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Sales down, prices up, at builders’ merchants

Significant headwinds in housebuilding leave builders merchants digging deep for salesBy value, only three of the twelve categories tracked by the index sold more: Services…

adminSeptember 4, 2026

Construction Professionals

Year ends on a low for builders’ merchants

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ takings in the fourth quarter of 2025 were 1.2% lower than in Q4 2024,…

adminMarch 12, 2026

Construction Professionals

Trade still flat for builders’ merchants

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…

adminFebruary 5, 2026

Construction Professionals

Merchants suffer August gloom

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…

adminOctober 27, 2025

Construction Professionals

Merchant sales flat in July

Builders’ merchant value sales were virtually flat in July 2025: volumes were up by 0.6% compared to July 2024 but with prices down by a…

adminOctober 6, 2025

Construction Professionals

Merchants forecast modest growth

The Builders Merchants Federation’s Summer Forecast reveals a slight upward adjustment to 2.5% in the baseline forecast for sales of building materials in 2025, due…

adminSeptember 19, 2025

Construction Professionals

Merchant sales pick up again

Builders’ merchants sold 4% more stuff in the second quarter of 2025 compared to Q2 2024 although their takings were only up by 2.8% because…

adminSeptember 5, 2025

Construction Professionals

Builders’ merchants have busier May

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows that builders’ merchants’ total value sales in May 2025 were unchanged compared to…

adminJuly 28, 2025

Construction Professionals

Merchants’ sales on the rise again

After nearly three years of declining sales revenue, it seems like builders’ merchants are starting to firmly rebound.The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report,…

adminJune 27, 2025

Construction Professionals

March sales boost builders merchants’ Q1 results

The latest BMF Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) shows that sales revenue (takings) in March 2025 were 14.9% higher than February 2025 and 7.2% higher…

adminMay 29, 2025

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Sales down, prices up, at builders’ merchants

Year ends on a low for builders’ merchants

Trade still flat for builders’ merchants

Merchants suffer August gloom

Merchant sales flat in July

Merchants forecast modest growth

Merchant sales pick up again

Builders’ merchants have busier May

Merchants’ sales on the rise again

March sales boost builders merchants’ Q1 results

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