The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published by MRA Research, shows April’s total like-for-like value sales, adjusted to remove the effect of trading days, were -0.6% lower than the same month in 2025. With no difference in trading days, total unadjusted value sales were also -0.6% lower, with …
Read More »BMBI reports challenging conditions in Q1
Sales figures released in the latest BMF Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) have reported falling sales in the first quarter of 2026, leading to a downward revision of growth forecasts for the coming year. Year-on-year total value sales in Q1 2026 declined by -3.2% compared with Q1 2025, with no difference …
Read More »BMBI publishes January 2026 report
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, produced by MRA research, has been published, highlighting January’s builders’ merchant like-for-like total value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were -2.6% lower than the same month in 2025. With one less trading day this January, total value sales …
Read More »BMBI publishes Q4 and December 2025 report
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, produced by MRA Research, reveals builders’ merchants’ like-for-like value sales for Q4 2025, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were -1.2% lower than Q4 2024. With no difference in trading days, unadjusted Q4 total value sales were also down -1.2% year-on-year. …
Read More »BMBI November 2025 Report
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in February, shows builders’ merchants’ like-for-like total value sales in November 2025 were -0.4% lower than the same month in 2024. With one less trading day in November 2025, unadjusted value sales were -5.1% down year-on-year, while volume sales were down …
Read More »Baxi joins BMBI Expert Panel
Baxi’s Product, solutions & marketing director, Paul Haynes, has been appointed as a Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Expert, representing the Heating and hot water solutions category. The BMBI, a brand of the Builders Merchant Federation (BMF) run by MRA Research, provides insight into market trends using sales-out data from …
Read More »BMBI October 2025 report
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report has been published, showing builders’ merchants’ total value sales in October 2025 were up +0.2% compared to the same month a year before. Year-on-year volumes were also up +0.8%, but prices were down -0.6%, with no difference in trading days. Mike Rigby, …
Read More »Merchant sales slip for August, reports BMBI
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in August 2025 were down -5.0% compared to the same month a year before. Year-on-year volume decreased -4.1% while prices were also down -1.0%. With one less trading day in 2025, like-for-like value …
Read More »BMBI releases Q2 report 2025
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, produced by MRA Research , reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q2 2025 were up 2.8% compared to Q2 2024, and Volume sales were up 4.0% year-on-year, while prices came down 1.1%. With one less trading day this year, like-for-like value sales …
Read More »BMBI reports second quarter sales increase
Figures released in the latest BMF Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirm sales growth for the second successive quarter, following two years of consistent declines, but the outlook is far from certain. Looking at the quarter as a whole, year-on-year total value sales in Q1 2025 grew by +2.8% on …
Read More »
Builders Merchants Journal – BMJ Publishing to Builders Merchants and the UK merchanting industry for more than 95 years