Business Index: Q1 2024

The quarterly Business Index captures net sales revenue from participating member retailers and merchants. Participating members receive a more detailed breakdown including year-on-year comparison; month-on-month comparison, and index comparisons by region, area, number of employees and by category.

The Hardware Association Ireland Quarterly Business Index is kindly sponsored by Wavin Ireland.

Year-on-Year Comparison

The Q1 performance in 2024 is very similar to that of 2023. A year-on year increase in January is compensated by a contraction in March.

The year-on-year stability in Q1 is largely evident across all member groups, apart from Dublin which exhibits a 6% increase.

The Business Index is collecting and analysing data at category level. If members would like to contribute and benefit from category data please contact Martin at 087 2226532.