12 | Statistics Update: Builders Merchants
AUGUST WASH OUT
Latest figures from the BMBI show August’s timber and joinery products value sales fell -8.2% year-on-year in a wash out month for merchants
SUMMARY
■Builders’ merchants’ value sales were down in August year-on-year
■Timber and joinery products were among the weakest categories
■August total value sales were -8.1% lower than July
■January-August timber and joinery products sales were -7.7% down on the previous year
For the year to date (January to August 2024), timber and joinery products sales were -7.7% down on the previous year, compared with -7.3% for heavy building materials and -5.4% for total merchants. ■
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in August were down -5.6% compared to the same month in 2023. Volume sales dropped -5.7% with little movement in price (+0.2%). With one fewer trading day this year, like-for- like value sales were down -1.1%. Compared to August 2023, seven of the 12 categories performed better than total merchants’ year-on-year, with services (+2.5%), work wear and safety wear (+2.3%), and decorating (+0.2%) ahead the most. The two largest categories – heavy building materials (-6.1%) and timber and joinery products (-8.2%) – were weaker than total merchants. Total sales in the three months June to August 2024 were -6.6% lower than the same three-month period in 2023. Volume sales were down -7.6% and prices up +1.1%. With one fewer trading day this year, like-for- like sales were -5.2% lower. Five of the 12 categories sold more with work wear and safety wear again doing best (+10%). Timber and joinery products were -8.2% down. August total value sales were -8.1% lower than July. Volume sales fell -9.2% and prices edged up +1.2%. All categories sold less, and just three performed better than total merchants: services (-4.4%), timber and joinery products (-7.4%) and decorating (-7.5%). With two fewer trading days this month, like-for-like value sales were marginally higher (+0.7%).
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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