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Abstract
INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW
AMA Research have published the 4th edition of the report "Builders Merchants
Market - Western Europe 2009" - incorporating original input and primary
research, it represents an informed and up to date review of the market and
with over 150 pages is excellent value for money.
Countires individually reviewed include
- France
- Germany
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
The construction market in Western Europe has experienced a difficult period
in 2008-09, but tentative positive signs have emerged in late Summer with
recent announcements of GDP growth in France and Germany. Construction is
still under pressure in most markets and this has resulted in some changes at
both merchant and building material supply level.
This new 2009 edition reviews recent trends in key markets, assessing
developments in market structure in terms of acquisitions,
mergers and the role of buying groups in respective countries. Building
material supply is also becoming more Pan-European in response to changing
market structures and purchasing requirements.
Areas of particular interest: A BROAD ASSESSMENT OF THIS £80+ BILLION
MARKET - reviews of market size, recent trends since 2003, key market
influences, current and future developments, long term forecasts up to 2013.
CONSTRUCTION/ECONOMY - trends and forecasts. PRODUCTS - Analysis of broad
product groupings, mix by sector for each country. BUILDERS MERCHANTS -
Merchants shares by country, recent activities, company profiles, financial
overview HEAVYSIDE/LIGHTSIDE - Review of mix in each country. BUYING GROUPS
- major players, shares, address details etc. FUTURE PROSPECTS
Some of the companies and buying groups included:
Saint-Gobain, ADDOK, Adimat, Algorel, Alteral, Le Club Negoce, Anjac,
Batiland, Bauking, Baustoffring Fordungsgesellschaft, Baustoffverbund Sud,
BayWa AG, Bigmat, Brossette, CEDEO, Celo, Ciffreo Bona, CMEM-Tout Faire, Coeck
NV Comafranc, CRH, Decours et Cabaud, Eurobaustoff, FIMS, Galvano Galvano
Groothandel, GAPSA, GC Gruppe, Gedimat, Groupe Point.P, Hagebau, Hageholz,
HAGRO Haustechnik Groshandels GmbH, ISG Comigro, Lapeyre Groupe, Larivi
čre, MCD - MC Distribution, Mpro, Nieuwegein BV, Nordwest Handel AG,
NOWEBAU, Orcab, Orcab, Plieger, PMO, Queguiner, Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale
Rhein-Main eG, Rensa, Richardson Fr čres, Richter & Frenzel, Samse
Group, Sanitair Union, SGB - Sanitary Group Belgium, Supersanit, Technische
Unie (SONEPAR), Tereva, Timolia, UHT (Union Haustechnik GmbH), Van Marcke,
Vegro, Verhelst NV, Veris Bouwmaterialengroep BV, Vihamij BV, VM Materiaux,
Wasco, Wolseley France.
Key areas covered in the report include:
ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
- General Economic overview and introduction.
- Demographic profiling.
- Economic background, historical context.
- Construction activity levels - trends in 2008-09, forecasts.
- Housing market - recent activity.
BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN WESTERN EUROPE
- Overall size & structure of West European market - including UK
- Market size for France, Germany, Belgium & The Netherlands.
- Market trends since 2003 and forecasts of future developments.
- Merchant market structure analysis.
- Merchants - market shares, international, local operations.
- Buying Groups - key players, shares, recent changes etc.
- Key supplier profiles to the lightside sector for each country
- Key supplier profiles to the heavyside sector for each country.
- Key market issues & influence.
- Comparisons with UK market - size, trends, structure etc.
- Future prospects up to 2013.
- Sources of further information, Contact details.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS and LIST OF TABLES & CHARTS
1. INTRODUCTION AND MARKET OVERVIEW VIII
FRANCE 1
- F2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
- F3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
- F3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
- F3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 5
- F3.3 CONSTRUCTION 9
- F3.4 THE HOUSING MARKET 12
- F4. BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN FRANCE 14
- F4.1 MARKET SIZE 14
- F4.2 BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET STRUCTURE 17
- F4.3 KEY COMPANIES 20
- F4.3.1 Heavyside 20
- F4.3.2 Lightside 31
- F.5 SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 35
GERMANY 1
- G2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
- G3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
- G3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
- G3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 6
- G3.3 CONSTRUCTION 10
- G3.4 THE HOUSING MARKET 15
- G4. BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET IN GERMANY 18
- G4.1 MARKET SIZE 18
- G4.2 WHOLESALE BUILDING MATERIALS MARKET STRUCTURE 22
- G4.3 KEY COMPANIES 24
- G5. SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 39
BELGIUM 1
- B2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
- B3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
- B3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
- B3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 5
- B3.3 CONSTRUCTION 8
- B3.4 THE HOUSING MARKET 10
- B4. THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN BELGIUM 12
- B4.1 BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE 12
- B4.2 MARKET STRUCTURE 15
- B4.3 KEY COMPANIES 17
- B5. SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 26
THE NETHERLANDS 1
- N2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS 2
- N3. GENERAL & ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 4
- N3.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 4
- N3.2 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 5
- N3.3 CONSTRUCTION 8
- N4. THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET IN THE NETHERLANDS 13
- N4.1 MARKET SIZE 13
- N4.2 BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET STRUCTURE 17
- N4.3 KEY COMPANIES 18
- N5. SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION 32
TABLES AND CHARTS
- TABLE I COMPARISON OF KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS - FRANCE, GERMANY & UK -
2007 IX
- CHART II EUROPEAN UNION - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET - BY MAJOR COUNTRY
2008 X
- CHART III INDEX OF BUILDERS MERCHANTS SALES 2004-2008 (2004=100) -
FRANCE, GERMANY, UK, BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS XI
- TABLE F1 POPULATION OF FRANCE BY AGE 2007 5
- TABLE F2 GDP AT MARKET PRICES - 2000-2008 6
- TABLE F3 GDP (AT REAL PRICES) 2007-2009 7
- TABLE F4 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 2000-2008 8
- TABLE F5 CONSUMER SPENDING 2000-2008 9
- TABLE F6 CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE - 2000-2008 AT CURRENT PRICES 10
- TABLE F7 CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN FRANCE - BREAKDOWN BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
WORK 2007 11
- CHART F8 PRIVATE BUILDING IN FRANCE IN 2007 SHARE BY NEW AND RMI OUTPUT BY
VALUE 11
- CHART F9 PRIVATE BUILDING IN FRANCE IN 2007 SHARE BY HOUSING AND
NON-HOUSING OUTPUT BY VALUE 12
- TABLE F10 FRANCE - PRODUCTION OF DWELLINGS 2000-2007 12
- TABLE F11 FRANCE - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE 2000-2012 15
- CHART F12 FRANCE - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET BY HEAVYSIDE AND
LIGHTSIDE SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 16
- CHART F13 AVERAGE MARKET MIX OF PRODUCT SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 17
- TABLE F14 FRANCE - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS - 2008 HEAVYSIDE
BUILDERS MERCHANTS 21
- CHART F15 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 23
- CHART F16 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 23
- TABLE F17 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 24
- CHART F18 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 25
- TABLE F19 WOLSELEY PLC - TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2005-2008 26
- TABLE F20 CRH GROUP - SHARE BY SECTOR 2008 29
- TABLE F21 FRANCE - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS - 2008 LIGHTSIDE
BUILDERS MERCHANTS 32
- TABLE G1 THE GERMAN FEDERAL STATES - BY POPULATION 5
- TABLE G2 POPULATION OF GERMANY BY AGE 6
- TABLE G3 GERMANY - GDP AT MARKET PRICES 2000-2008 7
- TABLE G4 GERMANY - GDP GROWTH AND GROWTH FORECASTS 2008-2010 8
- TABLE G5 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 2000-2008 9
- TABLE G6 CONSUMER SPENDING 2000-2008 10
- TABLE G7 CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE 1995-2008 11
- CHART G8 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY 1995-2008 AT CURRENT PRICES 12
- TABLE G9 NEW BUILD CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN GERMANY 1997-2007 14
- CHART G10 NEW BUILD CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY IN 2007 BREAKDOWN BY VALUE OF
BUILDING COMPLETIONS 14
- TABLE G11 RMI CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN GERMANY 1997-2007 COMPLETIONS 15
- CHART G12 RMI CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY IN 2007 BREAKDOWN BY VALUE 15
- TABLE G13 NUMBER OF COMPLETIONS - NEW DWELLINGS 1997-2008 16
- TABLE G14 GERMANY - TOTAL BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE & FORECASTS
1998-2013 19
- CHART G15 GERMANY - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET BY HEAVYSIDE AND
LIGHTSIDE SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 20
- TABLE G16 GERMANY - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE
2004-2009 21
- CHART G17 AVERAGE MARKET MIX OF PRODUCT SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 22
- TABLE G18 GERMANY - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR HEAVYSIDE SUPPLIERS - 2008 26
- CHART G19 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 27
- CHART G20 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 28
- TABLE G21 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 29
- CHART G22 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 29
- TABLE G23 BAYWA GROUP TURNOVER 2003-8 - € BILLION 30
- TABLE G24 BAYWA GROUP TURNOVER BUILDING MATERIALS DIVISION 2004-8 31
- TABLE G25 CRH GROUP - SHARE BY SECTOR 2008 33
- TABLE G26 GERMANY - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR LIGHTSIDE SUPPLIERS - 2008 37
- TABLE B1 POPULATION OF BELGIUM BY AGE 2008 5
- TABLE B2 BELGIUM - GDP AT MARKET AND CONSTANT PRICES 2002-2008 6
- TABLE B3 BELGIUM - GDP GROWTH - 2007-09 7
- TABLE B4 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX* 2000-2008 7
- TABLE B5 CONSUMER SPENDING 2002 - 2008 (REAL CHANGE, AT 2005 PRICES) 8
- TABLE B6 CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE 2000-2008 (CONSTANT 2006 PRICES) 9
- TABLE B7 HOUSING/NON-HOUSING CONSTRUCTION 1998-2008 BUILDING PERMITS
ISSUED 10
- TABLE B8 DWELLING STARTS - 2000-2007 11
- TABLE B9 BELGIUM - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET SIZE 2003- 2013 13
- TABLE B10 BELGIUM - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE
2004-2008 14
- CHART B11 BELGIUM - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE
SALES 2008 BY VALUE 14
- CHART B12 BELGIUM - MIX OF PRODUCT SALES 15
- TABLE B13 BELGIUM - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR HEAVYSIDE SUPPLIERS /BUYING
GROUPS- 2008 17
- CHART B14 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 19
- CHART B15 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 20
- TABLE B16 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 20
- CHART B17 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 21
- TABLE B18 WOLSELSY PLC - TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2005-2008 22
- TABLE B19 BELGIUM - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR LIGHTSIDE SUPPLIERS /BUYING
GROUPS- 2008 24
- TABLE N1 POPULATION OF THE NETHERLANDS BY AGE GROUPS IN 2009 5
- TABLE N2 NETHERLANDS - GDP AT MARKET AND CONSTANT PRICES 2002-2008 6
- TABLE N3 NETHERLANDS - GDP VOLUME GROWTH & FORECASTS - 2007-2010 6
- TABLE N4 NETHERLANDS - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - 2000-2008 HARMONISED
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX % CHANGE YEAR ON YEAR 7
- TABLE N5 NETHERLANDS CONSUMER SPENDING % CHANGE YEAR ON YEAR 2000-2008 8
- TABLE N6 CONSTRUCTION IN THE NETHERLANDS BY VALUE 2002-2008 9
- CHART N7 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 2008 % BY VALUE 10
- TABLE N8 DWELLINGS - CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED 2000-2008 11
- CHART N9 DWELLINGS COMPLETED IN THE NETHERLANDS 2000-2008 12
- TABLE N10 NETHERLANDS - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET 2004-2013 (€
MILLIONS) 14
- TABLE N11 NETHERLANDS - BUILDERS MERCHANT MARKET HEAVYSIDE AND LIGHTSIDE
2004-2012 15
- CHART N12 THE NETHERLANDS - THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS MARKET - HEAVYSIDE AND
LIGHTSIDE SALES - 2008 BY VALUE 15
- CHART N13 NETHERLANDS - PRODUCT MIX BY VALUE 16
- TABLE N14 NETHERLANDS - BUILDER MERCHANTS MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR
DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES 2008 18
- TABLE N15 CRH GROUP - SHARE BY SECTOR 2008 19
- CHART N16 SAINT-GOBAIN NET SALES 1999-2008 21
- CHART N17 SALES BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION 2008 21
- TABLE N18 SAINT-GOBAIN TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2006- 2008 22
- CHART N19 SAINT-GOBAIN - NET SALES BY DIVISION 2008 22
- TABLE N20 NETHERLANDS - MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR LIGHTSIDE BUILDERS MERCHANTS
- 2008 24
- TABLE N21 SONEPAR GROUP TURNOVER 2000-2008 25
- CHART N22 SONEPAR TURNOVER BY PRODUCT GROUP 25
- TABLE N23 SOLAR GROUP TURNOVER 2001-2008 26
- TABLE N24 SOLAR GROUP TURNOVER 2008 BREAKDOWN BY GROUP COMPANY 27
- CHART N25 SOLAR TURNOVER BY COUNTRY 2008 28
- TABLE N26 SOLAR NEDERLAND B.V. 2002-2008 29
- TABLE N27 WOLSELEY PLC - TURNOVER BY DIVISION 2005-2008 30
