TRAILBLAZERS


STAFF HEADCOUNT: RISING STEADILY 1. Travis Perkins 2. Jewson


3. Wolseley UK


4. Grafton Merchanting GB 5. Huws Gray 6. MKM


7. National Timber Group 8. Bradford & Sons


9. UK Plumbing Supplies 10. Haldane Shiells 11. Nicholls & Clarke


12. Howarth Timber Supplies 13. Sydenhams 14. EH Smith 15. Lawsons 16.Covers


17. JT Atkinson 18. Builder Depot 19. LBS 20.RGB 21. Lords


22. James Hargreaves 23. Grant & Stone 24. Williams


25. Elliott Bros


26.Parker Building Supplies 27.JT Dove


28. Joseph Parr


29. Robert Price & Sons 30.Walter Tipper 31.C&W Berry 32.MP Moran 33. Crossling


34. Alsford Timber 35. Boys & Boden 36. Beesley & Fildes 37. John Nicholls 38. James Burrell 39. Kent Blaxill 40. Frank Key 41. Kellaway 42. Markovitz


43. AW Champion 44.MGM Timber 45. Turnbull 46. Carver


47.Myers Building Supplies 48.CRS


49. Beatsons


50.Beggs & Partners 51. John A Stephens 52. AW Lumb 53. Browns


STAFF NUMBERS


29,288 8,840 4,967 3,974 1,661 1,516 1394 776 635 628 543 503 502 459 445 439 423 415 364 359 349 334 335 320 313 297 291 274 269 261 260 256 244 244 243 239 236 234 218 216 211 206 206 200 189 181 153 136 133 119 117 82 81


April 2021 A supplement to builders merchants journal


In total, the companies listed in Trail Blazers employed 64,830 people on average in their latest financial periods. Counting back over the previous four years, the totals were 63,183, 62,571, 59,228 and 58,057. Those figures aren’t directly comparable, of course, because the companies included in the survey have changed – but even so, the trend points to rising employment, which is a clear sign of an industry in good shape.


Put it another way: exactly two-thirds of the companies listed (34) added staff in their latest financial period. At four, the headcount was unchanged, and only 13 reported a drop in numbers. Whether that trend will still be evident after a year of Covid-19 and Brexit… well, time will tell.


As usual, we can’t resist pointing out that close to half of those 64,830 people work for just one company: Travis Perkins. In fact TP employs more people than Jewson, Wolseley UK, Grafton Merchanting GB, Huws Gray, MKM, Bradford & Sons, UK Plumbing Supplies, Haldane Shiells, Nicholls & Clarke, Sydenhams, Howarth Timber Supplies, EH Smith, Lawsons, Covers, JT Atkinson, Builder Depot, LBS, Rawle Gammon & Baker, Lords, James Hargreaves, Grant & Stone, Williams, Elliott Bros, Parker Building Supplies, JT Dove and Joseph Parr combined.


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