The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for January 2026 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in the… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Launched in 2015, the award winning monthly Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is the only reliable measure of repair, maintenance & improvement (RMI) activity in the UK. Filling an important gap, it can be widely used in construction, and by economists, Government, national media, commentators and influencers outside the industry.
