Market Reports & Surveys

9th December 2024

BMBI: Q3 Merchant Value Sales Rose +1.7% Q-on-Q But Were -2.6% Adrift of Last Year’s Sales

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q3 2024 were down -2.6% compared to Q3 2023, with volume sales […]
9th December 2024

PHMI: P & H Merchants’ Q3 Value Sales Were Flat Y-on-Y But Volume Increased +5.3%

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in December, shows Q3 2024 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were virtually […]
9th December 2024

BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland Construction PMI®: General Air of Optimism, With Residential Expanding

Key points: New orders return to growth Solid reduction in total construction activity, but housing activity rises Pace of job creation at seven-month high The headline […]
9th December 2024

Social Rent Housebuilding Starts Increase 148% – Latest 6-Month Data From Homes England

Housing programmes delivered by Homes England resulted in 15,682 new houses starting on site and 14,295 new homes completed between 1 April and 30 September 2024. […]
5th December 2024

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Strongest Rise in Commercial Activity for Two-and-a-Half Years

Key Findings: Output growth picks up in November, led by commercial work House building activity declines at sharpest pace since June New orders and job creation […]
5th December 2024

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI: New Orders Fall at Sharpest Rate in 14 Months

Key findings: Substantial drop in new orders drives stronger fall in activity Renewed lengthening in suppliers’ delivery times Business confidence drops to lowest since April 2020 […]
5th December 2024

HCOB France Construction PMI: Sector Downturn Cools Again in November

Key Findings: Sector mired in downturn despite Total Activity Index hitting one-year high Business confidence sinks to decade low Input costs rise at fastest pace in […]
5th December 2024

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: Sector Remains in Decline During November

Key Findings: Activity downturn slows further Sharper decline in new orders placed for building work in Italy Jobs growth sustained, while confidence towards the future brightens […]
5th December 2024

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Sector on a Downward Trajectory as End of Year Approaches

Key findings: Total Activity Index falls again to seven-month low of 38.0 in November Expectations take a hit as decline in new orders deepens Subcontractor usage […]
4th December 2024

Non-Residential Growth Balances Construction Slowdown, According to Glenigan Index

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight experts, has released the December 2024 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months […]
26th November 2024

Glenigan Forecasts Construction Boom from 2025

Today, Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, releases its widely anticipated UK Construction Industry Forecast 2025-2026. The key takeaway from the […]
15th November 2024

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Q3 Output Grows by 0.8% Q-on-Q

The main points: Construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.8% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2024 compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) […]