Why are we making the changes? BMBI, and PHMI, readers will notice a few changes in the way we present builders’ merchant sales data in the reports. One of the… Read more
What’s new in the report?
Posted in Year: 2026
Disappointing end to 2025 for P&H Merchants. Q4 like-for-like value sales up +0.7% year-on-year but volumes are down -3.3%
Posted in Year: 2026
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, were +0.7% higher than… Read more
Merchants Q4 like-for-like value sales down -1.2% on Q4 2024. Like-for-like volume down -2.9%. Disappointing December rounds off a tough trading year.
Posted in Year: 2026
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 -1.2% lower than Q4… Read more
February Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
Posted in Year: 2026
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for December 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 2.1% in Quarter… Read more
P&H Merchants’ November like-for-like value sales up +2.7% year on year
Posted in Year: 2026
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total like-for-like value sales for November 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +2.7% compared… Read more
Builders’ Merchant like-for-like value sales for November down -0.4% year-on-year
Posted in Year: 2026
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 the same month in 2024…. Read more
Baxi joins BMBI Expert Panel as Expert for Heating and Hot Water Solutions
Posted in Year: 2026
Paul Haynes, Product, Solutions & Marketing Director at Baxi, has been appointed as a Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Expert, representing the Heating and hot water solutions category as the… Read more
January Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
Posted in Year: 2026
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for November 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 1.1% in the… Read more
P&H Merchants’ October value sales edge up +0.8%, but volumes down -2.1% year-on-year.
Posted in Year: 2026
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for October 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +0.8% compared to… Read more
Builders’ Merchant October value sales up +0.2% year-on-year, volumes up 0.8%
Posted in Year: 2026
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in January, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in October 2025 were up +0.2% compared to the same month a year… Read more
