TRAILBLAZERS
LEAGUE TABLES
BMJ INDEX: THE VALUE OF EXPANSION 1. Strutka
2. MKM 3. Markovitz
4. James Hargreaves 5. Robert Pochin 6. Brewer
7. Builder Depot
8. Beggs & Partners 9. JT Atkinson 10. Lords
11. Myers Building Supplies 12. Highbourne 13. Williams
14. Joseph Parr
15. County Building Supplies 16. Robert Price & Sons 17. JT Dove
18. Walter Tipper 19. Howarth Timber 20. LBS
21. UK Plumbing Supplies 22. MP Moran
23. Grafton-Selco 24. Bradford & Sons 25. Lawsons
26. Wolseley UK 27. Alsford Timber 28. Travis Perkins 29. Boys & Boden
30. Nicholls & Clarke 31. Champion Timber 32. Elliott Bros 33. EH Smith 34. Covers
35. C&W Berry
36. James Burrell 37. Huws Gray 38. Kellaway
39. Beesley & Fildes 40. Turnbull
41. Sydenhams
42. Haldane Shiells 43. Frank Key 44. Beatsons
45. John A Stephens 46. Carver
47. National Timber Group 48. PGR Timber 49. MGM Timber 50. Browns
51. John Nicholls 52. Stark 53. IBMG
Source: BMJ analysis of filed company accounts April 2025 A supplement to builders merchants journal 11
BMJ Index
734 505 377 366 341 187 143 75 64 42 40 29 11 11
-5 -6 -8 -9
-10 -13 -16 -19 -19 -20 -26 -27 -29 -29 -32 -35 -37 -45 -54 -62 -80 -86 -98 -107 -114 -119 -121 -122 -127 -152 -156 -195 -260 -264 -319 -372 -604 n/a n/a
The BMJ Index score is intended to give a snapshot of relative competitiveness between merchants. It is calculated by multiplying what we regard as the three most significant ratios: year-on-year sales growth, stockturn, and operating profit. Inevitably, at a time of general sales decline, that means most merchants will record a negative Index score, and this year’s analysis proves the point: 14 companies got a positive score, and 38 were negative. And it’s worth noting that the top six companies in this year’s table all have one thing in common – they have all physically expanded during the latest financial period – by acquisition, or by new branch openings, or by a combination of the two. In a falling market, there’s a clear moral there. Of those top six companies, five are independently owned. Just saying.
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