Construction - April 2025

The construction output increased by 1.9%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in April. In the month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison, it was by 5.0% lower. The approximate value of building permits granted decreased by 9.9%. The number of started dwellings decreased by 26.2%, y-o-y; the number of completed dwellings decreased by 0.1%, y-o-y.

“In April, the construction output recorded the sixth successive year-on-year growth, when it increased by 1.9%. The growth took place in both the civil engineering construction and the building construction,” Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), says. Production in building construction increased by 1.8% and the civil engineering construction increased by 2.3%, y-o-y. The construction output was by 5.0% lower, m-o-m, in April.

“The approximate value of constructions for which a building permit was granted in April decreased by 9.9% and the decrease took place in the segment of large constructions with budgets over CZK 1 billion. As for smaller constructions, the approximate value stagnated,” Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit of the CZSO, says.

In April 2025, construction of 2 688 dwellings started and the number decreased by 26.2%, year-on-year. The number of completed dwellings amounted to 3 908, which was a y-o-y decrease by 0.1%.

According to Eurostat data, the construction output in the EU27 in March 2025 decreased by 0.7%, year-on-year. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for April 2025 on 19 June 2025.