Monthly GDP August 2025

• UK GDP grew by 0.3% in the three months to August 2025, a slight improvement on the 0.2% rise in the three months to July. Monthly GDP grew by 0.1% in August, recovering mildly after July’s decline. 
• Services remained the main driver, up 0.4%, accounting for the bulk of overall growth. Improvements were concentrated in health and social work (+1.4%), administrative and support services (+1.4%), and professional, scientific and technical activities (+0.6%), offset by declines in wholesale and retail trade (-0.9%), education (-0.3%), and other service activities (-2.3%). 
• Production output fell by 0.3% over the three-month period, a smaller contraction than earlier in the summer, while construction rose 0.3%, showing a slight slowdown from July’s pace as the housing and infrastructure sectors remained subdued. 
• Consumer-facing services fell by 0.6% over the quarter, showing that household-facing industries remain under pressure. The largest drops came from travel agencies (-7.6%) and personal services (-3.4%), partially offset by accommodation (+2.5%), suggesting that leisure demand is fragile but holding up in pockets. 
• On a monthly basis, consumer-facing services grew 0.1% in August, helped by food and beverage service activities (+1.5%) and retail trade (+0.5%), though this recovery remains limited in scale.
• Administrative and support services posted strong monthly growth (+1.0%), driven by a surge in rental and leasing activities (+5.3%), marking the subsector’s fastest growth since mid-2020.

Services grew by 0.4% in the three months to August 2025

Source: ONS

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