12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
DOWN ON LAST YEAR FIRST QUARTER
Latest BMBI figures show merchants Q1 timber and joinery value sales were down 1.4% year-on-year
SUMMARY
■ Volume sales increased in Q1 but prices fell
■Q1 timber and joinery product sales fell -1.4% year-on-year
■Quarter 1 total value sales were boosted by March sales
There was a double digit increase in volume sales (+11.2%), while prices came down -3.6%. ■
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI), published in May, show total value sales for Q1 2025 up +0.9% compared to Q1 2024. There was no difference in trading days. However, volume sales increased +3.9%, while prices came down -2.9%.
Eight of the 12 categories sold more in Q1 2025 compared to the same quarter a year before, with services performing best (+5.3%). Heavy building materials (+2%) outperformed total merchants, while the next largest category – timber and joinery products – slipped -1.4% year-on-year. Work wear and safety wear (-3.3%) was the weakest category. Quarter-on-quarter builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q1 2025 were +5.2% higher than the previous three-month period (October to December 2024). Eleven of the 12 categories sold more, with landscaping (+14.1%) increasing the most. Timber and joinery products (+4.2%) grew less. With two more trading days in the most recent period, like-for-like value sales were +1.9% higher than the previous quarter. Volume sales rose +5.8%, while prices dropped -0.5%. Quarter 1 total value sales were boosted by March sales, up +7.2% year-on-year. Eleven of the 12 categories sold more with landscaping (+13.2%) ahead, closely followed by renewables and water saving (+13.1%). Timber and joinery products increased +4.7%. With one extra trading day in the most recent period, like-for-like sales were +2.1% up.
Above: Quarterly sales, year-on-year
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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