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Quarterly GDP June to August 2026

Real GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.7% in the three months to August 2026, compared with the three months to May 2026. This follows growth of 0.5% in both the three months to July and June 2026, revised up from 0.4% for both periods.

  • On the month, GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in August 2026, following growth of 0.4% in both July and June 2026.
  • Compared with August 2025, GDP is estimated to be 2.1% higher.
  • Over the longer term, GDP is estimated to have grown by 1.8% in the three months to August 2026 compared with the same three months a year ago. Over this period, services grew by 2.2%, production grew by 0.8%, and construction fell by 1.6%.

Services

  • Services output is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in the three months to August 2026, following growth of 0.7% in the three months to July 2026. Growth was driven by increases in professional, scientific and technical activities (2.8%), information and communication (2.8%), and administrative and support service activities (3.0%).
  • These increases were partially offset by a fall in wholesale and retail trade, including motor vehicle repairs (-0.1%), driven by weaker wholesale trade.
  • On the month, services output is estimated to have shown no growth in August 2026, following growth of 0.5% in July 2026.

Production

  • Production output is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in the three months to August 2026, following a fall of 0.7% in the three months to July 2026. Falls in water supply, sewerage and waste management (-3.1%) and mining and quarrying (-0.6%) were partially offset by growth in manufacturing (0.1%) and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (0.4%).
  • On the month, production output is estimated to have grown by 0.8% in August 2026, driven by increases in manufacturing (1.2%), mining and quarrying (1.4%), and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (0.1%). 
  • These increases were partially offset by a fall in water supply, sewerage and waste management (-1.2%).

Construction

  • Construction output is estimated to have fallen by 1.0% in the three months to August 2026, compared with the three months to May 2026. Both new work (-1.4%) and repair and maintenance (-0.3%) declined, with private housing new work falling 3.2% and non-housing repair and maintenance decreasing 1.9%.
  • On the month, construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in August 2026, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline. This was driven by a 0.7% fall in new work, with private housing new work falling 1.9%, while repair and maintenance grew by 0.4%.

Real GDP grew by 0.7% in the three months to August 2026

Source: ONS

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