12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
TIMBER AND JOINERY SALES SLOW
The latest stats from the BMBI show timber and joinery sales retrenching as inflation drives growth SUMMARY
■Kitchen and bathroom sales outperformed other categories
■Timber and joinery product sales were down year-on-year in April
■Month-on-month timber and joinery sales were down 11.9%
days. Eleven of the 12 categories sold less, including timber and joinery products (-11.9%).
The only category to sell more was landscaping (+0.4%), which was virtually flat. ■
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in June, reveal that total value sales by builders’ merchants across Great Britain were -0.9% down on the same month in 2021 – the first decline since January 2021. Price inflation of +17% helped to mitigate April’s -15.3% drop in volume sales compared to April 2021.
Six categories did better than merchants overall, with kitchens and bathrooms up the most (+15.8%).
Timber and joinery products (-2.3%), tools (-5.5%) and landscaping (-14.1%) were among six categories to sell less year-on-year.
Compared to April 2019, a more normal year before Covid, total merchant value sales were +21% higher. All categories sold more but this was driven by price inflation (+27.5%) rather than volume (-5.1%). Landscaping, up by 40.3% and timber and joinery products, up by 34.1%, were ahead the most. Total sales in the three months from February to April 2022 were 9.3% up on the same period last year with one fewer trading day in the most recent period.
All categories bar landscaping sold more. Kitchens and bathrooms were up the most (+22.1%). Timber and joinery products (+10.2%) were among categories growing more slowly.
Month-on-month total merchant sales
were -10.5% down in April 2022 compared to March 2022, with four fewer trading
Above: Total builders merchants monthly sales index
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) The BMBI is a brand of the BMF. The BMBI report, which is produced and managed by MRA Research, uses GfK’s Builders Merchant Point of Sale Tracking Data which analyses sales out data from over 80% of generalist builders’ merchants’ sales across Great Britain. The full report is on
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TTJ | July/August 2022 |
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