Home / Insights / Construction Market Reports / Construction Market Report: Q4 2025 Construction Market Report: Q4 2025 The latest figures from our construction Market Intelligence platform. Sign up to receive these updates straight to your inbox! Find the latest verified leads in the UK and Republic of Ireland Construction Market In this quarterly construction market research report round-up, we’ll cover all the construction projects published on Market Intelligence between 1st October 2025 – 31st December 2025. Market Intelligence, available on the Once for All platform, is the go-to source for construction leads, as well as a provider of targeted competitor and construction market analysis in the UK and Republic of Ireland. 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. The difference between ‘Awarded’ and ‘Published’ on Market Intelligence ‘Awarded’: projects where the main contractor has confirmed that they have been awarded the contract. ‘Published’: projects that main contractors have reported as being in the tendering phase, indicating they are actively bidding for these opportunities. What happened in 2025 Q4 within the UK and Republic of Ireland construction market? 2025 Q4 Construction Market Report: financial boost sets the tone for strong 2026 activity Q4 showed a strong end to the year, with some of the highest results in 2025, second to Q1 2025! 2025 Q4 Published projects 804 projects were published in Q4 on Market Intelligence, more than Q3 (654 projects) and not too far off Q2 (849 projects). However, Q4 project value dominated with £165 billion worth being published! This mainly consisted of high value public sector opportunities for new build schools across London by the Department for Education. London topped the most number of projects published for the fourth quarter running, ending on 174 in Q4 at £143 billion. This was soon followed by the North West at 84 projects and then Scotland at 65. However, project value after London was greater in the West Midlands at £5 billion for fewer projects (44), followed by 49 projects in South & Mid Wales at £4.4 billion. What does this mean for the UK and Republic of Ireland construction market? With high-value projects being published, construction activity looks promising as we head into 2026! Region Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Bedfordshire 9 £23,000,000 10 £130,000,000 4 £35,000,000 8 £199,700,000 Berkshire 14 £124,000,000 22 £357,000,000 9 £50,000,000 14 £195,775,000 Buckinghamshire 8 £48,000,000 12 £48,000,000 9 £80,000,000 8 £79,060,000 East & West Sussex 11 £55,000,000 24 £216,000,000 21 £247,000,000 35 £206,750,000 East Anglia 20 £115,000,000 33 £622,000,000 19 £163,000,000 31 £356,795,000 East Midlands 29 £441,000,000 39 £328,000,000 43 £624,000,000 30 £266,040,000 Essex 15 £72,000,000 17 £157,000,000 22 £167,000,000 13 £88,560,000 Hampshire 22 £625,000,000 16 £379,000,000 17 £178,000,000 24 £118,300,000 Hertfordshire 16 £208,000,000 14 £89,000,000 9 £49,000,000 14 £115,984,000 Ireland 26 £580,000,000 28 £668,000,000 34 £2,000,000,000 0 £0 Kent 24 £427,000,000 19 £166,000,000 28 £330,000,000 21 £165,188,000 London & Middlesex 192 £192,000,000 169 £2,000,000,000 155 £17,000,000,000 174 £143,256,912,000 North Wales 0 £- 0 £- 0 £- 7 £10,010,000 North West 39 £2,000,000,000 121 £2,000,000,000 60 £744,000,000 80 £3,265,520,000 Northern 20 £736,000,000 48 £565,000,000 17 £256,000,000 34 £2,224,480,000 Northern Ireland 0 £- 0 £- 0 £- 20 £151,280,000 Oxfordshire 11 £47,000,000 15 £221,000,000 22 £230,000,000 21 £92,950,000 Rep. Ireland 0 £- 0 £- 0 £- 3 £213,500,000 Scotland 47 £687,000,000 40 £687,000,000 43 £780,000,000 65 £2,000,000,000 South West 41 £762,000,000 57 £413,000,000 36 £412,000,000 47 £1,004,425,000 Surrey 26 £3,000,000,000 20 £295,000,000 24 £246,000,000 22 £190,150,000 Wales 19 £923,000,000 20 £196,000,000 12 £113,000,000 56 £4,463,708,182 West Midlands 19 £354,000,000 49 £1,000,000,000 38 £677,000,000 44 £5,088,730,000 Yorkshire 16 £191,000,000 76 £464,000,000 32 £1,000,000,000 40 £837,202,000 Which sectors are the most popular for projects added? The Department for Education’s publication of tenders for New Build schools sets the tone for promising activity in the UK construction market in 2026, leading the way at £15.4 billion. New Builds dominate the top 3 projects, with a further £2m tender for a hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, and Student Accommodation in Bath at £120 million. 2025 Q4 projects Awards 44 fewer projects awarded in Q4 compared to Q3, but worth £800 million more, totalling £2.8 billion worth of awarded projects in Q4. This provides a hopeful outlook for construction activity in 2026… Awards by region Scotland leads the way for a 2nd quarter in a row at 33 projects in Q4, behind its 60 projects in Q3, but ahead of London by just 2 projects (31 in Q4, 29 in Q3). 32 project awards were in the North West, ahead of 12 published in Q3, followed by 13 in the West Midlands (11 in Q3). Despite Scotland and London topping the number of awarded projects, Manchester (Northern and North West regions) had the largest value tender at £300 million! Top 10 Main Contractors with Projects Awarded In Q4, these 10 Main Contractors came out top for projects awarded: Top 10 Main Contractors with Projects Awarded (Q4) Ranking Main Contractor Number of Projects Awarded 1 Morgan Sindall Group Plc 34 2 Willmott Dixon Group 10 3 Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd 6 4 Luddon Construction Ltd 5 5 Mac Asphalt Ltd 5 6 Feltham Construction Ltd 4 7 Tilbury Douglas 4 8 Domis Construction 3 9 J H Civil Engineering Ltd 3 10 Rose Builders Ltd 3 What’s next? Projects are being published for 2026! You may also want to check out our 2025 Market Intelligence round-up: Which projects came out on top? Where were the most opportunities published in the UK and Republic of Ireland? Which Main Contractors were in top 10? Liked this quarterly Construction Market Report? Sign up for more insights like this – straight to your inbox, each quarter. Are you a subcontractor looking for your next construction lead? Find and explore Premium Leads near you! 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