Residential Kitchen and Bathroom Worktops Market Report – UK 2023-2027
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The 7th edition of the Residential Kitchen and Bathroom Worktops Market Report contains in depth analysis of the worktops market and how it fits into the overall kitchen and bathroom furniture markets. Explore market size and share, material and design trends, a 10 year forecast, and more in this intricate report.
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Key Issues Covered in the Report
- 10 year view of the market with forecasts to 2027 for worktops and kitchen furniture
- Material and design trends
- Sustainability
- Residential new build and RMI trends
- UK housing tenures
- Company profiles
- Distribution channels for kitchen and bathroom worktops and furniture
Companies featured
Howdens, Magnet, Travis Perkins, Screwfix, Jewson, Huws Gray Buildbase, Wren, Lux Group, B&Q, Homebase, The Range, IKEA, Worktop specialists and more…
Areas of Particular Interest
- Worktops and furniture market sizes from 2018-2022 and forecasts to 2027 for both kitchens and bathrooms
- Key market drivers including housebuilding, consumer characteristics, DIY vs GSI, changing role of the kitchen and bathroom, design trends, price competition, Covid social changes
- Mix of different worktop materials – product sector review, material trends, market drivers and influences including bathroom and kitchen design
- Review of supply and distribution structure for worktops – market mix by distributor types: builders’ merchants, home improvement multiples, specialist retailers, direct sales etc.
- Identification of fabricators and distributors
Market Overview
- Market size and forecasts 2018-2027 for worktops and furniture for both kitchen and bathrooms
- Factors influencing market development – design trends, demographics, housebuilding, consumer confidence, effects of current crisis on future demand
- Housing Market – analysis of developments in new house building and house moving activity
Economics – unstable UK political and economic environment and the effect on consumer confidence and market growth
Product Sectors
Kitchen and bathroom worktops:
- Laminates
- Natural and engineered stone
- Solid surface
- Others including solid wood
Analysis includes:
- Share mix by material for kitchen worktops
- Share mix by material for bathroom worktops
- Key trends – worktop design, growth of non-laminate materials including quartz, advantages/disadvantages and sustainability issues for each material, new product developments
PESTLE analysis including
- UK economy and cost-of-living crisis
- Ongoing pandemic trends including online shift and labour shortages
- Design trends
- British Standards
- Product development
- Demographics
- Sustainability
Supply and Distribution
- Analysis of Supply Chain Structure
- Profiles of Leading Worktop Suppliers – analysis of activities, financial information and products
- Distribution Channel Shares – analysis of shares by value, trends/developments in shares, growth/declining sectors
- Route to market assessment for kitchen worktops and for bathroom worktops
- Key sectors assessed include: Builders’ Merchants, Retail Specialists, Furniture Multiples, Home Improvement Multiples, Direct Contract, Department Stores, Worktop specialists, Direct sales, Internet retailers
- Imports and exports
This report covers the Residential UK Worktop market, featuring both kitchen and bathroom worktops in residential properties. The major materials covered are laminates, stone (including granite and quartz), and solid surfaces, all of which have major brands associated with them. We also cover less common materials including solid wood. The market is put in context of the overall kitchen and bathroom furniture markets, with forecasts to 2027.
The market is complex, with raw material supply, fabrication and distribution all key elements of the supply chain. Companies may be involved in only one or all of these stages. Kitchen worktops account for the vast majority of installations, with bathroom worktops a more niche product. The market is driven by factors including the overall UK economy, design trends, and sustainability, which are all covered in detail in our PESTLE analysis.
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION 7
1.1 CONTEXT 7
1.2 DEFINITIONS 7
1.3 ABBREVIATIONS 8
2. MARKET SUMMARY 9
2.1 MARKET SIZE 9
2.2 MARKET OVERVIEW 9
2.2.1 Kitchen Worktops 9
2.2.2 Bathroom Worktops 10
2.3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 11
3. PESTLE ANALYSIS – MARKET INFLUENCES AND DRIVERS 13
3.1 PESTLE OVERVIEW 13
3.2 POLITICAL 13
3.2.1 Government Policy 13
3.2.2 Building Regulations and Verification Schemes 14
3.3 ECONOMIC 14
3.3.1 UK Economy 14
3.3.2 Cost of Living Crisis 15
3.3.3 Price Competition 15
3.4 SOCIAL 16
3.4.1 Supply and Marketing 16
3.4.2 Do It Yourself vs Get Someone In 16
3.4.3 Consumer Characteristics 17
3.4.4 Design Trends 18
3.5 TECHNOLOGICAL 19
3.6 LEGAL 20
3.6.1 Standards and directives 20
3.7 ENVIRONMENTAL 20
4. END USE SECTORS 22
4.1 KITCHEN INSTALLATION 22
4.2 HOUSING SECTOR BY TENURE 23
4.3 HOUSING TRANSACTIONS 24
4.4 RESIDENTIAL RMI 26
4.5 HOUSEBUILDING 27
4.6 HOUSING TYPES 28
5. MARKET SUBSECTOR ANALYSIS 29
5.1 KITCHEN WORKTOPS AND FURNITURE 29
5.2 BATHROOM WORKTOPS AND FURNITURE 30
5.3 WORKTOP MATERIALS 31
5.3.1 Laminates including HPL and Compact Laminates 31
5.3.2 Solid surfaces 32
5.3.3 Stone including Granite, Marble and Quartz 32
5.3.4 Solid Wood 33
5.3.5 Others 33
5.4 MATERIAL MARKET SHARES 34
5.4.1 Kitchen Worktops Material Shares 34
5.4.2 Bathroom Worktop Material Shares 36
5.5 WORKTOP SIZING AND EDGING 37
5.6 WORKTOP SUPPLIER COMPANY PROFILES 38
5.6.1 Key Companies 38
5.6.2 UK-based Laminate Suppliers 39
5.6.3 Solid Surface 42
5.6.4 Stone 45
5.6.5 Engineered Stone 48
5.6.6 Wood and Other Materials 51
6. DISTRIBUTION 52
6.1 WORKTOPS DISTRIBUTION 52
6.2 MAJOR DISTRIBUTORS 55
6.2.1 Builders’ Merchants 55
6.2.2 Retail specialists 57
6.2.3 Home Improvement Multiples 59
6.2.5 Furniture Multiples 61
6.2.6 Worktop specialists 61
6.2.7 Other Distribution Channels 61
6.3 LEADING DISTRIBUTORS OF KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WORKTOPS 63
6.4 LEADING BATHROOM FURNITURE SUPPLIERS 68
6.4.3 Bathroom equipment specialists 73
6.4.4 Others 73
6.5 BUYING GROUPS 74
7. MARKET FORECASTS 75
7.1 KITCHEN FORECASTS 76
7.2 BATHROOM FORECASTS 78
TABLES & CHARTS
CHART 1: UK KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WORKTOPS MARKET 2018-2022 BY VALUE (£M MSP) 9
TABLE 2: UK FITTED KITCHEN FURNITURE IMPORTS/EXPORTS 2019-2022 (£M MSP) 11
TABLE 3: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SELECTED WORKTOP MATERIALS 12
TABLE 4: WORKTOPS PESTLE INFLUENCES 13
TABLE 5: UK KEY ECONOMIC VARIABLES 2019 TO 2025 (% CHANGE, 2019 PRICES) 14
TABLE 6: GENERAL SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS OF COMMON WORKTOP MATERIALS 21
TABLE 7: UK RESIDENTIAL KITCHEN INSTALLATIONS BY SECTOR – 2022 BY VOLUME (%) 22
FIGURE 8: DWELLING STOCK BY TENURE UK (A & B), ENGLAND (C & D) 23
FIGURE 9: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS (£40,000+) IN THE UK 24
CHART 10: GB RESIDENTIAL RMI OUTPUT BY VALUE 2015 TO 2024 – BY VALUE (£BN AT CURRENT PRICES) 26
CHART 11: HOUSING STARTS AND COMPLETIONS UK 2018-2025 27
CHART 12: HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS IN ENGLAND MIX BY TYPE OF DWELLING 2011 TO 2021 – FLATS VERSUS HOUSES (%) 28
CHART 13: UK KITCHEN FURNITURE, WORKTOPS AND SINKS MARKET 2017 TO 2022 – BY VALUE (£M MSP) 29
CHART 14: UK DOMESTIC BATHROOM WORKTOPS MARKET 2017 TO 2027 – BY VALUE (£M MSP) 30
TABLE 15: UK KITCHEN WORKTOP SALES 2006, 2014 AND 2022 – % BY VALUE 34
TABLE 16: UK KITCHEN WORKTOP SALES COMPARISON 2006, 2014 AND 2022 – % BY VOLUME 35
CHART 17: UK RESIDENTIAL KITCHEN WORKTOP MATERIAL MIX 2022 – % BY (A) VALUE AND (B) VOLUME 35
CHART 18: UK RESIDENTIAL BATHROOM WORKTOP MATERIAL MIX 2022 – % BY (A) VALUE AND (B) VOLUME 36
TABLE 19: WILSONART 39
TABLE 20: BUSHBOARD 40
TABLE 21: FORMICA 40
TABLE 22: EGGER UK 41
TABLE 23: KRONOSPAN 41
TABLE 24: DUPONT 42
TABLE 25: SHERIDAN 43
TABLE 26: CARYSIL 43
TABLE 27: LEVANTINA 45
TABLE 28: UK MARKET FOR ENGINEERED STONE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WORKTOPS – LEADING BRANDS 2021-22 48
TABLE 29: COSENTINO 49
TABLE 30: CAESARSTONE 49
TABLE 31: CRL STONE 50
TABLE 32: COMPAC 51
CHART 33: KEY DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS TO UK MARKET FOR WORKTOPS 53
TABLE 34: ESTIMATES KITCHEN WORKTOPS DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SHARES 2007 AND 2022 – % BY VALUE 54
TABLE 35: THE MARKET FOR BATHROOM WORKTOPS SHARE BY DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL 2022 – % BY VALUE 54
TABLE 36: HOWDENS 56
TABLE 37: WREN 58
TABLE 38: MAGNET RETAIL 58
TABLE 39: LUX GROUP 59
TABLE 40: LATHAM TIMBER 64
TABLE 41: HPP 64
TABLE 42: BLACKHEATH 65
TABLE 43: DERALAM 65
TABLE 44: CDUK 66
TABLE 45: PWS 66
TABLE 46: WATERLINE 67
TABLE 47: ROBERT LEE 67
TABLE 48: SYMPHONY 68
TABLE 49: ROPER RHODES 69
TABLE 50: BATHROOM BRANDS 69
TABLE 51: ROXOR 70
TABLE 52: UTOPIA 70
TABLE 53: BE MODERN 71
TABLE 54: HIB 71
TABLE 55: ELLIS 72
TABLE 56: GB NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT 2017 – 2022 BY VOLUME (£BN AT 2019 PRICES) 75
TABLE 57: GB NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT 2017 – 2022 BY VALUE (£BN AT CURRENT PRICES) 76
TABLE 58: UK KITCHEN FURNITURE, WORKTOPS AND SINKS MARKET 10 YEAR VIEW 2018 TO 2027 – BY VALUE (£M MSP) AND CHANGE (%) 77
TABLE 59: UK BATHROOM FURNITURE AND WORKTOPS MARKETS 10 YEAR VIEW 2018-2027 – BY VALUE (£M MSP) AND CHANGE (%) 78
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