Builders Merchants Market - Western Europe 2009-2013

Table of Contents

CONTENTS and LIST OF TABLES & CHARTS

1. INTRODUCTION AND MARKET OVERVIEW VIII

FRANCE 1

• F2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
• F3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
  • F3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
  • F3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 5
  • F3.3 CONSTRUCTION 9
  • F3.4 THE HOUSING MARKET 12
• F4. BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN FRANCE 14
  • F4.1 MARKET SIZE 14
  • F4.2 BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET STRUCTURE 17
  • F4.3 KEY COMPANIES 20
    • F4.3.1 Heavyside 20
    • F4.3.2 Lightside 31
• F.5 SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 35

GERMANY 1

• G2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
• G3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
  • G3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
  • G3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 6
  • G3.3 CONSTRUCTION 10
  • G3.4 THE HOUSING MARKET 15
• G4. BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET IN GERMANY 18
  • G4.1 MARKET SIZE 18
  • G4.2 WHOLESALE BUILDING MATERIALS MARKET STRUCTURE 22
  • G4.3 KEY COMPANIES 24
• G5. SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 39

BELGIUM 1

• B2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
• B3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
  • B3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
  • B3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 5
  • B3.3 CONSTRUCTION 8
  • B3.4 THE HOUSING MARKET 10
• B4. THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN BELGIUM 12
  • B4.1 BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE 12
  • B4.2 MARKET STRUCTURE 15
  • B4.3 KEY COMPANIES 17
• B5. SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 26

THE NETHERLANDS 1

• N2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
• N3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
  • N3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
  • N3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 5
  • N3.3 CONSTRUCTION 8
• N4. THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN THE NETHERLANDS 13
  • N4.1 MARKET SIZE 13
  • N4.2 BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET STRUCTURE 17
  • N4.3 KEY COMPANIES 18
• N5. SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 32

TABLES AND CHARTS

• TABLE I COMPARISON OF KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS - FRANCE, GERMANY & UK - 2007 IX
• CHART II EUROPEAN UNION - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET - BY MAJOR COUNTRY 2008 X
• CHART III INDEX OF BUILDERS MERCHANTS SALES 2004-2008 (2004=100) - FRANCE, GERMANY, UK, BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS XI
• TABLE F1 POPULATION OF FRANCE BY AGE 2007 5
• TABLE F2 GDP AT MARKET PRICES - 2000-2008 6
• TABLE F3 GDP (AT REAL PRICES) 2007-2009 7
• TABLE F4 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 2000-2008 8
• TABLE F5 CONSUMER SPENDING 2000-2008 9
• TABLE F6 CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE - 2000-2008 AT CURRENT PRICES 10
• TABLE F7 CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN FRANCE - BREAKDOWN BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WORK 2007 11
• CHART F8 PRIVATE BUILDING IN FRANCE IN 2007 SHARE BY NEW AND RMI OUTPUT BY VALUE 11
• CHART F9 PRIVATE BUILDING IN FRANCE IN 2007 SHARE BY HOUSING AND NON-HOUSING OUTPUT BY VALUE 12
• TABLE F10 FRANCE - PRODUCTION OF DWELLINGS 2000-2007 12
• TABLE F11 FRANCE - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE 2000-2012 15
• CHART F12 FRANCE - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET BY HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 16
• CHART F13 AVERAGE MARKET MIX OF PRODUCT SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 17
• TABLE F14 FRANCE - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS - 2008 HEAVYSIDE BUILDERS MERCHANTS 21
• CHART F15 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 23
• CHART F16 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 23
• TABLE F17 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 24
• CHART F18 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 25
• TABLE F19 WOLSELEY PLC - TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2005-2008 26
• TABLE F20 CRH GROUP - SHARE BY SECTOR 2008 29
• TABLE F21 FRANCE - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS - 2008 LIGHTSIDE BUILDERS MERCHANTS 32
• TABLE G1 THE GERMAN FEDERAL STATES - BY POPULATION 5
• TABLE G2 POPULATION OF GERMANY BY AGE 6
• TABLE G3 GERMANY - GDP AT MARKET PRICES 2000-2008 7
• TABLE G4 GERMANY - GDP GROWTH AND GROWTH FORECASTS 2008-2010 8
• TABLE G5 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 2000-2008 9
• TABLE G6 CONSUMER SPENDING 2000-2008 10
• TABLE G7 CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE 1995-2008 11
• CHART G8 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY 1995-2008 AT CURRENT PRICES 12
• TABLE G9 NEW BUILD CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN GERMANY 1997-2007 14
• CHART G10 NEW BUILD CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY IN 2007 BREAKDOWN BY VALUE OF BUILDING COMPLETIONS 14
• TABLE G11 RMI CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN GERMANY 1997-2007 COMPLETIONS 15
• CHART G12 RMI CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY IN 2007 BREAKDOWN BY VALUE 15
• TABLE G13 NUMBER OF COMPLETIONS - NEW DWELLINGS 1997-2008 16
• TABLE G14 GERMANY - TOTAL BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE & FORECASTS 1998-2013 19
• CHART G15 GERMANY - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET BY HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 20
• TABLE G16 GERMANY - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE 2004-2009 21
• CHART G17 AVERAGE MARKET MIX OF PRODUCT SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 22
• TABLE G18 GERMANY - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR HEAVYSIDE SUPPLIERS - 2008 26
• CHART G19 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 27
• CHART G20 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 28
• TABLE G21 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 29
• CHART G22 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 29
• TABLE G23 BAYWA GROUP TURNOVER 2003-8 - € BILLION 30
• TABLE G24 BAYWA GROUP TURNOVER BUILDING MATERIALS DIVISION 2004-8 31
• TABLE G25 CRH GROUP - SHARE BY SECTOR 2008 33
• TABLE G26 GERMANY - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR LIGHTSIDE SUPPLIERS - 2008 37
• TABLE B1 POPULATION OF BELGIUM BY AGE 2008 5
• TABLE B2 BELGIUM - GDP AT MARKET AND CONSTANT PRICES 2002-2008 6
• TABLE B3 BELGIUM - GDP GROWTH - 2007-09 7
• TABLE B4 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX* 2000-2008 7
• TABLE B5 CONSUMER SPENDING 2002 - 2008 (REAL CHANGE, AT 2005 PRICES) 8
• TABLE B6 CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE 2000-2008 (CONSTANT 2006 PRICES) 9
• TABLE B7 HOUSING/NON-HOUSING CONSTRUCTION 1998-2008 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED 10
• TABLE B8 DWELLING STARTS - 2000-2007 11
• TABLE B9 BELGIUM - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE 2003- 2013 13
• TABLE B10 BELGIUM - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE 2004-2008 14
• CHART B11 BELGIUM - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE SALES 2008 BY VALUE 14
• CHART B12 BELGIUM - MIX OF PRODUCT SALES 15
• TABLE B13 BELGIUM - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR HEAVYSIDE SUPPLIERS /BUYING GROUPS- 2008 17
• CHART B14 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 19
• CHART B15 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 20
• TABLE B16 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 20
• CHART B17 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 21
• TABLE B18 WOLSELSY PLC - TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2005-2008 22
• TABLE B19 BELGIUM - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR LIGHTSIDE SUPPLIERS /BUYING GROUPS- 2008 24
• TABLE N1 POPULATION OF THE NETHERLANDS BY AGE GROUPS IN 2009 5
• TABLE N2 NETHERLANDS - GDP AT MARKET AND CONSTANT PRICES 2002-2008 6
• TABLE N3 NETHERLANDS - GDP VOLUME GROWTH & FORECASTS - 2007-2010 6
• TABLE N4 NETHERLANDS - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - 2000-2008 HARMONISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX % CHANGE YEAR ON YEAR 7
• TABLE N5 NETHERLANDS CONSUMER SPENDING % CHANGE YEAR ON YEAR 2000-2008 8
• TABLE N6 CONSTRUCTION IN THE NETHERLANDS BY VALUE 2002-2008 9
• CHART N7 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 2008 % BY VALUE 10
• TABLE N8 DWELLINGS - CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED 2000-2008 11
• CHART N9 DWELLINGS COMPLETED IN THE NETHERLANDS 2000-2008 12
• TABLE N10 NETHERLANDS - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET 2004-2013 (€ MILLIONS) 14
• TABLE N11 NETHERLANDS - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE 2004-2012 15
• CHART N12 THE NETHERLANDS - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET - HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 15
• CHART N13 NETHERLANDS - PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 16
• TABLE N14 NETHERLANDS - BUILDER MERCHANTS MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES 2008 18
• TABLE N15 CRH GROUP - SHARE BY SECTOR 2008 19
• CHART N16 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 21
• CHART N17 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 21
• TABLE N18 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 22
• CHART N19 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 22
• TABLE N20 NETHERLANDS - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR LIGHTSIDE BUILDERS MERCHANTS - 2008 24
• TABLE N21 SONEPAR GROUP TURNOVER 2000-2008 25
• CHART N22 SONEPAR TURNOVER BY PRODUCT GROUP 25
• TABLE N23 SOLAR GROUP TURNOVER 2001-2008 26
• TABLE N24 SOLAR GROUP TURNOVER 2008 BREAKDOWN BY GROUP COMPANY 27
• CHART N25 SOLAR TURNOVER BY COUNTRY 2008 28
• TABLE N26 SOLAR NEDERLAND B.V. 2002-2008 29
• TABLE N27 WOLSELEY PLC - TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2005-2008 30