This report is the sixth edition and provides a comprehensive review of the UK pipes and fittings market, reviewing market size, product mix, trends and influences, future prospects, major suppliers and key distribution channels.
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The 6th edition of the ‘Pipes and Fittings Market Report – UK 2020-2024’ covers the domestic and light commercial applications for plumbing pipes and pipes for rainwater, soil and waste, together with associated fittings, but excludes pipes used in water utility, land drainage or other gas or telecommunications applications.
Geberit, Uponor, Wavin Group, Peglar Yorkshire, Wednesbury Pipe, Lawton Copper Tube, Conex Banninger, Polypipe, Marley, John Guest, Floplast, Conex, Brett Martin, Hunter Plastics, Epwin Group, Alumasc, GMD Pennine, Guttercrest, Yeoman Rainguard, Aluminium Roofline Products (ARP), Hall & Botterill, JWD Rainwater Systems, PFC Rainwater Systems, Stafford Rainwater Systems, Graf UK, Saint Gobain PAM, Aliaxis, Blucher, Anglian Home Improvements, Emmeti UK, Rehau Ltd, Purus Limited, Roth UK, WE Bates and more.
The report includes pipes and fittings used in residential and light commercial buildings and covers the following key sectors in depth:
Plumbing pipe systems comprising:
• Hot and cold-water internal plumbing pipes and fittings.
Pipework for radiator heating systems and underfloor heating.
Rainwater, soil and waste products comprising:
• Soil and waste pipes, traps and fittings (above ground).
• Rainwater guttering, downpipes and fittings (above ground).
The UK pipes and fittings market has achieved only modest growth in recent years, due to slowing construction output growth, particularly since 2017, and falling raw material prices. The outlook for the UK pipes and fittings market in 2020 remains weak, but beyond 2020 future prospects appear more positive, as consumer and business confidence returns.
Key factors influencing market growth include changing levels of demand from key end-use sectors, principally in new housebuilding and non-residential construction, and changes in raw material prices such as copper. In both these cases, the trend in the last two years has weakened growth; construction output has slowed during the economic uncertainty arising from the Brexit negotiations, and is forecast to take a significant decline in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, whilst prices for copper and other raw materials such as aluminium have fallen.
Beyond 2020, prospects for the pipework market appear more positive, if there is a satisfactory resolution of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU leading to a renewal of consumer and business confidence and a return to steady but modest underlying growth following the effects of COVID-19 and working under the presumption, at the point of writing, that the UK does not experience a second ‘wave’ of lockdown as a result of further outbreaks.
Contents Listing
1. INTRODUCTION 8
1.1 INTRODUCTION 8
1.2 SOURCES OF INFORMATION 8
2. SUMMARY 10
2.1 MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 10
2.2 FUTURE PROSPECTS 12
3. PIPES AND FITTINGS MARKET 14
3.1 OVERALL MARKET SIZE AND PROSPECTS 14
3.2 KEY MARKET INFLUENCES 17
3.2.1 House Building Completions 17
3.2.2 Mix of House Building Completions 18
3.2.3 House Moving Levels 19
3.2.4 Non-Residential Construction 20
3.2.5 Off-Site Construction Methods 22
3.3 OTHER PIPE AND FITTINGS MARKET DRIVERS 24
3.3.1 Central Heating and Water Heating Market 24
3.3.2 Underfloor Heating Market 27
3.3.3 Bathroom and Shower Market 28
3.4 ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES 30
4. PRODUCTS 32
4.1 PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS 32
4.1.1 Definition 32
4.1.2 Market Size and Trends 32
4.1.3 Product and Material Mix 35
4.1.4 Copper Plumbing Pipe Systems 38
4.1.5 Plastic Plumbing Pipe Systems 42
4.1.6 Market Shares 46
4.2 RAINWATER, SOIL AND WASTE PRODUCTS 47
4.2.1 Definition 47
4.2.2 Market Size and Trends 47
4.2.3 Product and Material Mix 49
4.2.4 Rainwater Products 51
4.2.5 Soil and Waste Products 58
4.2.6 Market Shares 59
5. SUPPLIERS 60
5.1 OVERVIEW 60
5.2 KEY SUPPLIER PROFILES 61
5.3 OTHER SUPPLIERS 65
6. DISTRIBUTION 72
6.1 DISTRIBUTION MIX 72
6.2 BUILDERS MERCHANTS/SPECIALISTS 73
6.2.1 National Merchants 74
6.2.2 Large Regional Merchants/Specialists 77
6.3 DIY MULTIPLES 80
6.4 OTHER DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS 81
6.5 PLUMBERS AND HEATING CONTRACTORS 83
APPENDICES 85
APPENDIX A. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 85
A.1 Overview and Outlook 85
A.2. GDP 85
A.3 Inflation & Interest Rates 86
A.4 Employment & Wages 87
A.5 Household Consumption 88
A.6 Sterling 89
Tables & Charts
CHART 1: UK PIPES AND FITTINGS MARKET BY VALUE (£M MSP) 2015-2024 10
CHART 2: UK PIPES AND FITTINGS MARKET BY VALUE (£M MSP) 2015-2024 14
TABLE 3: UK PIPES AND FITTINGS MARKET – PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 2019 (£M MSP) 16
CHART 4: HOUSING COMPLETIONS 2015 TO 2024 – GB BY VOLUME (000) 17
CHART 5: HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS IN ENGLAND – % MIX BY TYPE OF DWELLING (FLATS VERSUS HOUSES) 2013-2019 18
TABLE 6: NUMBER OF PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS UK VALUED AT £40K OR ABOVE 2015 TO 2019 (‘000) 20
CHART 7: CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT (GREAT BRITAIN) NEW WORK & RMI – CURRENT PRICES (£BN) 2015 -2024 21
TABLE 8: UK PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS MARKET BY VALUE (£M MSP) 2015-2024 32
CHART 9: PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS – PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 2019 (PIPES AND FITTINGS) 35
CHART 10: PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS – MATERIAL MIX BY VALUE (£M) 2019 36
CHART 11: UK PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS – MIX BY TYPE OF INSTALLATION % SHARE BY VALUE 2019 37
CHART 12: CENTRAL HEATING AND POTABLE WATER PIPE SYSTEMS – MATERIAL MIX (%) BY VALUE 2019 38
TABLE 13: COPPER PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS – ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES 40
CHART 14: PLASTIC PLUMBING PIPE – PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 2019 44
TABLE 15: PLASTIC PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS – ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES 45
TABLE 16: PLUMBING PIPE SYSTEMS – MARKET SHARES BY VALUE 2019 46
TABLE 17: UK RAINWATER, SOIL AND WASTE PRODUCTS BY VALUE (£M MSP) 2015-2024 47
CHART 18: RAINWATER AND SOIL & WASTE PRODUCTS – PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 2019 49
CHART 19: RAINWATER PRODUCTS – MATERIAL MIX BY VALUE 2019 (PLASTIC, ALUMINIUM, CAST IRON ETC) 50
CHART 20: SOIL AND WASTE PRODUCTS – MATERIAL MIX BY VALUE 2019 51
TABLE 21: PLASTIC RAINWATER PRODUCTS – ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES 52
TABLE 22: CAST IRON RAINWATER PRODUCTS – ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES 54
TABLE 23: RAINWATER, SOIL AND WASTE PRODUCTS – MARKET SHARES BY VALUE 2017 59
TABLE 24: UK SUPPLIERS OF PLASTIC PIPES AND FITTINGS – MARKET SHARES BY VALUE 2019 60
TABLE 25: UK SUPPLIERS OF METAL PIPES AND FITTINGS – MARKET SHARES BY VALUE 2019 61
CHART 26: DISTRIBUTION OF PIPES AND FITTINGS – MIX BY CHANNEL 2019 72
CHART 27: LEADING MERCHANTS’ MARKET SHARES 2018 73
CHART 28: UK VAT REGISTERED PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS 2019 BY TURNOVER (£’000S) 83
CHART 29: GVA CHAINED VOLUME MEASURES, 2015-2019, KEY CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS 86
CHART 30: CPI INFLATION AND BANK OF ENGLAND BASE RATE, 2008-2023 87
CHART 31: AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS DATA – GB – TOTAL PAY – 2014-2019 (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) 88
CHART 32: PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 2008-2023 89
CHART 33: EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2015-2019, STERLING TO THE DOLLAR AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES 90
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