12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
TIMBER AND JOINERY VALUE SALES DOWN
Latest BMBI stats show February’s timber and joinery value sales down year-on-year SUMMARY
■February value sales of timber and joinery products were down -4.8% year-on-year
■Timber and joinery products underperformed total builders’ merchants’ sales
■Value sales in February were +4.4% higher than January
merchants – these were landscaping (+15.1%), services (+6.1%) and heavy building materials (+5.4%). Timber and joinery products (+1.9%) grew more slowly. Work wear and safety wear was the weakest category, down -8.3%. With two fewer trading days in February, like-for- like value sales were up +14.8%. ■
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in February were down -2.7% compared to the same month in 2024. Volume sales remain flat (-0.1%) while prices dropped -2.6%. With one fewer trading day in the most recent period, like-for-like value sales were up +2.2%. Year-on-year, just three categories sold more – services (+3%), tools (+2.6%) and miscellaneous (+2.3%). Plumbing, heating and electrical (-1.3%) and heavy building materials (-1.6%) while still down, performed better than total merchants. Timber and joinery products under performed total builders’ merchants, falling by -4.8%. Decorating (-6.4%) and renewables and water saving (-6.6%) were the weakest categories. In the three months from December 2024 to February 2025, total value sales were -1.1% behind the same three-month period a year before. Volume sales were increased +1.8% but prices fell -2.8%. Four of the 12 categories sold more, with services (+4.9%) and tools (+4.1%) performing best. Timber and joinery products were down -3.4%, while renewables and water saving (-7%) saw the biggest drop. There was no difference in trading days. Value sales in February were +4.4% higher than January. Month-on-month volume sales rose +8% and prices were down -3.4%. Nine of the 12 categories sold more, including three which did better than total builders’
Above: Total builders’ merchants’ monthly sales
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 92% of generalist builders’ merchants’ sales across Great Britain. The full report is on
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