The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders鈥� merchants鈥� value sales (takings) in January down 2.3% compared to the same month in 2024.
Volumes were flat, year on year, but prices slipped by 2.3%.
Compared to December, January takings were up by nearly 34%. However, with five additional trading days in January, like-for-like sales 聽were up by only 3.5%.
Over the 12-month period of February 2024 to January 2025, bother takings and sales volumes were down 4.1%.
鈥淛anuary wasn鈥檛 the strong start builders鈥� merchants and building materials suppliers been hoping for,鈥� said Mike Rigby, managing director of MRA Research, which produces the monthly BMBI report for the Builders Merchant Federation.