12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
TIMBER AND JOINERY GO SLOW
The latest BMBI stats show timber and joinery products value sales lag year-on-year SUMMARY
■BMBI stats show value sales growth in February was driven by inflation
■Timber and joinery was the weakest performing category in February
■Sales of timber and joinery products grew +3.4% in February over January
day in February, like-for-like sales were up +13.6%. Month-on-month the strongest category was landscaping (+27.6%), followed by heavy building materials (+10.9%). Timber and joinery products grew +3.4%. Work wear and safety wear (-6.5%) was the weakest performing category. ■
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in April, reveal that total value sales by builders’ merchants across Great Britain 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 12 categories sold more in February 2023 compared to February 2022. Renewables and water saving (+58.9%) was again the strongest performing category, while decorating (+15%), plumbing, heating and electrical (+13.3%), work wear and safety wear (+10.1%) and ironmongery (+8.5%) also increased.
Timber and joinery products (-13.9%) was the weakest category, followed by landscaping (-12.5%) and services (-2.1%). Total sales in the three months December 2022 to February 2023 were flat (-0.1%) against the same period last year, with price inflation of +17.9%, and volumes down -15.3%. Nine of the 12 categories sold more, with renewables and water saving (+49.7%) significantly ahead of the other categories. Timber and joinery products (-14.5%) and landscaping (-13.5%) were the two weakest categories.
Month-on-month, total merchant sales were +8.2% higher in February 2023 than the previous month. Volume sales were +13.4% higher than January, while prices were down -4.6%. With one 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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