Builders Merchants Market Report – Europe 2018-2022
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The 2nd edition of the ‘Builders Merchants Market Report – Europe’ has now been widened to include market reviews for 12 leading EU countries. For each country, the report provides; an economic overview, review of the construction and housing sectors, and review of the builders merchants market in the country, including market size, materials/product mix and market structure.
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The 2nd edition of the ‘Builders Merchants Market Report – Europe 2018-2022’ has now been widened to include market reviews for 12 leading EU countries. For each country, the report provides; an economic overview, review of the construction and housing sectors, and review of the builders merchants market in the country, including market size, materials/product mix and market structure. Individual country sections are also available, please contact AMA for details.
Countries covered:
- France – Germany
- Belgium – Italy
- Netherlands – Denmark
- Austria – Portugal
- Finland – Republic of Ireland
- Spain – Sweden
Key areas of insight:
- Broad assessment of the multi-billion market – review of market size and trends in 2013-2017 with forecasts to 2022.
- Construction and economic trends/forecasts.Builders’ merchants – leading companies by country, branch overview, company overview.
- Heavyside/ lightside – review of product mix in each market.Buying groups – leading buying groups in each country.
- Overview of major international groups.
- Detailed market data and insight on the european builders merchants market by AMA Research, a leading UK provider of construction market intelligence.
Some of the companies included:
Saint Gobain, Ferguson, CRH Group, Grafton Group, Sonepar, Solar Group, Siniat, Cemex, Sanitec, Nobia, Bosch, Kingspan, Weinerberger etc.
Economic Overview
- General economic overview and introduction. Economic background, historical context.
- Demographic profiling.
- Construction activity levels – trends in 2013-17, forecast of market performance in 2018.
- Housing market – recent activity.
- Review of overall market conditions in Europe.
Builders Merchants Market
- Overall size & structure of key European markets – excluding UK.
- Builders Merchants market size for the 12 featured markets in Europe.
- Product review – market shares (heavy/ lightside).
- Buying Groups -players, recent changes etc.
- Profiles of major international groups.
- Market prospects up to 2022.
Country Reviews
- Market overview – economic profile, housing stock and tenure mix.
- Construction overview – construction output, non-residential/residential.
- Builders merchants market review – market size, materials mix, market structure, leading suppliers.
There can be substantial variations in estimates of market size and product mix for European builders’ merchants’ markets by country due to variations in definitions of builders’ merchants, including varying roles of specialists within each market, as well as a strong overlap with retail channels in some markets.
The overall builders’ merchants’ market has improved consistently since 2014, supported by the growth in housebuilding and general economic stability, and the builders’ merchants’ market across the 12 countries covered in the report (which exclude the UK) is estimated be worth over €100 billion. There has been significant activity among buying groups with expansion and mergers within national boundaries, as well as pan-European links being developed. These developments among buying groups are to be expected in markets where large multi-nationals are operating alongside a large number of independents.
The market has benefitted from increasing legislation and automation resulting in the need to get a professional to do work some people may have previously done themselves, with these tradesmen sourcing products from trade routes. Other positive influences have been the increased standard of living generally, growing urbanisation and an ageing population requiring more assistance and higher value ‘assisted living’ products.
2018 is expected to show a continuation of the more moderate growth seen in 2017, with most countries entering a more stable period of expansion. Government spending levels are still under pressure to keep within EU guidelines and, inevitably, public sector construction works are a target for budget cuts and this continues to feed through into the builders’ merchants’ markets in some countries.
- Contents Listing
- 1. INTRODUCTION 9
- 1.1 BACKGROUND 9
- 1.2 SOURCES OF INFORMATION 9
- 2. EUROPEAN BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET OVERVIEW 11
- 2.1 DEFINITION 11
- 2.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 11
- 2.3 EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR 13
- 2.4 EUROPEAN BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 14
- 2.4.1 Market Size and Forecasts 14
- 2.4.2 Leading Countries 16
- 3. GERMANY 17
- 3.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 17
- 3.2 CONSTRUCTION 18
- 3.2.1 Total Construction Output 18
- 3.2.2 Residential Sector 19
- 3.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN GERMANY 20
- 3.3.1 Market Size 20
- 3.3.2 Materials Mix 20
- 3.3.3 Leading Companies 21
- 4. FRANCE 23
- 4.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 23
- 4.2 CONSTRUCTION 24
- 4.2.1 Total Construction Output 24
- 4.2.2 Residential Sector 25
- 4.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN FRANCE 26
- 4.3.1 Market Size 26
- 4.3.2 Materials Mix 27
- 4.3.3 Leading Companies 28
- 5. ITALY 29
- 5.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 29
- 5.2 CONSTRUCTION 30
- 5.2.1 Total Construction Output 30
- 5.2.2 Residential Sector 31
- 5.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN ITALY 32
- 5.3.1 Market Size 32
- 5.3.2 Materials Mix 32
- 5.3.3 Leading Companies 33
- 6. SPAIN 34
- 6.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 34
- 6.2 CONSTRUCTION 35
- 6.2.1 Total Construction Output 35
- 6.2.2 Residential Sector 36
- 6.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN SPAIN 37
- 6.3.1 Market Size 37
- 6.3.2 Materials Mix 38
- 6.3.3 Leading Companies 38
- 7. SWEDEN 40
- 7.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 40
- 7.2 CONSTRUCTION 41
- 7.2.1 Total Construction Output 41
- 7.2.2 Residential Sector 42
- 7.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN SWEDEN 43
- 7.3.1 Market Size 43
- 7.3.2 Materials Mix 43
- 7.3.3 Leading Companies 44
- 8. DENMARK 45
- 8.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 45
- 8.2 CONSTRUCTION 46
- 8.2.1 Total Construction Output 46
- 8.2.2 Residential Sector 46
- 8.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN DENMARK 47
- 8.3.1 Market Size 47
- 8.3.2 Materials Mix 48
- 8.3.3 Leading Companies 49
- 9. FINLAND 50
- 9.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 50
- 9.2 CONSTRUCTION 51
- 9.2.1 Total Construction Output 51
- 9.2.2 Residential Sector 51
- 9.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN FINLAND 52
- 9.3.1 Market Size 52
- 9.3.2 Materials Mix 53
- 9.3.3 Leading Companies 54
- 10. THE NETHERLANDS 55
- 10.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 55
- 10.2 CONSTRUCTION 56
- 10.2.1 Total Construction Output 56
- 10.2.2 Residential Sector 56
- 10.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN THE NETHERLANDS 57
- 10.3.1 Market Size 57
- 10.3.2 Materials Mix 58
- 10.3.3 Leading Companies 59
- 11. PORTUGAL 60
- 11.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 60
- 11.2 CONSTRUCTION 61
- 11.2.1 Total Construction Output 61
- 11.2.2 Residential Sector 62
- 11.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN PORTUGAL 62
- 11.3.1 Market Size 62
- 11.3.2 Materials Mix 63
- 11.3.3 Leading Companies 63
- 12. AUSTRIA 64
- 12.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 64
- 12.2 CONSTRUCTION 65
- 12.2.1 Total Construction Output 65
- 12.2.2 Residential Sector 65
- 12.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN AUSTRIA 6
- 612.3.1 Market Size 6
- 612.3.2 Materials Mix 67
- 12.3.3 Leading Companies 68
- 13. BELGIUM 69
- 13.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 69
- 13.2 CONSTRUCTION 70
- 13.2.1 Total Construction Output 70
- 13.2.2 Residential Sector 70
- 13.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN BELGIUM 71
- 13.3.1 Market Size 71
- 13.3.2 Materials Mix 72
- 13.3.3 Leading Companies 73
- 14. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 74
- 14.1 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 74
- 14.2 CONSTRUCTION 75
- 14.2.1 Total Construction Output 75
- 14.2.2 Residential Sector 76
- 14.3 BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 77
- 14.3.1 Market Size 77
- 14.3.2 Materials Mix 77
- 14.3.3 Leading Companies 78
- 15. LEADING INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS 79
- 15.1 SAINT-GOBAIN 79
- 15.2 FERGUSON (FORMERLY WOLSELEY) 81
- 15.3 CRH GROUP 84
- 15.4 GRAFTON GROUP 85
- 15.5 SONEPAR 87
- 15.6 SOLAR GROUP 88
- Tables & Charts
- TABLE 1: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA (GDP, POPULATION, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, FINAL CONSUMPTION 2016 TO 2017 – FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, ITALY, AUSTRIA, PORTUGAL, FINLAND, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, SPAIN & SWEDEN) 12
- CHART 2: TOTAL CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT (FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, ITALY, AUSTRIA, PORTUGAL, FINLAND, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, SPAIN & SWEDEN) 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 13
- CHART 3: EUROPEAN BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET AND FORECASTS 2013 TO 2022 (FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, ITALY, AUSTRIA, PORTUGAL, FINLAND, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, SPAIN & SWEDEN) – BY VALUE (€BN AT CURRENT PRICES) 14
- CHART 4: EUROPEAN BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET LEADING COUNTRIES 2017 – % BY VALUE 16
- TABLE 5: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR GERMANY 17
- CHART 6: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN GERMANY 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 18
- TABLE 7: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – GERMANY 19
- CHART 8: GERMANY – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 20
- CHART 9: GERMANY – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 21
- CHART 10: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – GERMANY 2018 21
- CHART 11: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – GERMANY 2018 22
- TABLE 12: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR FRANCE 23
- CHART 13: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN FRANCE 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 24
- TABLE 14: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – FRANCE 25
- CHART 15: FRANCE – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 26
- CHART 16: FRANCE – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 27
- CHART 17: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – FRANCE 2018 28
- CHART 18: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – FRANCE 2018 28
- TABLE 19: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR ITALY 29
- CHART 20: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN ITALY 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 30
- TABLE 21: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – ITALY 31
- CHART 22: ITALY – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 32
- CHART 23: ITALY – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 32
- CHART 24: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – ITALY 2018 33
- CHART 25: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – ITALY 2018 33
- TABLE 26: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR SPAIN 34
- CHART 27: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN SPAIN 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 35
- TABLE 28: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – SPAIN 36
- CHART 29: SPAIN – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 37
- CHART 30: SPAIN – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 38
- CHART 31: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – SPAIN 2018 38
- CHART 32: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – SPAIN 2018 39
- TABLE 33: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR SWEDEN 40
- CHART 34: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN SWEDEN 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 41
- TABLE 35: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – SWEDEN 42
- CHART 36: SWEDEN – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 43
- CHART 37: SWEDEN – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 43
- CHART 38: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – SWEDEN 2018 44
- TABLE 39: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR DENMARK 45
- CHART 40: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN DENMARK 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 46
- TABLE 41: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – DENMARK 46
- CHART 42: DENMARK – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 47
- CHART 43: DENMARK – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 48
- CHART 44: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – DENMARK 2018 49
- CHART 45: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – DENMARK 2018 49
- TABLE 46: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR FINLAND 50
- CHART 47: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN FINLAND 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 51
- TABLE 48: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – FINLAND 51
- CHART 49: FINLAND – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 52
- CHART 50: FINLAND – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 53
- CHART 51: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – FINLAND 2018 54
- TABLE 52: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR THE NETHERLANDS 55
- CHART 53 CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN THE NETHERLANDS 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 56
- TABLE 54: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – THE NETHERLANDS 56
- CHART 55: THE NETHERLANDS – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 57
- CHART 56: THE NETHERLANDS – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 58
- CHART 57: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – THE NETHERLANDS 2018 59
- CHART 58: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – THE NETHERLANDS 2018 59
- TABLE 59: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR PORTUGAL 60
- CHART 60: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN PORTUGAL 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 61
- TABLE 61: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – PORTUGAL 62
- CHART 62: PORTUGAL – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 62
- CHART 63: PORTUGAL – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 63
- CHART 64: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – PORTUGAL 2018 63
- TABLE 65: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR AUSTRIA 64
- CHART 66: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN AUSTRIA 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 65
- TABLE 67: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – AUSTRIA 65
- CHART 68: AUSTRIA – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 66
- CHART 69: AUSTRIA – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 67
- CHART 70: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – AUSTRIA 2018 68
- TABLE 71: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR BELGIUM 69
- CHART 72: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN BELGIUM 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 70
- TABLE 73: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – BELGIUM 70
- CHART 74: BELGIUM – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 71
- CHART 75: BELGIUM – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 72
- CHART 76: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – BELGIUM 2018 73
- CHART 77: LEADING BUYING GROUPS – BELGIUM 2018 73
- TABLE 78: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 74
- CHART 79: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2013 TO 2018 – BY VALUE (€BN) 75
- TABLE 80: HOUSING STOCK AND HOUSING TENURE MIX – REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 76
- CHART 81: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET 2013 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (€BN) 77
- CHART 82: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND – BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS’ MARKET MIX BY LIGHTSIDE AND HEAVYSIDE SALES 2017 – % BY VALUE 77
- CHART 83: LEADING BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS – REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2018 78
- CHART 84: SAINT-GOBAIN REVENUE 2013 TO 2017 79
- CHART 85: SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2017 80
- TABLE 86: SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES BY DIVISION – BY VALUE (€BN) 2013 TO 2017 80
- CHART 87: SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES BY DIVISION 2017 81
- CHART 88: FERGUSON REVENUE 2013 TO 2017 82
- CHART 89: FERGUSON NET SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2017 82
- CHART 90: FERGUSON NET SALES BY MARKET SECTOR 2017 83
- CHART 91: CRH GROUP REVENUE 2013 TO 2017 84
- CHART 92: CRH GROUP NET SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2017 85
- CHART 93: GRAFTON GROUP REVENUE 2013 TO 2017 86
- CHART 94: GRAFTON GROUP NET SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2017 86
- CHART 95: SONEPAR REVENUE 2013 TO 2017 87
- CHART 96: SONEPAR NET SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2017 88
- CHART 97: SOLAR GROUP REVENUE 2013 TO 2017 88
- CHART 98: SOLAR GROUP NET SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2017 89
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