Report: Building and Home Improvement Products Distribution Market

Abstract

AMA Research have published the fifth edition of the report £Building and Home Improvement Products Distribution Market - UK 2009-2013£. The report provides an informed and up-to-date review of the distribution market and with over 100 pages including original input and primary research, represents excellent value for money.

Following continuous growth to 2007, the market has declined in 2008 as a result of the difficult economic situation facing the UK and tough trading conditions facing distribution. However the market is expected to recover in 2011 and reach a market size of £47.7 billion by 2013.

The report contains

FORECASTS OF MARKET DEVELOPMENTS TO 2013.
DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKET - analysis of the market structure and developments in the market.
HIGHLY FRAGMENTED MARKET - key distribution channels including builders£ merchants, DIY multiples, electrical wholesalers, garden centres, specialist distributors, department & variety stores and Internet & mail order
SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT INFORMATION - details of market size, factors influencing the market, key players and products.
ANALYSIS BY PRODUCT GROUP - market sizes, product mixes and distribution.

Of particular interest:

Changing distribution channel shares - rise and fall of DIY?
Forecast of the market performance to 2013.
Identification of key channels and the main players therein.
Factors affecting the market and analysis of the key market characteristics.
Key product groups - distribution channel shares for the different products.

Companies included:

Alsford Timber, Anglian, Arbor Forest Products, Arnold Laver, Ashworth, B&Q, Bathstore, BCG, Blue Diamond Group, Boole£s, BSS Group, Build Center, Buildbase, Carson Fletcher Timber Ltd, Carvers Building Supplies, CDS Superstores (International), Ceramic Tiles Distributors (CDT), City Electrical Factors, Climate Center, Decco, Dobbies, Drain Center, Draper Tools, Edmundson Electrical, Electric Centre, Elliott Brothers, Encon, Encon Insulation, Focus, Frazer, Garden and Leisure George Boyd, Gibbs & Dandy, Godfrey DIY, Grafton Group, Graham, Hall & Rogers Heat Merchants, Hendricks Lovell, Hillier, Homebase, International Decorative Surfaces (IDS), International Timber, In-Toto, Jacksons, James Burrell, Jewson, Joseph Parr Group, JT Dove, Keel Supply, Klondyke & Strikes Garden Centres, Latium Group, Leekes, Macnaughton Blair, Makro, Maxwells DIY, Mica, Minster Mydeco, Nicholls & Clarke Group, Notcutts, Parts Center, PDM, Pipe Center, Plumb Center, Plumbase, Progress, Rawle Gammon & Baker, Rexel Group, Robert Dyas Robert Price, Roys (Wroxham), Saint-Gobain Building Products Distribution Screwfix, SIG plc, Solus Garden & Leisure, Stax Trade Centres, Taskers, Timbmet, Toolbank, Trago Mills, Travis Perkins, Unifix, Warehouse, Wickes, Wilkinson, Hardware Store, William Wilson, Wilts Wholesale Electrical Company, Wolseley, Wyevale Garden Centres.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

THE MARKET

The building and home improvement product distribution market - key characteristics of the market, analysis by value from 2003-2008, with forecasts to 2013.
Distribution structure - suppliers, distributors, contractors, specifiers and end-users.
Identification of key distribution channels - dominance by merchants and DIY multiples in a highly fragmented market.
Impact of the recession on the structure of the market.
Market trends and major factors influencing market development.

THE KEY PLAYERS

Market shares of key distribution channels.
Builders and Plumbers£ Merchants - channel characteristics, company structures, turnover and branch numbers of key players. Listings of other important merchants.
DIY Multiples - channel characteristics, company structures, turnover and branch numbers of key players. Listings of other important multiples.
Independent Hardware & DIY Stores - characteristics, branch numbers and turnover.
Other channels - including electrical wholesalers, garden centres, specialist distributors, department & variety stores and Internet & mail order - characteristics and main players.

PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIERS

Market size of the main product groups with estimated shares of the key distribution channels.
Product groups - definition, market size and product mix within the product group,
Distribution chart for each product group.

FUTURE PROSPECTS

Forecast of expected market development in the short, medium and long term.
Positive and negative factors affecting the growth of the distributors£ market. Views on when the market is likely to recover.
Outlook for the building and home improvement products distribution market through to 2013.