MRA Building Market Reports

MRA Reports has published a new quarterly update on the UK Builders' Merchants market. The General Builders' Merchants Pulse & Forecasts is a new quarterly report on the builders’ merchant market, which combines the findings from a new series of ‘The Pulse’ surveys tracking merchants’ sales expectations and confidence each quarter, with key issues and forecasts specifically for the builders’ merchant market. The survey includes questions about: Sales in the last quarter Expected sales in...

MRA Reports has published a new report covering the UK market for decking products. The report examines the performance of the decking market between 2019 and 2025, and provides a five year forecast to 2030. Our analysis covers the whole market; domestic and commercial, all materials, both small and large suppliers. The report includes the following, and more: Decking market structure, market size by value & growth rates Key market drivers and trends in the UK decking market Decking products...

The latest survey results showed that, although market confidence levels haven’t improved, 41% of merchant branches expect their sales to increase in Q1 compared with sales over the same period in 2025.