Bricks, Blocks and Precast Concrete Products Market Report - UK 2020-2024

The 7th 'Bricks, Blocks and Precast Concrete Products Market Report - UK 2020-2024' incorporates original research and provides a comprehensive review of this changing market, including market sizes across the major product areas featured, product mix, supplier performance and share, supply chain structures and other factors influencing the development of the market.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 8

• 1.1 BACKGROUND 8
• 1.2 SOURCES OF INFORMATION 8

2. SUMMARY AND MARKET PROSPECTS 10

• 2.1 SUMMARY 10
• 2.2 MARKET PROSPECTS 11

4. BRICKS, BLOCKS & PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS MARKET 14

• 4.1 UK MARKET SIZE 14
  • 4.1.2 Overall Market Prospects 15
• 4.2 OVERALL MARKET TRENDS 17
• 4.3 PRODUCT MIX 17
  • 4.3.1 Overview of Product Mix 2015 to 2019 18
• 4.4 KEY MARKET DRIVERS 19
  • 4.4.1 Construction Output 19
  • 4.4.2 Non-Residential Construction 21
  • 4.4.3 Residential Construction 28
  • 4.4.4 Housebuilding Market Size and Trends 29
  • 4.4.5 Size and Type of Homes 30
  • 4.4.6 Self Build Market 31
• 4.5 SUSTAINABILITY 32
  • 4.5.1 Clay Bricks 33
  • 4.5.2 Concrete Precast Blocks and Structural Products 33

5. BRICKS 35

• 5.1 MARKET DEFINITIONS 35
  • 5.1.1 Materials 35
• 5.2 MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 36
  • 5.2.1 Market Value and Current Trends 36
  • 5.2.2 Market Prospects 38
• 5.3 MARKET VOLUMES 40
• 5.4 PRODUCT MIX 41
  • 5.4.1 Facing Bricks 42
  • 5.4.2 Common Bricks 45
  • 5.4.3 Engineering Bricks 46
• 5.5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 46
• 5.6 SUPPLIERS 48

6. PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS 52

• 6.1 MARKET DEFINITIONS 52
  • 6.1.1 Aggregate Concrete Blocks 52
  • 6.1.2 Cast Stone Blocks 52
• 6.2 MARKET VALUE AND CURRENT TRENDS 53
  • 6.2.1 Market Prospects 54
• 6.3 MARKET VOLUMES 56
• 6.4 MARKET BY END-USE SECTOR 56
• 6.5 PRODUCT MIX 57
  • 6.5.1 Aggregate Concrete Blocks - Dense 58
  • 6.5.2 Lightweight Blocks 59
  • 6.5.3 Aerated (Aircrete) Blocks 59
• 6.6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 60
  • 6.6.1 Imports 61
  • 6.6.2 Exports 61
• 6.7 SUPPLIERS 62
  • 6.7.1 Leading Suppliers of Dense and Lightweight Blocks 62
  • 6.7.2 Leading Suppliers of Aircrete Blocks 63
  • 6.7.3 Company Profiles 65

7. PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS 68

• 7.1 MARKET DEFINITION 68
• 7.2 MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 68
  • 7.2.1 Market Prospects 71
• 7.3 PRODUCT MIX 73
  • 7.3.1 Precast Flooring and Related Products 74
  • 7.3.2 Precast Panel Products 74
  • 7.3.3 Miscellaneous/Other Precast Concrete Structural Products 75
• 7.4 SUPPLIERS 76
  • 7.4.1 Leading Suppliers of Precast Concrete Products 76
  • 7.4.2 Leading Suppliers of Cast Stone 78

8. NATURAL STONE 80

• 8.1 DEFINITION 80
• 8.2 MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 80
  • 8.2.1 Natural Stone Building Products - Market Size and Trends 81
  • 8.2.1 Market Prospects 82
• 8.3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 83
• 8.4 SUPPLIERS 84

9. DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS 87

• 9.1 DISTRIBUTION MIX 88
  • 9.1.1 Clay Bricks 88
  • 9.1.2 Concrete blocks, Cast Stone and Other Precast Products 89
  • 9.1.3 Natural Stone 90
• 9.2 GENERAL BUILDERS MERCHANTS 91
  • 9.2.1 Buying groups 93
• 9.3 FACTORS AND SPECIALIST MERCHANTS 93
• 9.4 DIRECT SALES 96
• 9.5 OTHERS (INCLUDING DIY) 96

APPENDICES 98

APPENDIX A. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 98

A.1 Overview and Outlook 98

A.2 GDP 98

A.3 Inflation and Interest Rates 100

A.4 Employment and Wages 101

A.5 Household Consumption 101

A.6 Sterling 102

TABLES AND CHARTS

• CHART 12: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NEW STUDENT BED-SPACES BUILT PER YEAR 2014-2023 57