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 »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 »Builders’ merchant Q1 value sales have fallen by 7.2%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales in Q1 2024 were -7.2% down compared to Q1 2023, with volume sales falling -8.7% and prices edging up +1.6%. With one less trading day in Q1 2024, like-for-like sales (which take the number of trading days …
Read More »BMBI: Tentative start to 2024
Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -2.1% in January compared to the same month in 2023, with volume sales falling -3.2% and prices creeping up +1.1%; with one more trading day this year, like-for-like sales were down -6.5%. Year-on-year, nine of the twelve …
Read More »BMBI Q4 report: Value sales down 5.7% and volumes fall 12%
Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales in Q4 2023 were -5.7% down compared to Q4 2022, with volume sales falling -12.0% and prices rising +7.1%. It also stated that with one more trading day in Q4 2023, like-for-like sales (which take the number of trading …
Read More »Builders’ Merchants’ sales down 4%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report highlighted that builders’ merchants’ sales were down 4% in October 2023, compared to the same month in 2022 – volume sales dropping -11.5% and prices rising +8.4%. Eight of the twelve categories sold more in October 2023 compared to the previous year, …
Read More »BMBI: Volume sales to builders and trades decreased 10.5%
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) reports that compared to the same period in 2022, Q3 2023 total volume sales to builders and trades fell -10.5% from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants. Value sales were down -3.3%, as prices rose +8.0%. There was no difference in trading days. The three largest categories …
Read More »BMBI report shows sales continue to be down
Builders Merchant Building Index report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -3.3% in the month of August compared to the same month in 2022, with volume falling -10.5% and prices up +8.0%. Eight of the 12 categories sold more this August than in August 2022 with Renewables & Water …
Read More »Builders Merchant Building Index May report shows sales are down
The May Builders Merchant Building Index report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales down by 6% compared to the same month in 2022. The report found that eight of the 12 categories sold more this year than in May 2022. Renewables and water saving was up by 41.8%, decorating was up …
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