Deep dive
What the UK produces, industry by industry and region by region
ONS’s monthly figures to July 2026: how fast each industry grew, how much each added to growth, and what businesses invested and traded. Then where output comes from now, region by region.
21 October 2026 · figures from the Office for National Statistics and the Scottish Government, each named where its figure is printed and listed in How we worked this out
Main points
- ONS’s monthly estimate of the UK’s output changed by +0.4% in July 2026, +0.4% over the three months to July 2026 and +1.6% on July 2025 (published 11 September 2026).
- Over the three months to July 2026, ONS’s growth rate was +0.6% for services, −0.5% for production and −0.5% for construction.
- ONS’s business investment bulletin, published 30 September 2026: “UK business investment increased by 1.8% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2026 and is 5.2% above where it was in the same quarter a year ago.”
- The Scottish Government’s first estimate of growth in Scotland’s onshore GDP was +0.7% in 2026 Q2 on the previous quarter (published 26 August 2026).
- ONS’s quarterly figures for the English regions and Wales are official statistics in development. They reach 2025 Q3, in pounds million at current prices, with no growth rate (published 31 July 2026).
- GDP per head at current market prices was £42,171 in England, £39,441 in Scotland and £31,484 in Wales in 2024; in 2019 it was £34,392 in England (ONS, Table 7, published 23 September 2026).
I · The latest month
ONS estimates the output of the whole UK every month. It prints three growth rates for each industry: on the previous month, over three months, and on a year earlier. This chapter prints them for July 2026.
ONS’s index, index, 2023 = 100, January 2019 to July 2026
Every panel shares one value scale, 51.6 to 115.3.
Each row in the table prints ONS’s growth on the previous month, over the three months to July 2026 against the three before, and on July 2025, each to one decimal place as ONS prints it. The chart is ONS’s index, index, 2023 = 100: a rise means more was produced, with price changes taken out. All four lines open on one scale; switch to each panel’s own scale to see smaller movements.
The figures as a table
| Total GVA at basic prices (A - T): month · three months · year | +0.4% · +0.4% · +1.6% |
|---|---|
| Total service industries (G-T): month · three months · year | +0.4% · +0.6% · +2.1% |
| Total production industries (B - E): month · three months · year | +0.2% · −0.5% · +0.6% |
| Construction (F): month · three months · year | +0.1% · −0.5% · −2.5% |
Office for National Statistics, Monthly gross domestic product: time series (MGDP) · Reference: 2019 JAN to 2026 JUL · Released: 11 September 2026
II · Where growth is
ONS splits each month’s growth into the part each industry contributed, in . Each row is an industry and each column a month. The top row is ONS’s growth for all industries.
Over the three months to July 2026, services contributed +0.48 points, production −0.06 and construction −0.03. ONS’s growth for all industries was +0.4%. The two sections contributing most were Professional, scientific and technical activities (M), at +0.18 points, and Information and communication (J), at +0.17.
Each industry’s contribution, percentage points, month on previous month
- Added to growth
- Took from growth
- Darker means larger; one scale runs across every cell
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ONS prints agriculture, production, construction and services, and the sections inside production and services. It prints each contribution to two decimal places and its overall growth to one, so the columns do not always meet the marker. ONS’s note: “Estimates cannot be regarded as accurate to the last digit shown.” Click a month to sort its contributions; open production or services to see its sections. ONS prints nothing finer than a section, so agriculture and construction do not open.
The figures as a table
| Total GVA at basic prices (A - T), July 2026 | +0.39 pp |
|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A), July 2026 | 0.00 pp |
| Total production industries (B - E), July 2026 | +0.02 pp |
| Construction (F), July 2026 | +0.01 pp |
| Total service industries (G-T), July 2026 | +0.36 pp |
Office for National Statistics, Contributions to monthly GDP (Contributions to growth within monthly gross domestic product, UK) · Reference: 2024 Jul to 2026 Jul · Released: 11 September 2026
III · One industry, month by month
Pick any industry ONS prints. The line is ONS’s index. The table is ONS’s own three growth rates for every month it prints them.
Over the three months to July 2026, Information and communication (J) grew fastest of ONS’s twenty sections, by +2.5%. Water supply, sewerage etc (E) had the lowest rate, −4.0%. All industries together grew by +0.4%.
ONS’s index, index, 2023 = 100, January 2019 to July 2026
Every panel shares one value scale, 70.8 to 106.3.
| Month | On the previous month | Three months on three | On a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | +0.9% | +0.5% | +2.6% |
| June 2026 | −0.5% | +1.0% | +0.5% |
| May 2026 | −0.2% | +1.5% | +2.0% |
| April 2026 | +0.5% | +0.7% | +1.0% |
| March 2026 | +1.4% | +0.7% | +1.2% |
| February 2026 | −0.3% | +1.0% | −1.1% |
| January 2026 | +0.1% | +1.6% | +1.0% |
| December 2025 | −0.5% | +0.8% | +0.1% |
| November 2025 | +2.1% | −0.7% | +0.7% |
| October 2025 | +0.4% | −1.0% | −1.8% |
| September 2025 | −1.4% | −1.3% | −3.0% |
| August 2025 | +0.3% | −0.4% | −2.0% |
| July 2025 | −1.2% | −0.9% | −0.9% |
| June 2025 | +1.0% | +0.1% | −0.8% |
| May 2025 | −1.2% | +0.1% | −0.8% |
| April 2025 | +0.7% | +0.9% | +0.8% |
| March 2025 | −0.9% | 0.0% | −1.7% |
| February 2025 | +1.8% | −0.4% | −0.5% |
| January 2025 | −0.7% | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| December 2024 | 0.0% | −0.9% | −1.4% |
| November 2024 | −0.5% | −0.5% | −0.7% |
| October 2024 | −0.8% | +0.5% | +0.4% |
| September 2024 | −0.4% | +0.5% | +0.3% |
| August 2024 | +1.4% | +0.3% | +0.5% |
| July 2024 | −1.1% | −0.5% | −1.9% |
Every rate in the table is ONS’s own, read from the same time series as the index; we work out no rate here. An industry’s index can rise while its growth on the previous month is negative. Both are ONS’s figures.
The figures as a table
| Index, July 2026 | 101.5 |
|---|---|
| On the previous month, July 2026 | +0.9% |
| Three months on the previous three, to July 2026 | +0.5% |
| On July 2025 | +2.6% |
Office for National Statistics, Monthly gross domestic product: time series (MGDP) · Reference: 2019 JAN to 2026 JUL · Released: 11 September 2026
IV · Investment and trade
What businesses spent on buildings, machines and software, and what the UK sold abroad and bought in. Each series is ONS’s own, with price changes taken out. Each figure carries its own dates.
“UK business investment increased by 1.8% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2026 and is 5.2% above where it was in the same quarter a year ago.” Business investment in the UK: April to June 2026 revised results (bulletin), published 30 September 2026
Business investment, £ million, price changes taken out
Every panel shares one value scale, £56,473m to £85,066m.
ONS’s quarterly business investment, as revised on 30 September 2026. The quoted main point and the two growth rates are ONS’s own, from its bulletin.
The figures as a table
| Business investment, 2026 Q2 | £83,534m |
|---|---|
| ONS’s growth, quarter on quarter | +1.8% |
| ONS’s growth, same quarter a year earlier | +5.2% |
Office for National Statistics, Business investment time series (CXNV) · Reference: 2019 Q1 to 2026 Q2 · Released: 30 September 2026
Office for National Statistics, Business investment in the UK: April to June 2026 revised results (bulletin) · Reference: April to June 2026 · Released: 30 September 2026
By asset, £ million, price changes taken out
Each panel has its own value scale; compare shapes, not heights, across panels.
ONS publishes its split by asset on a different day from the headline series, and it reaches one quarter earlier. Each row is ONS’s level, then its growth on the previous quarter and on the same quarter a year earlier. Each asset opens on its own scale, so compare shapes, not heights. ONS does not publish them as shares, and this page does not either.
The figures as a table
| Business investment, 2026 Q2: level · quarter · year | £83,534m · +1.8% · +5.2% |
|---|---|
| Transport equipment, 2026 Q2: level · quarter · year | £5,310m · −12.4% · −16.4% |
| ICT equipment and other machinery and equipment, 2026 Q2: level · quarter · year | £15,871m · +2.5% · +4.1% |
| Other buildings and structures, 2026 Q2: level · quarter · year | £25,516m · +6.1% · +15.3% |
| Intellectual property products, 2026 Q2: level · quarter · year | £36,837m · +0.9% · +3.2% |
Office for National Statistics, Business investment by asset · Reference: 2019 Q1 to 2026 Q2 · Released: 30 September 2026
Exports and imports of goods and of services
Each panel has its own value scale; compare shapes, not heights, across panels.
Goods exports to the EU and to other countries
Each panel has its own value scale; compare shapes, not heights, across panels.
ONS’s exports and imports with price changes taken out. Every balance in the table is ONS’s own series, not exports less imports worked out here. ONS splits exports between the EU and other countries for goods only.
The figures as a table
| Total trade exports, July 2026 | £77,535m |
|---|---|
| Total trade imports, July 2026 | £83,840m |
| Total trade balance, July 2026 | −£6,305m |
| Trade in goods exports, July 2026 | £33,117m |
| Trade in goods imports, July 2026 | £55,272m |
| Trade in goods balance, July 2026 | −£22,155m |
| Trade in goods exports to the EU, July 2026 | £15,909m |
| Trade in goods exports to non-EU countries, July 2026 | £17,208m |
| Trade in services exports, July 2026 | £44,418m |
| Trade in services imports, July 2026 | £28,568m |
| Trade in services balance, July 2026 | £15,850m |
Office for National Statistics, UK trade: time series (MRET) · Reference: 2019 JAN to 2026 JUL · Released: 11 September 2026
V · The quarterly pulse, two publishers
ONS publishes quarterly figures for the English regions and Wales. The Scottish Government publishes its own for Scotland. They measure different things, so they sit in two panels under one quarter slider and are never added up or ranked together.
Official statistics in development. “These estimates are published as official statistics in development.” Office for National Statistics (workbook cover sheet, Publication Status). Read the statement.
Quarter by quarter from 2022 Q1
ONS’s Table 1 is headed “Gross Value Added (GVA) at current prices, pounds million, seasonally adjusted”. It prints no growth rate and no figure with price changes taken out, so a rise in an ONS panel includes rising prices; each ONS panel has its own scale. The Scottish Government prints growth with price changes taken out. Its note: “All statistics in this release are for Scotland’s onshore economy, which excludes any extra-regio activity.” A quarter a publisher has not printed is left as a gap.
The figures as a table
| North East, 2025 Q3 | £18,673m |
|---|---|
| North West, 2025 Q3 | £68,667m |
| Yorkshire and The Humber, 2025 Q3 | £44,347m |
| East Midlands, 2025 Q3 | £39,031m |
| West Midlands, 2025 Q3 | £48,476m |
| East, 2025 Q3 | £57,633m |
| London, 2025 Q3 | £166,673m |
| South East, 2025 Q3 | £98,022m |
| South West, 2025 Q3 | £51,878m |
| Wales, 2025 Q3 | £22,105m |
| Scotland, GDP growth on the previous quarter, 2026 Q2 | +0.7% |
| Scotland, GDP growth on the same quarter a year earlier, 2026 Q2 | +1.1% |
Office for National Statistics, Quarterly regional GDP, England and Wales (indicative estimates, Table 1) · Reference: Jan to Mar 2022 to Jul to Sep 2025 · Released: 31 July 2026
Scottish Government, GDP Quarterly Tables: first estimate of quarterly GDP, 2026 Quarter 2 (Table 1.1) · Reference: 2022 Q1 to 2026 Q2 · Released: 26 August 2026
VI · Each region’s mix of industries
One tile for each English region, Wales and Scotland. Inside each tile, every industry is a rectangle sized by ONS’s figure for 2024. Pick an industry to see it in every tile, or open a tile.
In 2024, real estate activities was the largest industry by output in North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, West Midlands, East, South East, South West and Scotland. Manufacturing was largest in East Midlands (£20,339m) and Wales (£12,744m). Financial and insurance activities was largest in London (£105,232m). ONS’s UK figure for real estate activities was £377,538m, at current prices.
Output by industry, 2024, £ million at current prices
ONS’s Table 1c prints twenty industry sections for each area, in the pounds of 2024. A rectangle’s size follows ONS’s figure; no share or percentage is printed. The all-industries figure in the table is ONS’s own total, not the rectangles added up, and ONS notes: “Components may not sum to totals as a result of rounding.” Tiles are placed roughly where each area lies, not to scale. This yearly table ends earlier than the monthly figures above.
The figures as a table
| North East, all industries, 2024 | £72,732m |
|---|---|
| North West, all industries, 2024 | £255,067m |
| Yorkshire and The Humber, all industries, 2024 | £171,628m |
| East Midlands, all industries, 2024 | £143,410m |
| West Midlands, all industries, 2024 | £187,174m |
| East, all industries, 2024 | £215,814m |
| London, all industries, 2024 | £614,472m |
| South East, all industries, 2024 | £375,138m |
| South West, all industries, 2024 | £197,679m |
| Wales, all industries, 2024 | £87,432m |
| Scotland, all industries, 2024 | £196,136m |
Office for National Statistics, Regional gross value added (balanced) by industry: all ITL regions (Table 1c, current prices) · Reference: 2024 · Released: 23 September 2026
Output per person in every region and nation over ten years, and who grew, is its own piece: Ten years of the UK’s regional economy.
What this doesn't tell you
- Output is what the economy produces. It says nothing about prices, wellbeing or public spending.
- ONS’s monthly figures are first estimates and are often revised; ONS’s note says they are not accurate to the last digit.
- ONS’s quarterly regional figures include rising prices and are still in development. Scotland’s growth rates come from another publisher, measured another way, and are never set on one scale with them.
- The industry mix is for 2024, the latest year ONS has published by region; it ends well before the monthly figures.
- Northern Ireland is not covered by the regional figures here.
How we worked this out
Every figure on this page is one its publisher printed, read from the file named below at the position recorded for it. We work out no rate, share or change of our own here. Where the page says one figure is largest, that is an ordering of the publisher’s figures, nothing added.
Sources
| Source | Reference | Released | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
Office for National Statistics Contributions to monthly GDP (Contributions to growth within monthly gross domestic product, UK) Each section’s contribution to monthly and three-month GDP growth, percentage points (CONTRIBUTIONS sheet); read from monthlycontributionstablesjuly26.xlsx (sha256 6f763849d137…) on 2026-10-21 | 2024 Jul to 2026 Jul | 11 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Monthly gross domestic product: time series (MGDP) The output index (2023 = 100) and ONS’s growth on the month, three months and year for every section; read from mgdp.csv (sha256 14affd0f3611…) on 2026-10-21 | 2019 JAN to 2026 JUL | 11 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Quarterly regional GDP, England and Wales (indicative estimates, Table 1) Output at current prices, pounds million, seasonally adjusted, nine English regions and Wales (Table 1); read from quarterlyregionalgdppublicationtables2025q3.xlsx (sha256 e45cdf3eb21e…) on 2026-10-21 Official statistics in development. “These estimates are published as official statistics in development.” — Office for National Statistics (workbook cover sheet, Publication Status). Read the statement. | Jan to Mar 2022 to Jul to Sep 2025 | 31 July 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Scottish Government GDP Quarterly Tables: first estimate of quarterly GDP, 2026 Quarter 2 (Table 1.1) Growth on the previous quarter and on a year earlier, GDP and four sectors (Table 1.1); read from GDP+1st+Estimate+2026+Q2+-+Tables+-+accessible.xlsx (sha256 856e8c807169…) on 2026-10-21 | 2022 Q1 to 2026 Q2 | 26 August 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Regional gross value added (balanced) by industry: all ITL regions (Table 1c, current prices) Output (GVA, balanced) at current prices by industry section, eleven regions and nations, the UK and England (Table 1c); read from regionalgrossvalueaddedbalancedbyindustryandallinternationalterritoriallevelsitlregions.xlsx (sha256 6379276f4eb4…) on 2026-10-21 | 2024 | 23 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Regional gross domestic product: all ITL regions, 1998 to 2024 (Table 7) GDP per head at current market prices, England, Wales and Scotland (Table 7); read from regionalgrossdomesticproductgdpbyallinternationalterritoriallevelitlregions.xlsx (sha256 0ccfe057c5b8…) on 2026-10-21 | 2019 and 2024 | 23 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Business investment time series (CXNV) Business investment, with price changes taken out, seasonally adjusted (series NPEL); read from cxnv.csv (sha256 13a14cce6e39…) on 2026-10-21 | 2019 Q1 to 2026 Q2 | 30 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Business investment in the UK: April to June 2026 revised results (bulletin) ONS’s own main point and its two quarterly rates, quoted; read from apriltojune2026revisedresults.pdf (sha256 ab6ac7709f0f…) on 2026-10-21 | April to June 2026 | 30 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics Business investment by asset Level and ONS’s own growth rates by asset (CVM_SA_(Quarterly) sheet); read from businessinvestmentbyasset.xlsx (sha256 f206fa785e4b…) on 2026-10-21 | 2019 Q1 to 2026 Q2 | 30 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |
Office for National Statistics UK trade: time series (MRET) Exports, imports and ONS’s own balances, goods and services, with price changes taken out; read from mret.csv (sha256 709396edc5ff…) on 2026-10-21 | 2019 JAN to 2026 JUL | 11 September 2026 | Dataset Data file |