New door & window report reveals aluminium market trends

Aluminium is successfully transitioning from an upmarket niche, offering classy looking sliders and bifolds – sold at a hefty premium to property owners (who didn’t have to ask the price) – to a more competitive mainstream, full range.

An offer that includes fashionable flush and most window styles and an extensive range of doors – including some highly impactful front doors and a growing range of lanterns, and conservatory roofs.

The transition is not without bumps on the road, as price per frame is squeezed by intense competition and aluminium market consolidation gathers momentum. Compared with PVCU systems company numbers, there’s a long way to travel, plus more systems companies are now offering both PVCU and aluminium.

A growing energy crisis adds to the pressure on aluminium systems to compete with low U-values at sensible prices – hastening consolidation.

The number of aluminium fabricators is levelling out, as is the number of installers offering aluminium. But there’s a difference between offering to sell it and selling it. The numbers actively selling and making or installing aluminium are still catching up. So there is still some growth potential.

The report highlights that 75% of installers now sell aluminium, up from 66% in 2022. Aluminium accounts for around 30% of the window & door market value, and 16% by volume.

The data comes from Tommy Trinder’s database, which contains quotes from over 700 of the UK’s leading installers, and from Windowbase.

Do you want to read the report in full? You can download the report on the PROSPECTManager website.