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Builders’ Merchant Q3 Volume Down -10.5% On Q2 2022. Value Sales Down -3.3%.

Compared to the same period in 2022, Q3 2023 total volume sales to builders and trades fell -10.5% from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants. Value sales were down -3.3%, as prices rose +8.0%. There was no difference in trading days. The three largest categories all sold less: Heavy Building Materials (-1.5%), Landscaping (-7.0%) and Timber & [...]

By |2023-12-01T13:46:48+00:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Market Reports, MRA Research|

June To August Builders Merchant Volumes Up +5.3% On Previous 3 Months

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -3.3% in the month of August compared to the same month in 2022, with volume falling -10.5% and prices up +8.0%. But value sales in the last three months, June to August, were +3.3% higher than March to May [...]

By |2023-10-26T22:48:11+01:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Market Reports, MRA Marketing, MRA Research|

May-July Builders Merchant Value Sales +8.5% Up On Previous 3 Months

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -0.4% in July compared to the same month in 2022, with volume falling -7.9% and prices up +8.1%. But the last three months, May to July, value sales were +8.5% higher than in February to April 2023. Nine of [...]

By |2023-09-22T16:07:49+01:00September 22nd, 2023|Categories: Market Reports, MRA Research|

Merchant Value Sales Fall Again In May

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales down by -6.0% in May compared to the same month in 2022. Volume sales fell -15.1% with price inflation of +10.8%. With one less trading day in May 2023, like-for-like sales were -1.3% lower. Eight of the twelve categories sold more [...]

By |2023-07-25T22:20:55+01:00July 25th, 2023|Categories: MRA Research|

Merchant Value Sales Fall -9.0% In April As Volumes Drop -20.2%

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales down by -9.0% in April compared to the same month in 2022. Volume fell -20.2% with price inflation of +14.0%. Taking trading day differences into account, like-for-like sales were -4.0% lower as April 2023 had one less trading day than the [...]

By |2023-06-21T22:43:12+01:00June 21st, 2023|Categories: business, Market Reports, MRA Research|

Q1 2023 Sales Drop -2.3% As Volumes Tumble -16.4%

Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants show Q1 2023 recorded a -2.3% drop in year-on-year growth, with volume sales falling -16.4% countered by +16.9% price inflation. With one more trading day this year, like-for-like value sales were -3.8% lower. Nine of the 12 categories sold more in Q1 2023 compared to the [...]

By |2023-05-31T15:30:07+01:00May 31st, 2023|Categories: Market Reports, MRA Research|

Marginal Value Growth In Year-On-Year Merchant Sales In February

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +0.8% in February compared to the same month in 2022. This growth was driven exclusively by price inflation (+14.9%) as volume sales fell -12.2%. There was no difference in trading days. Nine of the twelve categories sold more [...]

By |2023-05-02T11:24:59+01:00May 2nd, 2023|Categories: MRA Research|

MRA Research Launches New Builders Merchants Monthly OMNIBUS Survey

Sponsored news from MRA Research: MRA Research has set up a Builders’ Merchants Monthly OMNIBUS Survey for companies who want quick, cost-effective research to improve their marketing. The OMNIBUS Survey is an insight tool for suppliers and companies working in the builders’ merchants sector. Businesses marketing or selling to builders’ merchants, and through them [...]

By |2023-03-30T22:09:32+01:00March 30th, 2023|Categories: MRA Research|
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