12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
SLOW DOWN CONTINUES
Latest BMBI stats show that timber and joinery sales were down again in August SUMMARY
■BMBI figures for August were published in October
■Merchants’ total value sales in August were up 10% year-on-year
■Less timber was sold in August this year than in August 2022
■Timber and joinery products recorded marginal growth on July
joinery products (-10.9%) was the weakest category.
Month-on-month, total merchant sales were up +1.1% in August compared to July. Volume sales were virtually flat (-0.2%) and prices increased +1.3%. With one more trading day in the most recent period, like-
for-like sales were down -3.5%. Timber and joinery products (+0.7%) recorded marginal growth. ■
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in October, reveal that total value sales by builders’ merchants across Great Britain were +10% up in August 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. But volume sales were down -4.2% with +14.8% price inflation driving value sales.
Only timber and joinery products (-5.7%) sold less in August 2022 compared to the previous year and previous highs. Nine categories outperformed merchants overall with renewables and water saving (+27.3%) and kitchens and bathrooms (+26.9%) leading the field. Heavy building materials (+17.7%) also performed well. With an extra trading day in August 2022, like-for-like sales were +5% higher.
Compared to August 2019, a more normal pre-pandemic year, total merchant value sales were +29.9% higher. Volume sales were down -1.2% while prices were up +31.5%. With one extra trading day this year, like-for-like sales were up +24%. Three of the 12 categories grew more than total merchants with timber and joinery products (+39.9%) the strongest. Total sales in the three months June to August 2022 were +2.8% up on the same period last year, with price inflation of +15.7%, and volumes down -11.1%. With two fewer trading days, like-for-like sales were +6.1%. Ten of the 12 categories sold more than merchants overall. Timber and
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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