This page collects the latest available figures from official UK sources and recognised industry research. Figures are presented with their source date because reporting cycles differ. Product sales, national output, trade, employment and research investment are not interchangeable measures, so each statistic keeps the source’s own definition and context.
Key UK manufacturing statistics
£452.2bn
UK manufacturers’ product sales in 2024
This was £14.5 billion lower than 2023 in current prices. The figure covers products reported through the annual ProdCom survey.
Source: ONS, released 22 July 2025 ↗£226.8bn
Manufacturing gross value added in 2024
The latest ONS national-accounts series puts manufacturing output at current prices at £226.785 billion for 2024.
Source: ONS Blue Book 2026, released 30 October 2026 ↗£33.1bn
Aerospace and related machinery exports in 2024
Export trade in this group rose 9% from £30.4 billion in 2023, the largest increase among the listed industry groups.
Source: HMRC and ONS, 2024 trade data ↗2.6m
Jobs provided by UK manufacturing
Make UK’s 2025 facts report describes the sector as providing 2.6 million jobs, with average wages 8% above the whole-economy average.
Source: Make UK, 2025 facts report ↗48%
Share of UK business research and development linked to manufacturing
Make UK reports that manufacturers account for 48% of UK business research and development and 17% of total business investment.
Source: Make UK, 2025 facts report ↗11th
UK position in global manufacturing output
Make UK reported that the UK had risen to 11th globally, with manufacturing output valued at $279 billion in its 2025 report.
Source: Make UK, published 8 September 2025 ↗Methodology and sources
Hubble Composites selected sources that publish their methodology and reporting date. The Office for National Statistics figures are official statistics. The trade data combines HMRC overseas-trade statistics with ONS business-register information. Make UK’s report is used here for its sector-wide employment, investment and international-position figures. This page will be refreshed when a key source releases a materially newer update.
- Office for National Statistics, UK manufacturers’ sales by product: 2024, released 22 July 2025. Covers product sales reported through the ProdCom survey.
- Office for National Statistics, Manufacturing (£m): current prices, Blue Book 2026 series, released 30 October 2026.
- HMRC and Office for National Statistics, UK trade in goods by business characteristics: 2024. Published 2026.
- Make UK, UK Manufacturing: The Facts 2025, published 8 September 2025.
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Hubble Composites (2026), “UK Manufacturing Statistics: 2026 Reference Page”, updated 4 November 2026. Available at https://hubblecomposites.com/uk-manufacturing-statistics.
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