Market Reports & Surveys

11th March 2026

PHMI: Disappointing End to 2025 for P&H Merchants

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in March, shows like-for-like Q4 2025 value sales, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, […]
11th March 2026

BMBI: Disappointing December Rounds Off a Tough Trading Year for Builders’ Merchants

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ like-for-like value sales for Q4 2025, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were […]
10th March 2026

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Renewed Rise in Activity as New Order Growth Hits Four-Year High

Key points: First rise in construction activity in ten months Marked expansion of new orders Faster increases in employment and purchasing activity The latest AIB Ireland […]
5th March 2026

UK Construction Remains Mired by Relentless Market Maelstrom, According to Glenigan Index

Glenigan has release the March 2026 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of February 2026, covering all underlying […]
5th March 2026

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Faster Decline in Housing Activity Weighs on Sector Output

Key Findings: Construction activity falls for fourteenth successive month Sharper decline in new orders, but business optimism improves again Input cost inflation highest since July 2025 […]
5th March 2026

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI®: Activity Contracts at Slower Pace In February

Key findings: Reductions recorded across all three monitored segments Cost inflation at highest in nearly three years Business confidence reaches highest level since February 2022 The […]
5th March 2026

HCOB France Construction PMI: Sector Sees Further Marked Contraction in February

Key Findings: Civil engineering activity plummets; housing and commercial downturns ease Construction material purchases shrink as new project wins decrease again HCOB Future Activity Index up […]
5th March 2026

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: Growth in New Orders Signalled After Three Months of Decline

Key Findings: Renewed expansions in total activity and new business Sustained rise in jobs and fresh increase in purchasing Strongest cost inflation in over three years […]
5th March 2026

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Activity Declines in February but Expectations Climb to Highest in Six Years

Key findings: Growth in civil engineering segment contrasts with declines elsewhere Renewed decrease in construction sector employment Business expectations reach highest since February 2020 Construction activity […]
17th February 2026

Historic New Chartered Designation Available for Civil Engineering Surveyors

Civil engineering surveyors may now further demonstrate their expertise through a new professional designation launched by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered […]
17th February 2026

UK Construction Struggles to Move Out of Reverse, According to Glenigan Review

Glenigan | A Hubexo Company (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the February 2026 edition of its Construction Review. […]
13th February 2026

Builders’ Merchant Market Forecast to Grow 11% by 2030, According to MRA Reports

According to a new report by MRA Building Market Reports (MRA Reports), future growth in the general builders’ merchant market is expected to be slow and […]