Hardware, Plumbing & Heating Equipment Wholesaling in Ireland - Market Size, Industry Analysis, Trends and Forecasts (2024-2029)

Luke-warm recovery: A robust residential housing market is stabilising wholesalers revenue in 2023

Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment wholesalers' revenue depends on activity in the construction sector and demand from hardware retailers, construction contractors and tradespeople in the residential and non-residential segments. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Ireland was a prosperous investor climate which invited large-scale public and private-sector investment in new building developments, with these new builds requiring significant volumes of plumbing and heating equipment. Stringent COVID-19 restrictions, including national lockdowns, severely dented construction output in 2020 and 2021, with many projects delayed. Consumer sentiment also tumbled during the outbreak, cutting into spending on home renovation. However, a robust residential housing market has driven wholesalers' revenue. That's why industry revenue is anticipated to grow at a compound annual rate of 0.4% to reach €2.8 billion over the five years through 2023.

Operators in this industry wholesale a wide variety of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies including locks, water heaters, fittings and fixtures, as well as tools such as hammers and screwdrivers.

This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.