New data released Monday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveals a mixed picture for Germany’s construction sector in June 2025. While overall order intake experienced a seasonally and calendar-adjusted decline of 2.6 percent compared to May 2025, a significant divergence between building types was observed.
Commercial construction – encompassing building construction – saw a substantial increase in new orders, rising by 12.2 percent. Conversely, civil engineering – including infrastructure projects – experienced a decline of 13.1 percent in order intake for the same period.
When compared to June 2024, real, calendar-adjusted order intake for the construction sector rose by 2.9 percent (nominal increase of 4.2 percent). Gains were driven by a robust 8.0 percent increase in commercial construction orders, partially offset by a 1.4 percent decrease in civil engineering orders.
For the first half of 2025, overall order intake rose by 7.3 percent in real terms and 9.4 percent nominally. Both commercial and civil engineering sectors registered growth over the same period last year, with commercial construction up 5.6 percent and civil engineering up 8.7 percent.
Turning to revenue figures, real revenue in the construction sector was 0.5 percent lower in June 2025 than in June 2024. Nominal revenue, however, increased by 2.1 percent to reach €10.1 billion.
Employment in the sector saw a positive trend, with the number of people employed in construction increasing by 1.0 percent in June 2025 compared to the same month last year.
Across the first six months of 2025, revenue increased by 2.2 percent in real terms and 4.6 percent nominally. This follows a slight employment decrease in 2024 (-0.4 percent), with employment figures showing a mild increase of 0.9 percent for the first half of 2025.
