Plumbing - US - September 2007

Table of Contents

• Scope and Themes
• What you need to know
• Definition
• Resources used for Consumer sections
• Abbreviations and terms
• Abbreviations
• Terms
• Executive Summary
• A slipping market, but not for long
• The housing/plumbing marriage
• Will the past tell the future?
• Service providers to get closer to insurers
• Market trends
• The retail scene--suppliers increasingly provide plumbing services
• The consumer--split between DIY and those who hire a professional
• Future trends
• Overall growth slows, but the long-term trend remains strong
• Retail players find their niche
• A way to reach the Boomer market(s)
• Homes of the future
• The changing face of homeowners
• Market Drivers
• The housing/plumbing marriage
  • Figure 1: Sales of existing and new single-family homes, 2001-07
  • Figure 2: Expenditures for residential repairs and maintenance, and improvements, 2001-06
• Will the past tell the future?
• Bigger homes equals more plumbing
• Severe weather drives replacement needs
• Demographic considerations
• Age
  • Figure 3: U.S. population, by age, 2002-12
  • Figure 4: Home renovation expenditures, by term of residency, 2003
  • Figure 5: Incidence of home ownership, by age, 1995-2006
• Race/Hispanic origin
  • Figure 6: Incidence of home ownership, by race/ethnicity, 1995-2006
• Gender
• Market Size and Trends
• Market size
  • Figure 7: Total U.S. retail sales of plumbing supplies and services, at current and constant prices, 2001-07
• Market trends
• Introduction
• Going green
• Market Segmentation
  • Figure 8: Sales of plumbing supplies and services, by type, 2005 and 2007
• Plumbing services
  • Figure 9: Sales of plumbing services, at current and constant prices, 2001-07
• Plumbing supplies
  • Figure 10: Sales of plumbing supplies, at current and constant prices, 2001-07
• Advertising and Promotion
• Retail Distribution and Supply Structure
• The retail scene
• Retailers
  • Figure 11: Home channel sales, by retailer, 2004 and 2006
• Home centers
• Size matters
• Professional services
• Project help for the DIYer
• Moving from the suburbs into urban and rural areas
• Department stores/mass merchandisers
  • Figure 12: Top home improvement centers' operating statistics, latest fiscal year-end 2005
• Independent hardware stores
  • Figure 13: Membership and revenues for leading hardware buying co-operatives, 2005 and 2006
  • Figure 14: Top independent hardware-buying groups, by sales, 2005 and 2006
• Plumbers
• The plumbing retail consumer
• Key points
  • Figure 15: Where materials were purchased, August 2007
  • Figure 16: Where materials were purchased, by gender, August 2007
  • Figure 17: Where materials were purchased, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 18: Where materials were purchased, by household income, August 2007
  • Figure 19: Where materials were purchased, by race/Hispanic origin, August 2007
  • Figure 20: Where materials were purchased, by region, August 2007
  • Figure 21: Where materials were purchased, by products purchased, August 2007
• The Consumer--Work Done, Reasons, and Cost
• Summary of consumer sections
• Plumbing most often purchased, and cost
  • Figure 22: Home improvement plumbing items purchased in the last 12 months, 2002-06
  • Figure 23: Amount spent on plumbing items, January-September 2007
• The plumbing work done
  • Figure 24: Plumbing work done in past year, by gender, August 2007
  • Figure 25: Plumbing work done in past year, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 26: Plumbing work done in past year, by household income, August 2007
  • Figure 27: Plumbing work done in past year, by race/Hispanic origin, August 2007
  • Figure 28: Plumbing work done in past year, by number of people in household, August 2007
• New construction, renovation, or emergency?
  • Figure 29: Reason for doing the plumbing work, by gender, August 2007
  • Figure 30: Reason for doing the plumbing work, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 31: Reason for doing the plumbing work, by household income, August 2007
  • Figure 32: Reason for doing the plumbing work, by race/Hispanic origin, August 2007
  • Figure 33: Reason for doing the plumbing work, by marital status, August 2007
  • Figure 34: Reason for doing the plumbing work, by region, August 2007
• Why it was done
  • Figure 35: Why the plumbing work was done, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 36: Why the plumbing work was done, by race/Hispanic origin, August 2007
  • Figure 37: Deciding what needed to be done, by gender, August 2007
  • Figure 38: Deciding what needed to be done, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 39: Deciding what needed to be done, by race/Hispanic origin, August 2007
  • Figure 40: Deciding what needed to be done, by marital status, August 2007
  • Figure 41: Deciding what needed to be done, by region, August 2007
• The Consumer--Who Did the Work, and What was Purchased
• Who did the work
  • Figure 42: Who did the plumbing work, by gender, August 2007
  • Figure 43: Who did the plumbing work, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 44: Who did the plumbing work, by household income, August 2007
  • Figure 45: Who did the plumbing work, by race/Hispanic origin, August 2007
  • Figure 46: Who did the plumbing work, by education level, August 2007
  • Figure 47: Who did the plumbing work, by employment status, August 2007
  • Figure 48: Who did the plumbing work, by region, August 2007
  • Figure 49: Cross-tab--type of plumbing work done, by who did the work, August 2007
• How help to do the job was found
  • Figure 50: How professional help was found, by gender, August 2007
  • Figure 51: How professional help was found, by age, August 2007
• Satisfaction with plumbing work done
  • Figure 52: Satisfaction with work done, by age, August 2007
• What materials were purchased for the project and where they were purchased
  • Figure 53: What was bought for the project, by age, August 2007
  • Figure 54: What was bought for the project, by marital status, August 2007
  • Figure 55: What was bought for the project, by region, August 2007
• Future and Forecast
• Future trends
• Overall growth slows, but the long-term trend remains strong
• Retail players find their niche
• The house of the future
• Water use reduction
• The changing face of homeowners
• The Boomers: Echo and Baby
• Market forecast
• Plumbing supplies and services
  • Figure 56: Forecast of total U.S. sales of plumbing supplies and services, at current and constant prices, 2007-12
• Plumbing services
  • Figure 57: Forecast of U.S. sales of plumbing services, at current and constant prices, 2007-12
• Plumbing supplies
  • Figure 58: Forecast of U.S. sales of plumbing supplies, at current and constant prices, 2007-12
• Forecast factors
• Appendix: Trade Associations
• North American Retail Hardware Association and Home Center Institute