with Projects Awarded 

In Q2, these 10 Main Contractors came out top for projects awarded: 

Ranking Main Contractor Number of Projects Awarded
1 Morgan Sindall 83
2 Walker Construction 5
3 Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited 4
4 Kier Construction (Northern) 4
5 Conlon Construction Ltd 4
6 Luddon Construction Ltd 4
7 Winvic Construction Ltd 3
8 Carefoot PLC 3
9 Gardhams Ltd 3
10 Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd 3

 

Top 3 projects published in Q2 

Which projects came out top in the second quarter? 

  • New Building Mixed Use Development, Manchester 
    • Project value: £300m 
  • A272 Spitfire Link Road M3 extension 
    • Project value: £290m 
  • New Building Housing, London 
    • Project value: £286m 

Our top 3 projects show nearly £900m in projects published alone for Q2! 

Infographic displaying the top 3 constructionline construction projects for Q2: £2.300 million for New Build Market Lane, £290 million for 4222 Bishop's Ln, and £239.86 million for New Build Hoxton.

What next? 

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