# United Kingdom Gross Fixed Capital Formation: Whole economy: Plant and machinery: CP SA ()

United Kingdom Gross Fixed Capital Formation: Whole economy: Plant and machinery: CP SA () was up 10.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 24,019 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.3% (Q2 2020) to 38.5% (Q1 2022), averaging 5.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INVEST.Q.SA.GRP-PLANTMACH.ITEM-TLPW`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/gross-fixed-capital-formation-whole-economy-plant-and-machinery-cp-sa-uk-invest-q-sa-grp-plantmach-item-tlpw

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 24,019 £m | 10.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 23,193 £m | 5.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 22,819 £m | 12.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 23,767 £m | 15.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 21,752 £m | 8.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 22,038 £m | 10.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 20,221 £m | 2.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 20,537 £m | 4.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 20,071 £m | 1.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 19,887 £m | −4.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 19,761 £m | −1.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 19,688 £m | −3.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 19,804 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 20,902 £m | 0.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 20,026 £m | 8.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 20,376 £m | 10.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 19,055 £m | 16.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 20,833 £m | 38.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 18,404 £m | 10.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 18,439 £m | 16.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 16,352 £m | 12.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 15,041 £m | −5.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 16,723 £m | 2.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 15,797 £m | −5.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INVEST.Q.SA.GRP-PLANTMACH.ITEM-TLPW"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INVEST.Q.SA.GRP-PLANTMACH.ITEM-TLPW",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```