MRA’s Research Roundup – December 2025
As 2025 wraps up, MRA Research reviews the latest data and recent developments in the construction sector to help make sense of... Learn More
Q3 2025 – the story behind the numbers
The Q3 2025 edition of the Builders Merchants Building Index was published last week. Find out what leading industry experts have to... Learn More
P&H Merchants’ Q3 value sales up +2.8% year-on-year
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in December, shows Q3 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing &... Learn More
Merchant Q3 value sales down -0.1% but September is up +4.6% year-on-year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q3 2025 were down -0.1% compared to Q3... Learn More
Can we trust the data?
Our MD, Mike Rigby, recently joined Paul Heming on the Own the Build podcast to discuss the reliability of data in the... Learn More
New report on the Builders Merchants’ Market
The first edition of a new market report on the General Builders Merchants’ Market will be published at the end of November.... Learn More
76% of merchants experience squeezed margins
The first edition in a new series of ‘The Pulse’ surveys of merchant branch managers found their biggest problems in Q3 were... Learn More
P&H Merchants’ August value sales down -2.6% year-on-year as volumes fall -9.2%
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for August 2025 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
Builders’ Merchant value sales drop -5.0% in August as volume (-4.1%) and price (-1.0%) fall year-on-year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in August 2025 were down... Learn More
P&H Merchants’ July value sales up +4.1% year-on-year but volumes fall -2.1%.
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for July 2025 through specialist plumbing... Learn More