Business investment in the UK - April to June 2025 revised results

1st October 2025

In line with our National Accounts Revisions Policy, this release contains data that are consistent with the UK National Accounts and the Blue Book 2025, which will be released on 31st October 2025.

UK business investment decreased by 1.1% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2025, revised up from a 4.0% decrease in the provisional estimate.

The largest contributors to the decrease in business investment were decreases in transport equipment and intellectual property products (IPP); ICT equipment, and other machinery and equipment, made a small negative contribution, and the only positive contribution came from other buildings and structures.

UK business investment is 3.0% above the level seen in the same quarter a year ago, and has increased by 2.3% between 2023 and 2024, revised up from a 2.0% increase in the previous estimate.

UK whole economy investment (technically known as gross fixed capital formation (GFCF)), which includes business and public sector investment, increased by 0.5% in Quarter 2 2025, revised up from a 1.1% decrease in the provisional estimate.

UK GFCF is 2.9% above the level seen in the same quarter a year ago.

GFCF grew by 1.8% in 2024, unrevised from the previous estimate.

Headline GFCF estimates up to and including 2023 are unrevised from the pre-announced revisions; business investment, however, has further revised since that release for all periods because of further reconciliation with other GFCF components.

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