Private Investment in the United Kingdom decreased to -4 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 3.90 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Business Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Detailed breakdown of business investment by industry and asset, in current prices and chained volume measures, non-seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted, UK.

Detailed breakdown of business investment by industry and asset, in current prices, chained volume measures, non-seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted.

In the first quarter of 2025, the business investment index in the United Kingdom was 113, compared with 108 in the previous quarter, indicating that business investment has increased. During this time period, there are two notable dips in business investment, the first occurring during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, and the second in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK. This itself was preceded by a long period of virtually no business investment growth between 2016 and 2020, possibly due to the chaotic nature of the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Tax a key issue for businesses in 2025 According to a survey conducted in the second quarter of 2025, approximately 56 percent of UK firms saw taxation as the main external threat facing their business. A rise in the amount of National Insurance Tax that employers pay came into force in April 2025, by far the most significant tax rise in the government's Autumn Budget from the previous year. Possibly due to this, UK businesses have started to scale back their workforce, with payrolled employment falling by over 230,000 since the start of the year. Inflation concerns return in 2025 Just behind taxation, the second-most pressing external issue for the surveyed businesses was that of inflation. As of April 2025, the CPI inflation rate for the UK stood at 3.5 percent, up from 1.7 percent in September 2024. For 2025 as a whole, the annual inflation rate was initially expected to reach 2.6 percent, with this revised upwards to 3.2 percent during the Spring Statement of 2025. According to the same forecasts, the peak of inflation is anticipated for the third quarter of the year, at 3.7 percent, before falling to more usual levels by 2026.

View quarterly updates and historical trends for UK Business Investment. from United Kingdom. Source: Office for National Statistics. Track economic data …

Real-time database to accompany revision triangles, by quarter, chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted, UK.

View quarterly updates and historical trends for UK Business Investment QoQ. from United Kingdom. Source: Office for National Statistics. Track economic d…

Investment trends for businesses. Contains capital expenditure data at current prices, constant prices and seasonally adjusted. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Business Investment

Key information about United Kingdom Investment: % of GDP

• United Kingdom Investment accounted for 18.2 % of its Nominal GDP in Sep 2024, compared with a ratio of 18.3 % in the previous quarter.
• UK investment share of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1955 to Sep 2024, with an average ratio of 18.8 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 26.2 % in Mar 1989 and a record low of 12.9 % in Jun 2020.

CEIC calculates Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Nominal Gross Capital Formation and quarterly Nominal GDP. Gross Capital Formation is calculated as the sum of Gross Fixed Capital Formation, Changes in Inventories and Acquisition less Disposals of Valuables. Office for National Statistics provides Nominal Gross Capital Formation in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.


Related information about United Kingdom Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports, UK GDP expanded 0.2 % YoY in Mar 2023.
• UK Nominal GDP reached 786.4 USD bn in Mar 2023.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 6.6 % in Dec 2022.
• UK GDP Per Capita reached 45,308.8 USD in Dec 2022.
• Its Gross Savings Rate was measured at 16.4 % in Sep 2024.

Indicator : UK Business InvestmentTheme : Monthly BusinessSource : ONS, Business investment in the UKFrequency : 6 weeklyDefinition : Estimates of short-term indicators of investment in non-financial assets; business investment. Presented in chained volume measure (CVM). This means that the effect of price changes is removed.Latest Period : Q1 2024 Released : June 2024Next Update : August 2024Link : https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/businessinvestment/apriltojune2023provisionalresults

Summary of revisions to levels and growth rates of business investment, by quarter, chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted, UK.

In 2023, medium-sized companies in the United Kingdom invested *** million British pounds in cybersecurity. Small businesses invested just over *** million British pounds, whereas micro companies invested significantly lower amounts in cybersecurity deals, at ** million British pounds.

Business investment current price (CP) and chained volume measure (CVM) data, seasonally adjusted (SA) to the period pre-1997.