Coverage:

Great Britain

Released:
22 August 2016

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Editor: Melanie Richard

Office for National Statistics: Newport
Published: 22 August 2016
Crown copyright 2016

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No.17 2016 Edition

 Output in

Table 2.4a Value of construction output by type of work - Public Sector

Table 2.4b Value of construction output by type of work - Private Sector

Table 2.4c Value of construction output by type of work - Public & Private Sector

Table 2.8 Value of work done by trade of firm and type of work

Table 2.9 Value of work done by size of firm and type of work

Table 3.1a Private contractors: Number of firms, by size of firm

Table 3.1b Private contractors: Number of Firms, By trade of firm

Tabel 3.1c Private contractors: Number of Firms, By region of registration

Table 3.3 Private contractors: Total employment

Table 3.4a Number of firms by size and trade of firm - Main Trades & Civil Engineering

Table 3.4b Number of firms by size and trade of firm - Allied Trades

Table 3.5 Number of firms by size and region of registration

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 Value of construction output by type of work
2.4a for Public Sector, Great Britain, Current Prices

Period
New Housing Infrastructure Factories Warehouses

1997 1,008 3,059 60 22

1998 865 2,598 76 28
1999 807 2,619 96 36
2000 1,054 2,464 89 20
2001 1,151 2,833 49 14
2002 1,384 3,737 53 10
2003 1,673 3,680 128 23
2004 2,168 2,938 117 35
2005 2,207 2,879 76 31
2006 2,797 2,685 67 29
2007 3,411 2,860 76 26
2008 3,234 3,171 55 25
2009 3,261 4,010 48 29
2010 4,770 4,866 72 30
2011 4,926 5,355 104 19
2012 4,010 4,495 111 22
2013 4,335 5,570 56 45
2014 5,782 5,766 84 29
2015 5,031 7,856 67 7

Notes
1. Output from businesses classified to construction in the Standard Industrial Classification (2007)
2. All values have been revised since the 2010 Construction Statistics Annual as a result of improvements introduced in 20
Further details can be found in the following link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_commerce/output-description-of-changes-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
e of work New Work
nt Prices

Other new work excluding infrastructure

Schools &
Oil, steel & coal colleges Universities Health Offices Entertainment

5 686 307 688 382 290

4 793 329 630 450 377
5 974 382 705 513 441
4 1,004 365 746 396 451
4 1,344 440 876 376 417
3 1,791 606 1,077 680 513
3 2,161 920 1,388 909 588
4 2,999 972 1,705 904 708
2 3,246 903 1,501 863 690
2 3,390 900 1,214 812 700
1 3,289 930 1,247 854 747
11 4,067 1,246 1,648 871 959
14 5,161 1,032 1,984 901 1,245
12 6,421 1,288 2,423 991 1,149
7 6,409 1,248 2,023 874 1,114
60 4,961 902 1,669 777 834
38 4,255 1,137 1,995 796 766
8 3,909 1,795 1,714 478 869
6 4,279 1,594 1,763 526 752

sification (2007)
result of improvements introduced in 2010.
nges-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
 ( million)

Other new All public

Garages Shops Agriculture Miscellaneous work sector

38 14 17 524 3,032 7,100

34 19 21 551 3,311 6,773
35 20 22 639 3,868 7,295
50 40 13 648 3,826 7,343
41 41 36 571 4,210 8,194
48 55 37 593 5,463 10,583
59 66 22 940 7,208 12,561
68 60 10 970 8,553 13,658
65 63 5 831 8,279 13,364
64 55 9 726 7,968 13,450
66 43 9 977 8,265 14,536
70 43 9 886 9,889 16,294
83 94 18 1,131 11,739 19,010
136 201 21 1,460 14,203 23,839
47 117 39 1,414 13,418 23,699
38 38 79 1,286 10,777 19,282
63 64 60 987 10,262 20,167
90 90 26 1,268 10,360 21,908
142 70 9 1,203 10,417 23,304
 Value of construction output by type of work2
2.4b New Work for Private Sector, Great Britain, Current Prices

Industrial

Period
New Housing Infrastructure Factories Warehouses

1997 7,338 4,373 2,974 1,223

1998 7,909 4,602 3,086 1,408
1999 7,844 4,493 3,110 1,510
2000 9200 4958 2659 1725
2001 9359 5404 2722 1661
2002 11,118 5,639 2,487 1,523
2003 14,580 5,042 2,707 1,665
2004 18,424 4,765 2,770 1,977
2005 20,112 4,823 2,574 2,515
2006 21,132 4,958 2,904 2,819
2007 21,501 5,217 2,997 2,907
2008 17,610 5,908 2,757 2,050
2009 12,225 6,026 1,837 1,313
2010 14,281 7,794 1,871 1,408
2011 16,441 9,979 1,679 1,349
2012 16,141 9,463 2,013 1,260
2013 18,070 9,586 2,117 1,173
2014 23,622 9,618 2,333 1,684
2015 26,144 12,392 2,559 2,239

Notes
1. Output from businesses classified to construction in the Standard Industrial Classification (2007)
2. All values have been revised since the 2010 Construction Statistics Annual as a result of improvements introduced in 20
Further details can be found in the following link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_commerce/output-description-of-changes-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
of work2
Britain, Current Prices

Industrial Commer

Schools &
Oil, Steel & coal All Industrial universities Health Offices

83 4,279 300 457 4,556

123 4,617 391 572 5,135
126 4,746 497 688 5,977
66 4,449 969 905 7,324
59 4,441 1,341 795 8,857
68 4,078 1,594 887 8,792
123 4,495 2,160 989 7,737
167 4,914 1,983 2,070 7,894
204 5,293 2,515 1,963 8,799
229 5,951 3,796 2,251 10,288
169 6,073 3,780 2,596 12,852
229 5,036 3,304 4,176 12,509
166 3,316 2,629 2,893 7,725
294 3,573 2,176 2,118 6,130
320 3,349 2,272 1,460 6,441
329 3,602 2,455 1,502 5,947
281 3,571 2,909 1,189 6,962
183 4,201 4,034 998 8,432
18 4,816 4,441 1,090 9,627

ssification (2007)
a result of improvements introduced in 2010.
anges-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
 Commercial

Entertainment Garages Shops Agriculture Miscellaneous All commercial

2,947 517 3,158 237 334 12,506

3,527 600 3,762 230 385 14,602
4,153 696 4,816 254 457 17,538
4,094 476 3,845 196 615 18,424
3,545 359 4,140 188 565 19,790
4,134 414 5,315 231 633 22,000
3,867 455 6,228 337 892 22,666
4,605 615 6,820 353 916 25,256
4,344 618 6,726 330 770 26,064
4,507 513 6,880 371 1,217 29,823
4,912 617 7,474 386 1,445 34,064
5,323 733 7,311 392 1,093 34,841
4,420 661 5,453 485 1,039 25,304
4,683 472 5,146 477 2,111 23,313
4,698 459 5,489 796 3,019 24,635
4,087 379 4,688 849 1,286 21,193
4,858 424 4,491 675 2,018 23,526
5,683 262 5,423 275 836 25,944
5,460 260 4,929 257 747 26,812
All Private
Sector

28,497
31,729
34,621
37,031
38,994
42,835
46,783
53,360
56,293
61,863
66,855
63,395
46,871
48,961
54,403
50,399
54,753
63,385
70,164
 Value of construction output by type of work
2.4c New Work for Public and Private Sectors, Great Britain, Cu

Infrastructure

Period
Communica-
New Housing Water Sewarage Electricity Gas tions
1997 8,346 979 765 480 239 853
1998 8,774 1,067 885 525 216 802
1999 8,651 1,106 925 557 204 749
2000 10,254 1,442 1,050 454 430 744
2001 10,510 1,356 778 424 284 799
2002 12,502 1,527 963 485 176 436
2003 16,253 1,313 930 510 242 288
2004 20,591 1,155 843 575 219 369
2005 22,319 1,325 709 622 500 328
2006 23,929 1,127 686 1,032 434 299
2007 24,912 1,203 837 1,183 234 263
2008 20,844 1,209 931 1,195 647 222
2009 15,486 1,459 819 1,101 338 195
2010 19,051 2,106 903 1,327 351 345
2011 21,367 2,453 918 2,142 415 374
2012 20,151 2,071 629 2,511 486 367
2013 22,405 1,580 549 3,716 378 307
2014 29,405 867 410 5,465 401 144
2015 31,175 704 966 8,325 186 80

Notes
1. Output from businesses classified to construction in the Standard Industrial Classification (2007)
2. All values have been revised since the 2010 Construction Statistics Annual as a result of improvements introduced in 2010.
Further details can be found in the following link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_commerce/output-description-of-changes-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
ectors, Great Britain, Current Prices

rastructure

Total
Air Railways Harbours Roads infrastruct-ure Factories Warehouses
423 1,166 371 2,155 7,432 3,034 1,245
480 1,014 300 1,910 7,200 3,162 1,436
383 949 310 1,931 7,113 3,206 1,545
303 870 393 1,735 7,421 2,748 1,745
360 1,565 381 2,290 8,237 2,771 1,674
421 1,989 460 2,919 9,376 2,539 1,533
663 1,520 458 2,799 8,722 2,836 1,688
414 1,258 379 2,491 7,703 2,887 2,012
364 1,110 430 2,314 7,702 2,650 2,547
283 1,158 441 2,182 7,642 2,970 2,847
239 1,346 579 2,193 8,077 3,073 2,933
270 1,469 658 2,479 9,079 2,811 2,075
574 1,989 478 3,082 10,036 1,885 1,342
713 2,652 482 3,780 12,659 1,943 1,438
870 3,839 557 3,767 15,334 1,783 1,368
684 4,510 490 2,210 13,958 2,124 1,282
773 4,660 598 2,597 15,158 2,173 1,218
683 3,490 788 3,137 15,384 2,417 1,713
462 2,870 991 5,663 20,248 2,626 2,246

ements introduced in 2010.

 Other non-housing excluding infrastructure

Oil, steel & Schools & Entertain-

coal Universities Health Offices ment Garages Shops
87 1,294 1,145 4,938 3,237 554 3,173
126 1,513 1,203 5,584 3,903 634 3,781
131 1,854 1,393 6,491 4,594 731 4,836
69 2,338 1,652 7,720 4,544 526 3,885
63 3,126 1,671 9,233 3,962 400 4,181
72 3,990 1,963 9,472 4,647 462 5,370
126 5,242 2,377 8,646 4,456 513 6,294
171 5,954 3,774 8,799 5,313 683 6,880
206 6,665 3,464 9,662 5,033 684 6,789
230 8,087 3,465 11,100 5,207 577 6,934
170 8,000 3,843 13,706 5,659 683 7,518
240 8,617 5,824 13,380 6,282 803 7,354
180 8,822 4,878 8,626 5,665 744 5,546
306 9,885 4,541 7,121 5,832 608 5,347
328 9,930 3,484 7,315 5,813 506 5,606
389 8,318 3,171 6,724 4,921 417 4,726
319 8,301 3,184 7,758 5,624 487 4,555
191 9,738 2,712 8,910 6,552 352 5,513
24 10,314 2,853 10,153 6,212 402 4,999
 (million)

Miscellan- Total other All New

Agriculture eous non-housing Work
254 857 19,818 35,597
251 935 22,529 38,502
276 1,095 26,152 41,916
209 1,263 26,699 44,374
224 1,136 28,441 47,187
268 1,226 31,541 53,419
359 1,831 34,368 59,344
363 1,887 38,723 67,018
335 1,601 39,636 69,657
380 1,943 43,741 75,313
395 2,422 48,401 81,391
400 1,979 49,766 79,689
503 2,169 40,359 65,881
497 3,572 41,089 72,800
835 4,433 41,401 78,102
928 2,573 35,572 69,681
735 3,005 37,359 74,922
301 2,104 40,505 85,294
266 1,950 42,045 93,467
 Private contractors: Value of work done1, by trade of firm
2.8

New Housing Other N

Trade of firm Total Infrastructur

Public Private Housing e

Construction of buildings 2,881 12,844 15,725 2,130

Civil engineering 492 3,715 4,207 13,412
Specialised construction activities 1,658 9,585 11,243 4,706
Total main trades 5,031 26,144 31,175 20,248

Construction of commercial buildings 610 2,179 2,789 1,356

Construction of domestic buildings 2,272 10,664 12,936 774
Construction of roads and motorways 53 794 847 1,778

Construction of railways and underground railways 0 4 4 707

Construction of bridges and tunnels 0 0 0 433
Construction of utility projects for fluids 0 35 35 673
Construction of utility projects for electricity and
telecommunications 0 22 22 1,892
Construction of water projects 0 1 1 822
Construction of other civil engineering projects
n.e.c. 439 2,859 3,297 7,107
Demolition 5 80 85 268
Site preparation 41 333 374 268
Test drilling and boring 0 3 3 18
Electrical installation 210 1,228 1,438 1,741

Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation 210 1,699 1,909 241

Other construction installation 66 401 467 158
Plastering 144 593 737 0
Joinery installation 131 1,024 1,154 39
Floor and wall covering 111 411 522 24
Painting 60 359 420 22
Glazing 20 63 83 1
Other building completion and finishing 180 1,171 1,351 84
Roofing activities 142 440 582 92
Scaffold erection 141 446 587 192
Specialised construction activities (other than
scaffold erection n.e.c.) 196 1,334 1,531 1,559
All trades 5,031 26,144 31,175 20,248

Notes
1. Based on the definition of the construction industry as given in the revised 2007 Standard Industrial Classification.

2. Users of these table should note that there may be instances where the component levels do not add to totals. This is due t
at a higher precision than 1 dp within the production system. This accuracy is truncated when transferred into the published ta
published in Output in the Construction Industry April 2015.
Details of survey improvements introduced in 2010 can be found in the following link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_commerce/output-description-of-changes-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
done1, by trade of firm and type of work2 Current Prices, Great Brit

Other New Work Repair & Mainten

Excluding infrastructure Housing

Private Private
Public Industrial Commercial All New Work Public Private Total

3,258 1,100 7,455 29,668 3,475 4,558 8,032

1,764 681 3,462 23,526 438 985 1,423
5,395 3,036 15,894 40,274 3,951 12,822 16,773
10,417 4,816 26,812 93,468 7,864 18,365 26,229

1,293 639 3,390 9,466 193 962 1,154

1,965 461 4,066 20,202 3,282 3,596 6,878
66 15 459 3,165 21 139 159

9 0 22 742 0 2 2
0 0 0 433 0 0 0
1 12 16 737 4 11 14

0 14 13 1,942 0 3 3
3 0 38 864 0 2 3

1,685 640 2,914 15,642 413 828 1,242

55 76 174 657 8 20 28
72 25 398 1,138 40 59 100
1 6 105 133 1 2 3
1,353 1,263 4,980 10,774 579 1,740 2,319

555 335 2,253 5,293 1,078 2,648 3,726

207 251 779 1,862 324 792 1,115
106 2 243 1,088 43 251 295
411 108 2,068 3,779 229 2,022 2,251
211 56 730 1,544 86 514 600
71 22 340 875 433 902 1,335
15 4 153 256 19 268 287
252 77 860 2,623 440 1,674 2,113
272 241 590 1,778 246 640 886
175 91 447 1,490 173 515 689

1,641 479 1,776 6,985 252 774 1,027

 10,417 4,816 26,812 93,468 7,864 18,365 26,229

trial Classification.

ot add to totals. This is due to the levels being calculated

sferred into the published tables and will tally with those
Current Prices, Great Britain

(million)
Repair & Maintenance
Other Work

All Repair and

Infrastructure Public Private Maintenance All Work

307 1,504 2,082 11,924 41,593

6,113 606 959 9,101 32,627
2,040 2,708 7,998 29,519 69,792
8,459 4,817 11,039 50,544 144,012

210 221 679 2,264 11,731

97 1,283 1,403 9,660 29,862
1,713 247 194 2,314 5,479

719 4 0 725 1,467

15 0 0 15 448
199 3 4 221 958

118 0 0 121 2,063

86 1 27 117 981

3,263 351 733 5,588 21,231

4 6 17 54 711
54 20 79 253 1,390
17 1 3 24 157
645 603 2,721 6,287 17,062

122 490 1,151 5,488 10,782

67 145 682 2,009 3,871
0 31 17 342 1,430
7 219 471 2,948 6,727
5 119 220 943 2,486
108 239 619 2,301 3,176
0 26 46 358 614
58 277 463 2,912 5,535
35 233 399 1,553 3,331
373 85 298 1,445 2,936

544 214 814 2,599 9,584

8,459 4,817 11,039 50,544 144,012
 Private contractors: Value of work done by size of firm and trade of firm
2.9 Current Prices, Great Britain

Main Trades
Construction of buildings C

Construction of
Construction of Construction of Construction of railways and
Size of firm (by number commercial domestic roads and underground
employed buildings buildings motorways railways

1 949 2,699 517 484

2-3 1,805 2,310 239 58
4-7 1,248 2,223 332 8
41487 1,235 2,290 295 56
14-24 617 3,954 1,043 19
25-34 692 1,406 312 17
35-59 1,056 2,669 2,070 0
60-79 217 1,122 101
15
80-114 499 4,930 283
115-299 1,729 4,457 182 42
300-599 811 1,010 18 761
600-1,199 74 321 25 0
1,200 and Over 800 470 62 7
All firms 11,731 29,862 5,479 1,466

1. Values are in current prices for 2015.

Details of survey improvements introduced in 2010 can be found in the following link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_commerce/output-description-of-changes-q1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
2.Users of these table should note that there may be instances where the component levels do not add to totals. This is due to
This accuracy is truncated when transferred into the published tables and will tally with those published in Output in the Constr
 of firm and trade of firm

Main Trades
Civil Engineering

Construction of
Construction of Construction of Construction of utility other civil
bridges and utility projects projects for electricity and Construction of engineering
tunnels for fluids telecommunications water projects projects n.e.c.

1 409 229 13 2,198

12 0 19 146 2,156
0 16 147 44 3,395
194 332 10 1,504
102
14 400 535 2,131
0 8 0 55 1,058
0 51 0 23 2,232
29 69 0 0 812
182 0 19 155 1,001
0 142 20 0 2,123
122 0 0 0 1,885
0 53 755 0 631
0 1 141 0 104
448 958 2,063 981 21,231

1-2010-v.2.0.pdf
s do not add to totals. This is due to the levels being calculated at a higher precision than 1 dp within the production system.
se published in Output in the Construction Industry April 2015.
 Specialist Trad
Specialised constructio

Plumbing, heat
and air- Other
Site Test drilling Electrical conditioning construction
Demolition preparation and boring installation installation installation

74 287 17 2,630 1,288 1,035

33 143 19 1,885 1,137 646
67 167 33 2,924 2,066 384
76 146 0 1,700 1,694 381
88 270 85 1,416 1,106 509
127 183 0 934 1,006 102
75 90 0 945 815 126
65 14 0 249 131 70
47 10 2 558 261 320
60 80 0 1,188 766 239
0 0 0 1,201 478 27
0 0 0 1,218 0
35
0 0 0 215 33
711 1,390 157 17,062 10,782 3,871

the production system.

 Specialist Trades
Specialised construction activities

Other building
Joinery Floor and completion Roofing
Plastering installation wall covering Painting Glazing and finishing activities

294 1,410 523 934 82 1,540 329

197 1,064 594 688 41 1,128 547
233 1,040 478 566 117 1,114 650
105 847 545 424 91 634 356
329 538 113 267 103 370 532
123 474 85 43 161 235 361
69 723 92 62 46 353
12
31 55 20 34 59 27
9 287 0 64 0 135 0
20 249 37 52 8 102 150
21 39 0 0 0 3 25
0 1 0 37 0 0 0
0 0 0 6 0 169 0
1,430 6,727 2,486 3,176 614 5,535 3,331
 (million)

Specialised
construction
activities (other than
Scaffold scaffold erection
erection n.e.c.) All Trades

297 1,537 19,774

326 1,314 16,505
596 1,673 19,524
496 1,380
30,636
405 898
140 464 7,986
189 544
62 255 24,918
129 350
281 614 12,541
2 292 6,693
2 87
5,435
10 176
2,936 9,584 144,011
 Private contractors: Number of Firms, By size of Firm (number employ
3.1a Britain

Size of Firm 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

0 (sole proprietors)
1 86,269 87,837 88,018 87,712 77,926
2-3 47,644 47,918 49,350 48,773 50,653
4-7 15,737 16,391 16,969 16,584 22,455
8-13 3,787 3,988 4,148 3,790 8,044
14-24 3,101 3,274 3,271 3,104 4,920
25-34 1,176 1,201 1,332 1,201 1,782
35-59 1,156 1,263 1,188 1,109 999
60-79 396 419 397 364 354
80-114 296 319 304 271 304
115-299 381 405 379 341 433
300-599 107 125 105 91 129
600-1,199 60 56 58 51 68
1,200 and over 38 40 42 35 56

All firms 160,148 163,236 165,561 163,426 168,123

Notes
.. = not available due to change of classification.
1. Information relates to the number of private contractors' firms on the BERR's (now BIS) Builders' Address File.
2. The number of firms include some which were temporarily inactive.
3. Discontinuity between 2000 and 2001 following move from Standard Industrial Classification 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
4. Information relates to the number of firms on the ONS Interdepartmental Business
Register
5. (IDBR).between 2009 and 2010 following move from Standard Industrial
Discontinuity
Classification SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
e of Firm (number employed) Great

Number of Business' classified to Construction - 3rd quarter each year

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

71,431 70,370 71,620 73,117 71,960 74,325 78,826

50,306 53,022 55,027 57,320 58,910 60,313 62,910
23,963 25,704 26,865 28,435 30,375 31,814 33,594
9,819 10,508 10,982 11,599 12,230 12,669 13,459
5,427 5,892 6,161 6,341 6,656 6,860 7,102
1,809 1,932 1,985 2,037 2,056 2,128 2,262
1,782 1,821 1,906 1,928 2,034 2,129 2,211
457 583 550 573 583 597 647
425 451 464 469 467 490 511
520 535 560 556 562 595 602
123 135 148 148 148 154 164
62 75 75 65 72 65 60
57 64 60 56 54 60 59

166,181 171,092 176,403 182,644 186,107 192,199 202,407

Builders' Address File.

ation 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.

 Great

er each year

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

49,196 45,916 42,742 40,681 40,811 38,711
75,382 86,274 89,132 90,647 92,635 92,926 108,691
60,625 65,432 65,689 62,008 66,054 66,135 72,128
33,069 32,119 30,142 28,875 29,014 29,142 30,855
12,390 11,774 11,234 11,455 11,425 11,455 11,923
6,502 6,029 5,778 6,078 5,985 6,016 6,203
2,104 1,864 1,713 1,815 1,757 1,756 1,722
2,064 1,896 1,774 1,796 1,756 1,752 1,849
596 593 547 530 523 521 511
484 472 450 417 406 405 436
531 525 483 483 481 482 489
154 145 147 145 136 138 143
62 60 56 55 51 48 56
62 62 60 59 60 60 58

194,025 256,441 253,121 247,105 250,964 251,647 273,775

 Private contractors: Number of Firms, By trade of firm
3.1a Britain

1997 1998 1999 2000

Property developers5 .. .. .. ..

Non-residential building .. .. .. ..
House building .. .. .. ..
Civil engineering .. .. .. ..

Total main trades 63,579 63,550 60,858 59,708

Constructional engineers 1,002 864 1,042 1,105

Demolition 750 793 1,021 855
Site preparation
Reinforced concrete specialists 357 321 351 263
Test drilling and boring .. .. .. ..
Roofing 5,374 5,599 5,636 6,310
Asphalt and tar sprayers 772 711 584 845
Construction of highways .. .. .. ..
Construction of water projects .. .. .. ..
Construction of railways and underground
railways .. .. .. ..
Construction of bridges and tunnels .. .. .. ..

Construction of utility projects for fluids .. .. .. ..

Construction of utility projects for electricity
and telecommunications .. .. .. ..
Construction of other civil engineering projects
not elsewhere classified .. .. .. ..
Scaffolding 1,112 1,009 1,262 1,555

Installation of electrical wiring and fitting 19,077 19,385 19,036 18,426

Insulating activities 926 934 832 879
Plumbing, and heat and air conditioning
installation 12,045 12,519 13,600 13,973
Heating and ventilating engineers 5,981 5,500 6,161 5,870
Plastering 2,443 2,538 2,741 2,389
Joinery installation 9,974 10,016 9,725 9,699
Flooring contractors 2,412 2,684 2,805 2,820
Floor and wall tiling specialists 872 770 803 791
Floor and wall covering .. .. .. ..
Suspended ceiling specialists 3,238 4,529 5,234 3,452
Painting 8,634 8,969 8,921 8,507
Glazing 3,484 3,128 3,841 3,581
Plant hire (with operators) 4,182 3,882 3,549 3,245
Other construction work and building
installation and completion 13,934 15,535 17,560 19,154

Other specialised construction activities not

elsewhere specified .. .. .. ..

All trades 160,148 163,236 165,561 163,426

Notes
.. = not available due to change of classification.
1. Information relates to the number of private contractors' firms on the BERR's (now BIS) Builders' Address File.
2. The number of firms include some which were temporarily inactive.
3. Discontinuity between 2000 and 2001 following move from Standard Industrial Classification 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
4. Information relates to the number of firms on the ONS Interdepartmental Business Register (IDBR).

5. Property developers (SIC 41.1), although included above, are not included in ONS' Construction Output and Construction N
6. Discontinuity between 2009 and 2010 following move from Standard Industrial Classification SIC
(2003) to SIC (2007)
rms, By trade of firm Current Prices, Great

Number of Business' classified to Construction - 3rd quarter each year

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

33,197 26,201 19,857 16,893 15,729 14,022 12,942 11,850

9,332 13,462 19,015 20,947 22,206 24,482 26,502 29,050
14,851 14,380 9,948 8,120 7,771 7,187 6,963 6,861

57,381 54,043 48,821 45,960 45,706 45,690 46,407 47,761

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1,076 1,137 1,113 1,090 1,093 1,092 1,164 1,430

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
138 182 185 192 190 207 236 247
5,985 6,252 6,664 6,886 7,086 7,186 7,406 7,884
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1,568 1,640 1,812 2,147 2,349 2,485 2,650 2,639
308 341 246 244 252 261 263 290

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1,037 1,194 1,512 1,614 1,741 1,885 1,928 2,161

20,132 20,424 21,953 23,251 24,288 25,350 27,091 29,128

939 993 933 913 936 923 982 1,768

18,271 18,853 20,540 22,179 23,552 24,797 25,603 27,368

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2,712 2,777 2,839 2,963 3,191 3,338 3,554 3,741
17,069 15,295 15,616 16,702 17,560 17,865 18,805 19,076
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
3,947 4,058 4,456 4,871 5,182 5,340 5,764 6,138
 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
8,232 7,895 7,823 7,598 7,621 7,460 7,339 7,843
2,967 3,574 4,066 4,311 4,439 4,416 4,324 4,653
2,983 2,964 2,757 2,811 2,789 2,658 2,735 3,229

23,379 24,566 29,756 32,672 34,669 35,155 35,949 37,050

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

168,123 166,181 171,092 176,403 182,644 186,107 192,199 202,407

Builders' Address File.

ation 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.

ister (IDBR).

struction Output and Construction New Orders publications.

ent Prices, Great

er each year

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

.. 33,031 30,486 27,811 28,281 28,371 31346

10,629 14,615 14,349 11,072 10,528 10,528 11,640

27,791 26,126 25,135 25,946 26,983 27,088 32,546
6,415 21,066 19,622 18,999 19,398 19,436 21,257

44,835 61,807 59,106 56,017 56,909 57,052 65,443

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1,406 422 463 500 564 571 691
1,671 1,895 2,006 2,369 2,366 3159
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
244 253 267 268 257 257 249
7,584 6,745 6,584 6,525 6,800 6,825 7,684
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2,465 2,299 2,202 2,184 2,275 2,286 2,929
272 273 281 288 294 293 281

.. 239 254 335 673 691 1,263

.. 28 40 49 73 75 94

.. 123 145 171 263 267 430

.. 115 151 199 340 350 575

.. 17,989 16,549 15,773 15,480 15,474 15,685

2,163 6,266 6,115 5,631 5,386 5,400 5,480

28,155 36,932 36,958 36,503 36,638 36,687 38,812

2,074 .. .. .. .. .. ..

26,454 28,870 29,151 28,993 29,709 29,846 31,594

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
3,492 3,952 3,876 3,784 3,953 3,959 4,307
17,846 21,412 20,918 20,079 20,225 20,281 22,523
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
5,852 6,372 6,282 6,110 6,292 6,320 6,798
 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
7,395 11,352 10,967 10,545 10,340 10,367 10,522
4,623 1,883 2,090 2,243 2,342 2,345 2,370
3,122 .. .. .. .. .. ..

36,043 22,099 25,062 26,919 27,003 27,064 27,593

.. 13,374 12,901 13,171 13,896 13,936 15,204

194,025 256,441 253,121 247,105 250,964 251,647 273,775

 Private contractors: Number of firms, By region of registration
3.1c Britain

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

North East 4,255 4,210 4,647 4,079 4,246

Yorkshire and the Humber 12,581 12,543 12,442 12,913 12,625
East Midlands 11,489 11,956 11,396 11,759 12,325

East of England 20,195 20,949 20,608 21,553 22,129

East Anglia 7,589 7,668 7,220 7,535 7,822
Beds, Essex, Herts 12,606 13,281 13,388 14,018 14,307

Greater London 16,530 17,142 17,222 15,936 17,737

South East: 27,824 28,806 30,707 29,683 30,338
Kent, Surrey, Sussex 14,799 15,348 15,897 15,118 16,032
Berks, Bucks, Hants, Oxon 13,025 13,458 14,810 14,565 14,306

South West 16,462 16,705 16,985 17,700 18,193

West Midlands 14,656 14,844 13,974 14,076 14,917
North West 15,508 15,676 16,112 15,303 15,874

England 139,500 142,804 144,093 143,001 148,382

Wales 8,392 8,273 8,382 7,676 7,916

Scotland 12,256 12,159 13,179 12,748 11,824

Great Britain 160,148 163,236 165,561 163,426 168,123

Notes
.. = not available due to change of classification.
1. Information relates to the number of private contractors' firms on the BERR's (now BIS) Builders' Address File.
2. The number of firms include some which were temporarily inactive.
3. Discontinuity between 2000 and 2001 following move from Standard Industrial Classification 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
4. Government Office Regions.
5. Information relates to the number of firms on the ONS Interdepartmental Business Register (IDBR).
6. Discontinuity between 2009 and 2010 following move from Standard Industrial Classification SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
on of registration Current Prices, Great

Number of Business' classified to Construction - 3rd quarter each year

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

4,191 4,389 4,634 5,008 5,139 5,466 5,666 5,390

12,476 13,156 13,788 14,275 14,588 15,402 15,932 15,098
12,245 12,911 13,446 14,100 14,482 14,858 15,471 14,712

21,790 22,513 23,071 23,831 24,296 24,741 26,073 25,218

7,727 8,194 8,406 8,629 8,894 9,024 9,418 9,051
14,063 14,319 14,665 15,202 15,402 15,718 16,655 16,167

17,610 17,578 17,584 17,835 18,160 19,137 20,975 20,156

30,094 30,949 32,046 32,813 33,250 33,867 35,751 34,452
15,908 16,212 16,822 17,119 17,423 17,866 18,905 18,238
14,186 14,737 15,224 15,694 15,827 16,000 16,845 16,214

17,961 18,397 19,013 19,845 20,248 20,694 21,843 20,967

14,746 15,093 15,553 15,999 16,152 16,590 17,278 16,520
15,661 16,185 16,873 17,427 17,744 18,427 19,151 18,094

146,774 151,170 156,008 161,133 164,059 169,182 178,138 170,608

7,784 7,830 8,115 8,503 8,727 8,905 9,235 8,854

11,624 12,092 12,280 13,008 13,321 14,113 15,034 14,563

166,181 171,092 176,403 182,644 186,107 192,199 202,407 194,025

S) Builders' Address File.

ication 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.

egister (IDBR).
ication SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

7,088 6,866 6,702 6,914 6,938 7,604

19,895 19,469 18,735 18,912 18,947 19,831
19,244 18,808 18,129 18,393 18,427 19,503

32,532 32,017 31,410 31,680 31,779 34,695

.. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. ..

31,020 31,828 32,065 33,875 34,030 41,505

44,729 44,214 43,197 43,693 43,778 47,771
.. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. ..

26,617 26,374 25,653 25,677 25,740 27,299

21,436 20,788 20,088 20,288 20,330 21,287
25,149 24,203 23,378 23,820 23,906 25,323

227,710 224,567 219,357 223,252 223,875 244,818

11,064 10,865 10,475 10,538 10,565 11,123

17,667 17,689 17,273 17,174 17,207 17,834

256,441 253,121 247,105 250,964 251,647 273,775

 Private contractors: Total Employment, by size of firm (by number emp
3.3a Great Britain

Employment by businesse

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

1 77.4 77.4 183.2 185.9 66.5 63.6

2-3 145.2 148.3 120.5 142.8 126.4 92.1
4-7 77.8 81.2 119.3 116.0 135.0 126.1
8-13 39.7 41.6 48.0 45.3 93.7 106.7
14-24 56.0 59.5 63.2 65.7 97.9 103.6
25-34 34.5 35.1 36.0 40.2 58.6 47.7
35-59 51.9 56.6 58.1 53.7 62.6 78.8
60-79 27.1 28.8 29.3 28.1 28.8 29.0
80-114 28.3 30.9 31.7 29.2 32.2 37.6
115-299 68.1 71.1 78.5 68.8 80.9 87.6
300-599 45.5 52.1 47.3 43.9 47.0 47.2
600-1,199 50.8 49.1 51.6 50.4 44.5 49.3
1,200 and over 76.3 82.0 92.3 76.0 98.4 120.7

All firms 778.5 813.6 958.8 945.9 972.6 989.9

Notes
.. = not available due to change of classification.
1. Information relates to the number of private contractors' firms on BERR's (now BIS) Builders's Address File.
2. Discontinuity between 2000 and 2001 following move from Standard Industrial Classification 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
3. Information relates to the number of firms on the ONS Interdepartmental Business Register (IDBR).
4. Property developers (SIC 41.1) are not included in ONS' Construction Output and Construction New Orders surveys
5. Discontinuity between 2009 and 2010 following move from Standard Industrial Classification SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
 size of firm (by number employed)

Employment by businesses classified to Construction - 3rd quarter each year: thousands

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

82.9 70.0 77.6 73.2 78.9 80.9 88.4 86.3 89.3 90.6
99.8 97.4 112.0 113.4 135.9 133.2 114.2 152.2 152.1 143.6
133.3 120.3 136.7 147.5 150.4 156.7 141.4 161.4 151.5 145.3
112.6 99.9 110.2 116.7 121.0 120.5 103.2 116.2 110.8 113.2
104.2 99.7 114.5 119.2 131.6 118.0 102.1 106.6 102.2 107.5
56.5 52.8 59.9 62.3 62.8 61.9 56.9 54.0 49.7 52.5
82.7 99.5 86.5 92.3 100.2 95.7 82.3 84.1 78.6 79.0
37.7 36.0 39.9 42.0 42.4 42.8 34.9 40.8 37.5 36.3
45.5 43.8 46.5 47.5 49.1 46.4 40.9 44.3 42.2 39.1
100.7 93.4 106.1 107.8 107.6 106.9 83.8 91.8 85.2 84.0
60.0 57.6 65.7 70.3 68.0 68.6 60.4 59.7 61.2 60.3
61.9 54.2 58.7 60.1 59.4 47.1 38.0 48.6 47.0 46.6
165.0 149.6 154.5 163.0 179.0 187.6 167.9 176.2 152.5 156.1

1,142.8 1,074.1 1,169.0 1,215.3 1,286.3 1,266.3 1,114.4 1,222.2 1,159.8 1,154.1

ders's Address File.

tion 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
ter (IDBR).
uction New Orders surveys
tion SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
 2013 2014 2015

92.6 92.9 108.7

152.2 152.5 163.9
145.8 146.4 154.4
112.9 113.2 116.9
105.7 106.2 109.4
50.8 50.8 50.0
77.2 77.1 81.4
35.8 35.6 35.0
38.1 38.0 40.6
84.7 84.6 87.7
56.0 56.7 57.8
41.8 39.4 46.5
158.2 157.6 166.5

1,151.8 1,151.0 1,218.9

 Private contractors: Total Employment, by trade of firm
3.3b

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Property developers .. .. .. .. ..

General builders .. .. .. .. ..

Building and civil engineering contractors .. .. .. .. ..

Non-residential building .. .. .. .. 213.1
Housebuilding .. .. .. .. 91.4
Civil engineering .. .. .. .. 92.0
Total main trades 378.5 396.2 440.0 427.6 396.5

Constructional engineers 9.0 8.2 8.1 9.8 ..

Demolition 4.4 4.6 9.6 6.2 11.1
Site preparation .. .. .. .. ..
Reinforced concrete specialists 1.7 1.8 4.5 2.1 ..
Test drilling and boring .. .. .. .. 0.7
Roofing 20.2 20.7 24.4 29.1 28.0
Asphalt and tar sprayers 8.7 7.9 9.0 8.6 ..
Construction of highways .. .. .. .. 23.3
Construction of water projects .. .. .. .. 4.7
Construction of railways and
underground railways .. .. .. .. ..

Construction of bridges and tunnels .. .. .. .. ..

Construction of utility projects for fluids .. .. .. .. ..

Construction of utility projects for

electricity and telecommunications .. .. .. .. ..

Construction of other civil engineering

projects not elsewhere classified .. .. .. .. ..
Scaffolding 13.7 16.4 19.9 20.6 14.0

Installation of electrical wiring and fitting 94.3 98.0 118.7 106.8 122.3
Insulating activities 7.3 7.7 7.6 9.0 10.8
Plumbing, and heat and air conditioning
installation 30.3 32.8 39.5 49.3 77.7

Heating and ventilating engineers 40.9 39.5 44.7 37.1 ..

Plastering 8.0 8.5 10.5 9.9 10.6
Joinery installation 25.0 26.2 31.8 29.9 51.6
Flooring contractors 8.0 8.4 10.4 11.7 ..
Floor and wall tiling specialists 2.7 2.5 3.0 3.3 ..
Floor and wall covering .. .. .. .. 15.3
Suspended ceiling specialists 6.5 9.0 14.2 10.4 ..
Painting 34.5 35.3 41.0 43.9 40.0
Glazing 17.4 16.6 13.9 16.4 14.5
Plant hire (with operators) 16.5 17.0 20.1 17.7 16.4r

Other construction work and building

installation and completion 51.1 56.3 87.8 96.8 135.1r

Other specialised construction activities

not elsewhere specified .. .. .. .. ..

All trades 778.5 813.6 958.8 945.9 972.6

Notes
.. = not available due to change of classification.
1. Information relates to the number of private contractors' firms on BERR's (now BIS) Builders's Address File.
2. Discontinuity between 2000 and 2001 following move from Standard Industrial Classification 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
3. Information relates to the number of firms on the ONS Interdepartmental Business Register (IDBR).
4. Property developers (SIC 41.1) are not included in ONS' Construction Output and Construction New Orders surveys
5. Discontinuity between 2009 and 2010 following move from Standard Industrial Classification SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
rade of firm Great Britain

Employment by businesses classified to Construction - 3rd quarter each year: thousands

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
167.7 189.4 158.5 175.6 179.1 182.2 161.9 134.3
112.5 138.2 142.7 154.3 172.6 170.3 177.4 141.5
100.7 113.7 101.7 103.6 105.4 111.3 94.0 81.5
380.9 441.3 402.9 433.5 457.1 463.8 433.4 357.3

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
11.2 9.9 9.7 11.6 12.5 13.5 13.6 11.6
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0.7 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3
30.3 32.3 29.5 32.4 31.9 36.0 36.3 29.7
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
29.5 27.0 25.2 32.2 33.4 37.3 36.7 31.5
3.9 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.7

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
23.2 25.1 25.8 30.4 33.8 36.6 35.3 27.9

135.3 151.5 141.3 154.0 163.2 180.0 171.9 169.3

7.2 7.4 9.7 10.1 10.6 10.3 11.8 12.9

87.1 101.5 95.3 114.5 117.2 118.9 118.7 118.2

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
13.2 13.0 11.3 11.8 12.0 14.5 15.4 10.3
 46.3 48.9 51.2 57.7 53.6 57.1 63.6 53.8
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
15.2 17.4 14.0 16.8 18.6 16.8 19.7 20.6
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
37.8 39.5 35.8 36.4 35.3 40.0 34.8 30.5
18.6 26.5 22.4 24.2 22.9 23.5 23.0 21.1
14.3 15.9 15.4 15.3 14.8 15.6 16.5 16.0

135.0 180.7 180.4 183.7 194.3 218.1 231.6 199.7

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

989.9 1,142.8 1,074.1 1,169.0 1,215.3 1,286.3 1,266.3 1,114.4

(SIC68) to SIC92.
BR).
New Orders surveys
C (2003) to SIC (2007)
ousands

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

80.1 74.6 68.0 67.3 67.7 72.9

.. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. ..
66.0 67.1 61.2 64.5 64.5 71.1
214.7 190.7 187.4 188.3 188.3 202.2
203.7 195.2 196.6 185.9 184.2 196.8
484.4 453.0 445.2 438.7 436.9 470.1

.. .. .. .. .. ..
3.5 3.6 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.8
9.3 8.5 8.7 9.2 9.2 11.6
.. .. .. .. .. ..
1.3 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6
26.1 24.2 24.5 24.7 24.7 26.4
.. .. .. .. .. ..
28.6 26.9 26.8 29.0 28.9 27.4
1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.0

7.8 7.1 6.7 7.1 7.2 8.4

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.8

2.1 5.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 9.5

8.3 6.8 12.5 12.7 12.8 20.3

155.2 146.8 142.0 128.4 126.8 128.4

33.9 30.7 30.4 29.6 29.4 32.7

197.4 183.7 184.8 179.8 179.9 177.4

.. .. .. .. .. ..

104.1 105.0 107.0 114.7 115.1 114.2

.. .. .. .. .. ..
10.8 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.8 10.5
 63.6 61.2 59.5 58.8 58.9 62.8
.. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. ..
18.4 17.7 17.4 17.3 17.3 18.3
.. .. .. .. .. ..
42.0 38.4 37.9 36.6 36.6 37.7
5.4 5.9 6.4 6.7 6.8 7.7
.. .. .. .. .. ..

73.2 74.2 79.0 83.4 83.6 89.7

68.6 67.7 70.3 69.3 69.1 80.5

1,222.2 1,159.8 1,154.1 1,151.8 1,151.0 1,218.9

 Private contractors: Total Employment, by region of registration
3.3b Britain

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

North East 30.3 29.8 36.1 31.9 28.9

Yorkshire and the Humber 75.3 81.9 90.0 90.4 90.3
East Midlands 51.6 55.0 61.5 63.2 67.2
East of England 77.9 83.9 97.6 97.4 101.4
East Anglia 29.5 31.4 32.6 35.0 35.8
Beds, Essex, Herts 48.4 52.5 65.0 62.4 65.6
Greater London 98.8 103.8 106.4 109.4 106.2
South East: 110.5 117.8 158.4 152.9 152.3
Kent, Surrey, Sussex 58.4 63.6 80.8 85.4 79.7
Berks, Bucks, Hants, Oxon 52.1 54.2 77.6 67.5 72.7
South West 61.2 61.8 76.6 80.0 105.6
West Midlands 73.0 74.4 87.4 83.3 88.4
North West 85.0 89.1 106.4 100.2 105.9

England 663.7 697.6 820.4 808.7 846.2

Wales 30.6 32.0 37.5 39.9 37.7

Scotland 84.2 83.9 100.3 97.5 88.8

Great Britain 778.5 813.6 958.8 945.9 972.6

Notes
.. = not available due to change of classification.
1. Information relates to the number of private contractors' firms on BERR's (now BIS) Builders's Address File.
2. Discontinuity between 2000 and 2001 following move from Standard Industrial Classification 68 (SIC68) to SIC92.
3. Government Office Regions.
4. Information relates to the number of firms on the ONS Interdepartmental Business Register (IDBR).
5. Discontinuity between 2009 and 2010 following move from Standard Industrial Classification SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
egion of registration Great

Employment by businesses classified to Construction - 3rd quarter each year: thousands

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

44.8 42.6 38.6 45.8 49.0 52.1 44.7

88.9 103.6 96.3 109.0 113.7 118.0 113.9
71.0 83.8 72.7 83.5 86.0 92.4 88.1
98.1 118.2 117.0 122.6 130.1 143.6 138.3
33.8 40.6 41.1 44.3 45.8 53.7 50.9
64.3 77.6 75.9 78.3 84.3 89.9 87.4
121.6 155.2 139.0 136.9 149.1 152.1 153.1
152.6 174.4 181.4 195.3 194.2 211.8 212.8
75.3 94.2 103.4 106.4 108.1 121.5 121.1
77.3 80.2 78.0 88.8 86.2 90.3 91.7
83.9 97.5 87.2 95.7 98.0 110.8 109.6
96.9 105.4 104.8 107.0 104.7 109.2 109.6
103.2 115.7 109.4 123.4 127.5 134.2 136.6

861.0 996.4 946.5 1,019.2 1,052.3 1,124.1 1106.8

35.5 46.5 37.2 44.1 47.0 49.7 49.9

93.6 99.8 90.4 105.6 116.1 112.6 109.6

989.9 1,142.8 1,074.1 1,169.0 1,215.3 1,286.3 1,266.3

s Address File.
68 (SIC68) to SIC92.

IDBR).
SIC (2003) to SIC (2007)
 Great

each year: thousands

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

38.4 44.4 40.4 38.5 36.5 36.8 42.4

100.4 108.4 98.0 95.4 94.6 93.9 91.0
74.7 80.6 76.3 73.8 76.3 76.1 80.7
126.8 127.2 128.4 126.5 133.8 133.9 136.4
43.4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
83.4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
135.9 144.4 160.6 163.5 166.2 164.1 169.2
191.3 185.8 171.7 168.3 167.5 169.1 184.8
104.3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
87.0 .. .. .. .. .. ..
98.1 112.8 96.6 93.1 94.1 94.2 101.7
95.6 109.8 103.8 105.5 97.3 97.5 98.5
117.4 134.1 129.0 135.5 133.8 133.6 151.3

978.5 1047.7 1004.9 1000.1 1000.1 999.3 1056.1

38.9 45.1 43.5 43.4 44.3 44.4 46.9

97.0 129.4 111.5 110.6 107.3 107.3 115.9

1,114.4 1,222.2 1,159.8 1,154.1 1,151.8 1,151.0 1218.9

 Number of firms by size and trade of firm
3.4a Great Britain

Main trades
Property Commercial Residential
developers buildings buildings

0 (sole proprietors) 3,402 1,561 3,129

1 17,068 4,598 13,277
2-3 6,603 3,069 9,489
4-7 2,829 1,352 3,729
8-13 916 480 1,294
14-24 382 274 758
25-34 63 91 237
35-59 38 103 292
60-79 13 26 73
80-114 11 33 86
115-299 30 122
300-599 33
21 15
600-1,199 14
1,200+ 8 13
All firms 31,346 11,640 32,546
rm

Main trades Civil engineer

Civil Bridges and
engineering Main trades Highways Railways tunnels

2,708 7,398 478 179 24

8,304 26,179 993 843 35
5,058 17,616 637 155 20
338 44
3,646 10,501 8
169 12
123 7
56 6
75
7
22 7
1,541 3,749 17 0
13

10
8 0
0
21,257 65,443 2,929 1,263 94
 3rd quarter 2015: number
Civil engineering
Electricity and
Fluids telecomms Water projects Other civil eng.

31 33 16 1,947
216 297 101 5,819
99 127 70 3,950
34 46 41 2,034
10 31 18 861
17 23 16 474
7 6 168
5 5 185
16
62
8 58
71
6
0 34
7
0 13
0 9
430 575 281 15,685
 Number of firms by size and trade of firm
3.4a

Site Test Electrical

Demolition preparation drilling/boring installation
0 (sole proprietors) 39 1,013 21 4,869
1 242 1,056 70 15,054
2-3 173 554 64 10,390
4-7 102 248 46 4,650
8-13 51 113 23 1,976
14-24 46 84 10 1,052
25-34 11 33 284
35-59 12 31 298
15
60-79 8 13 79
80-114 5 60
7
115-299 9 0 60
300-599 0 0 0 24
600-1,199 0 0 0 9
1,200+ 0 0 0 7
All firms 691 3,159 249 38,812
 Great Britain

Allied trades
Other construction
Plumbing/H installation and Floor/wall
VAC finishing Plastering Joinery covering Painting
4,893 3,766 610 5,099 1,242 1,650
11,421 10,866 1,887 7,710 2,439 3,973
8,978 7,956 1,196 5,834 1,858 2,858
3,586 3,099 378 2,365 769 1,241
1,405 1,127 138 854 304 476
745 495 68 388 130 207
192 98 16 109 22 33
212 100 8 109 27 53
59 26 6 20 10
39 33 19 7 7
51 18 7
16
0
13
9 0 0 0 7
0 0 0 0
31,594 27,593 4,307 22,523 6,798 10,522
 3rd quarter 2015: number

Other specialised
Glazing Roofing Scaffolding construction All trades
298 1,353 797 2,261 38,711
756 2,614 1,590 5,766 108,691
725 2,076 1,451 3,796 72,128
390 934 857 1,739
42,778
132 342 385 802
47 232 200 423
11 54 78 140
56 68 144
11 20 46
11
14 35 11,467
12 37
0 9
20
0 0
6
0 0
2,370 7,684 5,480 15,204 273,775
 Table 3.5 Number of firms by size and region of registration

Size of firm (by number Yorkshire and the

employed) North East Humber East Midlands
0 (sole proprietors) 775 2,495 2,853
1 3,021 7,565 7,486
2-3 1,974 5,362 5,207
4-7 947 2,412 2,282
8-13 414 1,005 848
14-24 244 526 446
25-34 66 145 133
35-59 80 184 145
60-79 25 44 32
80-114 21 35 24
115-299 27 33 30
300-599 15
600-1,199 10 17
10
1,200+
All firms 7,604 19,831 19,503
of registration Great Britain

East of England London South East South West West Midlands

5,573 4,415 8,021 4,847 2,992
13,868 19,652 18,333 9,586 8,385
9,247 10,915 12,870 7,216 5,620
3,551 3,921 5,057 3,245 2,420
1,269 1,396 1,825 1,325 975
639 689 933 619 485
189 150 268 174 132
185 161 245 154 147
48 50 76 41 38
40 46 54 45 40
62 66 54 34 34
12 24 21 6 11
7 8
12 7 8
13 6
34,695 41,505 47,771 27,299 21,287
Great Britain

3rd quarter 2015

North West England Wales Scotland Great Britain

2,562 34,533 1,920 2,258 38,711
10,564 98,460 3,749 6,482 108,691
6,594 65,005 2,820 4,303 72,128
3,029 26,864 1,493 2,498 30,855
1,217 10,274 579 1,070 11,923
710 5,291 308 604 6,203
209 1,466 87 169 1,722
233 1,534 87 228 1,849
53 407 25 79 511
57 362 27 47 436
61 401 65
17 125 15
28 746
9 45 10
8 51 6
25,323 244,818 11,123 17,834 273,775
 North East Yorkshire East Midlands East of EngEast Anglia
1997 4255 12581 11489 20195 7589
1998 4210 12543 11956 20949 7668
1999 4647 12442 11396 20608 7220
2000 4079 12913 11759 21553 7535
2001 4246 12625 12325 22129 7822
2002 4191 12476 12245 21790 7727
2003 4389 13156 12911 22513 8194
2004 4634 13788 13446 23071 8406
2005 5008 14275 14100 23831 8629
2006 5139 14588 14482 24296 8894
2007 5466 15402 14858 24741 9024
2008 5666 15932 15471 26073 9418
2009 5390 15098 14712 25218 9051
2010 7088 19895 19244 32532 ..
2011 6866 19469 18808 32017 ..
2012 6702 18735 18129 31410 ..
2013 6914 18912 18393 31680 ..
2014 6938 18947 18427 31779 ..
2015 7604 19831 19503 34695 ..
Beds, Essex, Herts Greater Lo South East:Kent, Surre Berks, Bucks, Hants, OSouth West
12606 16530 27824 14799 13025 16462
13281 17142 28806 15348 13458 16705
13388 17222 30707 15897 14810 16985
14018 15936 29683 15118 14565 17700
14307 17737 30338 16032 14306 18193
14063 17610 30094 15908 14186 17961
14319 17578 30949 16212 14737 18397
14665 17584 32046 16822 15224 19013
15202 17835 32813 17119 15694 19845
15402 18160 33250 17423 15827 20248
15718 19137 33867 17866 16000 20694
16655 20975 35751 18905 16845 21843
16167 20156 34452 18238 16214 20967
.. 31020 44729 .. .. 26617
.. 31828 44214 .. .. 26374
.. 32065 43197 .. .. 25653
.. 33875 43693 .. .. 25677
.. 34030 43778 .. .. 25740
.. 41505 47771 .. .. 27299
West Midla North West England Wales Scotland
14656 15508 139500 8392 12256
14844 15676 142804 8273 12159
13974 16112 144093 8382 13179
14076 15303 143001 7676 12748
14917 15874 148382 7916 11824
14746 15661 146774 7784 11624
15093 16185 151170 7830 12092
15553 16873 156008 8115 12280
15999 17427 161133 8503 13008
16152 17744 164059 8727 13321
16590 18427 169182 8905 14113
17278 19151 178138 9235 15034
16520 18094 170608 8854 14563
21436 25149 227710 11064 17667
20788 24203 224567 10865 17689
20088 23378 219357 10475 17273
20288 23820 223252 10538 17174
20330 23906 223875 10565 17207
21287 25323 244818 11123 17834
Great Britain
160148
163236
165561
163426
168123
166181
171092
176403
182644
186107
192199
202407
194025
256441
253121
247105
250964
251647
273775