Market Reports & Surveys

29th May 2025

PHMI: Positive Start to 2025 for Plumbing & Heating Merchants with Q1 Value Sales Up +4.0%

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in May, shows Q1 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up […]
29th May 2025

BMBI: Merchant Q1 Sales Up +0.9% Y-o-Y & March Sales Jump +7.2% Y-o-Y

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q1 2025 were up +0.9% compared to Q1 2024. There was a […]
23rd May 2025

Glenigan Construction Review: Sector’s Inconsistent Recovery

Glenigan, powered by Hubexo (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the April 2025 edition of its Construction Review. The […]
20th May 2025

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Outlook Remains Positive

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published the findings of its latest Future Trends Survey, a monthly report of business and employment trends affecting […]
15th May 2025

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Total New Orders Grew by 26.6% in Q1 2025

The main points: Total construction output is estimated to have shown no growth (0.0%) in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2025 compared with Quarter 4 (Oct […]
14th May 2025

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Activity Rises on the Back of Sustained New Order Growth

Key points: Broad-based improvement in construction activity Second successive rise in employment Cost inflation remains sharp Construction activity in Ireland continued to increase as the second […]
7th May 2025

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Output Continues to Slide in April

Key Findings: Slowest decline in total activity for three months as house building shows resilience Commercial work falls at fastest pace since May 2020 Strong cost […]
7th May 2025

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI: Softest Fall in Activity Since February 2023

Key findings: New orders decrease at slowest rate in three years Strongest input price inflation since January 2024 Firms remain pessimistic regarding 12-month outlook The latest […]
7th May 2025

HCOB France Construction PMI: Downturn Remains Sharp

Key Findings: Broad-based decline in activity seen again in April New orders fall at sharper pace and employment shrinks Business expectations remain pessimistic The latest HCOB […]
7th May 2025

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: Sector Stagnates at the Start of the Second Quarter

Key Findings: Activity and new orders broadly unchanged in April Strongest rise in employment of 2025 so far, albeit only modest Below-average confidence in the future […]
7th May 2025

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Downturn in Sector Eases Considerably in April

Key findings: Total Activity Index climbs to 26-month high of 45.1 Demand shows tentative signs of stabilising as decline in new orders slows Expectations tick down […]
1st May 2025

RICS Construction Monitor: UK Workloads Stable as Industry Eyes Cautious Growth

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released its Q1 2025 UK Construction Monitor, revealing that construction workloads remain largely stable, with signs pointing to […]