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 Business Index is kindly sponsored by Wavin Ireland
Key Objectives
– To establish an ongoing guide to revenue performance for HAI member firms
– To deliver a total index figure on changes to the total value of the market on a quarterly and annual basis
Year-on-Year Comparisons
The Q2 performance shows some variation across member groups, peaking in Munster and in smaller stores.
Year-on-Year Comparisons
The consistent year on year performance was also evident in Q1; the year-to-date performance for 2024 exhibits parity with last year.
Business Index Annual Review 2021 – 2024
Total Market (All Categories)
The Business Index is collecting and analysing data at category level.
If members would like to contribute and benefit from this data please contact Martin Markey at 087 2226532.