12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
TIMBER AND JOINERY SALES UP IN FEB
Timber and joinery sales remain significantly ahead of other categories SUMMARY
■ Timber and joinery products was the strongest category in February
■ Sales in landscaping and tools have increased year-on-year
■ Indoor trades have been impacted by the third lockdown
■ Month-on-month, February’s timber and joinery sales were up 7.3%
higher than in January, with no difference in trading days.
Landscaping did best with a 24.1% increase, followed by kitchens and bathrooms, decorating and tools. Timber and joinery products sales were up 7.3%.
INDEX
February’s BMBI index was 109.4, with timber and joinery products the highest at 128.8. ■
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The latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows value sales by Britain’s builders’ merchants in February were 2.3% higher than in February 2020, driven by strong growth in sales of timber and joinery products.
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Timber and joinery products was the strongest category in February with sales up 18.2% on February 2020, on an equal number of trading days. It remains significantly ahead of other product categories, having consistently performed above the total index since the start of the pandemic.
Sales in two other categories – landscaping (+8.6%) and tools (+2.0%) – increased year on year. However, indoor trades have been negatively impacted by a third lockdown, leading to lower sales in categories such as kitchens and bathrooms (-8.6%) and decorating (-8.4%).
LAST THREE MONTHS Total sales in the last three months (December 2020 to February 2021) were 1.8% higher than in December 2019 to February 2020. Only timber and joinery products (+14.8%) and landscaping (+11.0%) sold more in the last three months.
MONTH-ON-MONTH Total merchants’ February sales were 8.6%
Above: Timber & Joinery sales up 18.2% in February
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 | May/June 2021 |
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