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P&H Merchants’ January like-for-like value sales up +3.0% year-on-year, but price drives the increase

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of trading days) for January 202...

What’s new in the report?

Why are we making the changes? BMBI, and PHMI, readers will notice a few changes in the way we present builders’ merchant sales data in the reports. One of the aims is to give mo...

Disappointing end to 2025 for P&H Merchants. Q4 like-for-like value sales up +0.7% year-on-year but volumes are down -3.3%

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in March, shows like-for-like Q4 2025 value sales, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were +0....