Market Reports & Surveys

6th March 2025

HCOB France Construction PMI: Activity Falls at Steepest Pace Since Last September

Key Findings: All three main types of construction work see sharp falls in February Housing sector under most intense strain, followed by civil engineering Businesses predict […]
6th March 2025

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: Activity Down Despite Slight Rise in New Orders

Key Findings: First drop in activity for three months Marginal growth of new business signalled Rate of input price inflation at 12-month high February HCOB PMI® […]
6th March 2025

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Demand Weakness Continues to Weigh on Sector but Firms’ Pessimism Towards Outlook Eases Somewhat

Key findings: Total Activity Index ticks down to 41.2 in February Falling workloads drives fresh round of staff cuts Constructors least downbeat about outlook for three […]
5th March 2025

BMBI: Q4 Merchant Value Sales Dip -0.5% as 2024 Closes Down -4.1% on Last Year

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q4 2024 were down -0.5% compared to Q4 2023, as an increase […]
4th March 2025

Pockets of Regional Resilience Do Little to Offset Faltering Confidence, According to Glenigan Index

Glenigan, Powered by Hubexo (Glenigan), releases the March 2025 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of February […]
28th February 2025

Fall in Construction Workloads, Warns FMB

Workloads for small building companies fell by 8% in the last three months of 2024, according to the latest Q4 2024 State of Trade Survey from […]
27th February 2025

PHMI: 2024 Fizzles to a Close with P&H Merchants’ Q4 Value Sales Flat (-0.2%) & Rising Volumes Cancelled Out by Price Cuts

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in February, shows Q4 2024 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were marginally […]
20th February 2025

Lower Mid-Market Businesses Optimistic About Labour’s Economic Policies

83% of construction businesses believe Labour’s policies will positively impact business growth, despite concerns over taxation and regulation. 91% expect their revenue to rise over the […]
18th February 2025

Glenigan Construction Review: Big Builds Stall – Major Projects Dry Up, Dragging Start Value Down 19%

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the February 2025 edition of its Construction Review. The Review focuses on the […]
13th February 2025

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Increase of 0.4% in 2024 Compared to Previous Year

The main points: Construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.5% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2024 compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept) […]
11th February 2025

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Stormy Weather Causes Drop in Activity in January

Key points: Total activity falls, but housing output continues to rise New orders down for first time in three months Employment increases amid optimistic outlook January […]
11th February 2025

2024 House Building on Par with 2023 as Developers Increase Activity in Private Sector, According to NHBC

2024 new home registrations tracking consistently year-on-year Signs of growth with private sector registrations up 11% in 2024 vs. 2023 Second highest rental and affordable completions […]