Pond Equipment Market REPORT UK 2006

Table of Contents

• 1. INTRODUCTION 6
• 2. SUMMARY 7
• 3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 10
  • 3.1 GDP 10
  • 3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES 11
  • 3.3 UNEMPLOYMENT 12
  • 3.4 STERLING 12
  • 3.5 POPULATION PROFILE 13
  • 3.6 CONCLUSIONS 14
• 4. MARKET OVERVIEW 16
  • 4.1 DEFINITION 16
  • 4.2 MARKET BACKGROUND 16
  • 4.3 MARKET SIZE 18
  • 4.4 KEY MARKET INFLUENCES 21
    • 4.4.1 Housing Completions 21
    • 4.4.2 Property Transactions 23
    • 4.4.3 Household Consumption 24
• 5. PRODUCT MIX 27
  • 5.1 OVERVIEW 27
  • 5.2 PONDS 28
    • 5.2.1 Liners/Underlay 30
    • 5.2.2 Pre-formed Ponds 35
    • 5.2.3 Other Ponds 37
    • 5.2.4 Complete Pond Kits 38
  • 5.3 PUMPS 39
  • 5.4 GENERAL ACCESSORIES 43
    • 5.4.1 Fish food 45
    • 5.4.2 Pond treatments 47
    • 5.4.3 Other general accessories 48
  • 5.5 FILTRATION SYSTEMS 49
  • 5.6 POND ACCESSORIES 54
    • 5.6.1 Self-Contained Water Features and Ornamental Fountains 56
    • 5.6.2 Pre-formed Watercourses/Waterfalls 57
    • 5.6.3 Pond Lighting 58
    • 5.6.4 Other Pond Accessories 59
• 6. SUPPLIERS 61
  • 6.1 SUPPLIER OVERVIEW 61
  • 6.2 MARKET SHARES 64
    • 6.2.1 Liners/Underlay 64
    • 6.2.2 Pre-formed Ponds 65
    • 6.2.3 Pumps 65
    • 6.2.4 General Accessories 67
    • 6.2.5 Filtration Systems 69
    • 6.2.6 Pond Accessories 70
  • 6.3 MAJOR SUPPLIERS 72
    • 6.3.1 Hozelock Cyprio 72
    • 6.3.2 Blagdon/Interpet 72
    • 6.3.3 Oase 73
    • 6.3.4 Tetra 73
    • 6.3.5 Oasis 74
    • 6.3.6 Lotus/Trident 74
    • 6.3.7 Atlantis 75
    • 6.3.8 Firestone 76
    • 6.3.9 Laguna 76
    • 6.3.10 Ubbink 76
• 7. DISTRIBUTION 79
  • 7.1 DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE 79
  • 7.2 MAJOR CHANNELS 81
  • 7.3 SPECIALIST AQUATIC/WATER GARDEN CENTRES 82
  • 7.4 GARDEN CENTRES 84
  • 7.5 DIRECT SELLING/MAIL ORDER/INTERNET 90
  • 7.6 DIY MULTIPLES 91
  • 7.7 LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS 92
  • 7.8 WHOLESALERS/DISTRIBUTORS 93
• 8. FUTURE PROSPECTS 95

TABLES AND CHARTS

• CHART 1 UK POND EQUIPMENT MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 7
• CHART 2 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1990-2008 12
• TABLE 3 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 1997-2007 - THE POUND STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES 13
• CHART 4 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 ('000) 14
• TABLE 5 UK POND EQUIPMENT MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 18
• TABLE 6 HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS 1995-2004 GREAT BRITAIN ('000) 22
• TABLE 7 NUMBER OF PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1998-2004 24
• CHART 8 PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1990-2006 25
• TABLE 9 RETAIL SALES INDICES - VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AT CURRENT PRICES - PREDOMINANTLY NON-FOOD STORES 1995-2003 26
• TABLE 10 UK POND EQUIPMENT MARKET BY PRODUCT SECTOR - BY VALUE 2005 27
• CHART 11 UK POND EQUIPMENT MARKET BY PRODUCT SECTOR - % MIX BY VALUE 2005 28
• TABLE 12 MARKET SIZE OF UK POND MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 29
• CHART 13 UK MARKET FOR PONDS - % MIX BY VALUE 2005 30
• CHART 14 LINERS MARKET SIZE BY MATERIAL - 2005 31
• CHART 15 UK MARKET FOR PRE-FORMED PONDS - % MIX BY VALUE 2005 35
• TABLE 16 MARKET SIZE OF UK PUMPS MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 39
• TABLE 17 UK MARKET FOR PUMPS - % PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 2005 (£M MSP) 42
• TABLE 18 MARKET SIZE OF UK GENERAL ACCESSORIES MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 44
• CHART 19 UK MARKET FOR GENERAL ACCESSORIES - % MIX BY VALUE 2005 45
• TABLE 20 FILTRATION SYSTEM MARKET - SHARE BY TYPE OF SYSTEM - 2005 BY VALUE 50
• TABLE 21 MARKET SIZE OF UK FILTRATION SYSTEMS MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 52
• TABLE 22 MARKET SIZE OF UK POND ACCESSORIES MARKET 1998-2008 (£M MSP) 55
• TABLE 23 MAJOR SUPPLIERS PRODUCT RANGE - 2005 62
• TABLE 24 OVERALL MARKET SHARES OF LEADING SUPPLIERS - 2005 BY VALUE 63
• TABLE 25 BRAND NAMES OF MAJOR PLASTIC LINER SUPPLIERS - 2005 64
• TABLE 26 MARKET SHARES OF MAJOR PRE-FORMED POND SUPPLIERS 2005 65
• TABLE 27 MARKET SHARES OF MAJOR PUMP SUPPLIERS 2005 66
• TABLE 28 MARKET SHARES OF MAJOR GENERAL ACCESSORIES SUPPLIERS 2005 67
• TABLE 29 MAJOR SUPPLIERS OPERATING WITHIN THE GENERAL ACCESSORIES MARKET - 2005 68
• TABLE 30 MARKET SHARES OF MAJOR FILTRATION SYSTEMS SUPPLIERS 2005 69
• TABLE 31 MARKET SUPPLIERS OPERATING WITHIN THE POND ACCESSORIES MARKET - 2005 71
• CHART 32 DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE FOR POND EQUIPMENT 80
• TABLE 33 DISTRIBUTION OF POND EQUIPMENT BY OUTLET - % BY VALUE 2005 81
• TABLE 34 GARDEN CENTRE MARKET SHARES 2003 BY VALUE 85
• CHART 35 DIY MULTIPLES MARKET SHARE 2003 92