UK construction material prices, repair and maintenance
The official monthly index of what building materials cost in the UK for repair and maintenance work, the costs behind refurbishment jobs.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Monthly · Index, 2015 = 100 · Updated 4 November 2026
Source: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Building materials and components statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Latest readings
| Period | Reading | On the month | On the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 (p) | 168.7 | +0.4% | +6.2% |
| August 2026 (p) | 168.1 | +0.4% | |
| July 2026 (p) | 167.4 | +0.1% |
Readings marked p are provisional and may be revised by DBT.
Changes are worked out from the published values and can differ slightly from the publisher's own rates.
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