Construction - May 2026
Building construction as well as civil engineering construction increased in May
Publication Date: 09. 07. 2026
Product Code: 200035-26
“The construction output in May increased for the nineteenth successive month already; it increased by 4.4%, year-on-year. The growth took place in the civil engineering construction as well as in the building construction,“ Petra Kačírková from the Construction Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), says. The production in the building construction increased by 3.3% and civil engineering construction increased by 6.6%, year-on-year. In the month-on-month comparison, construction output in May was by 0.2% higher.
In May 2026, 5 784 building permits were granted and the number increased by 11.6%, y-o-y. “The number of building permits increased in May, year-on-year, thanks to new building construction as well as civil engineering construction,” Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit of the CZSO, explains. The floor area in new building construction increased by 74.2%, y-o-y.
In May 2026, construction of 3 968 dwellings started and the number increased by 48.3%, y-o-y. The number of completed dwellings amounted to 2 811, which was a year-on-year increase by 13.5%.
According to Eurostat data, the construction output in the EU27 in April 2026 increased by 1.5%, year-on-year. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for May 2026 on 20 July 2026.
Notes
The year-on-year development of the construction output (production) is published after having been adjusted for the influence of the number of working days. Month-on-month rates are provided for the trend cycle of construction output.
Detailed time series are newly presented primarily via the DataStat application. Current tables in the Public database continue to be updated and fully functional up until the end of operation of the Public database.
Based on changes in the legislation related to the Programme of statistical surveys, data on an approximate value of permitted constructions (for which a building permit is granted) are not available any more.
Methodology: https://csu.gov.cz/sta_m
Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department, T: +420 736 168 543, E: radek.matejka@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit, T: +420 737 280 494, E: petra.curinova@csu.gov.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct surveys of the CZSO (Stav 1–12, Stav 2–12, and the Registry of Territorial Identification, Addresses and Real Estate (RÚIAN))
End of data collection: 2 July 2026
Related outputs:
https://data.csu.gov.cz/datastat/dash?aPolozka=STAV01
https://data.csu.gov.cz/datastat/dash?aPolozka=STAV02
https://data.csu.gov.cz/datastat/dash?aPolozka=STAV03
international comparison in EU countries: Eurostat
Next news release will be published on: 6 August 2026