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May 9, 2025The 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
About The HAI Business Index
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 year-on-year pattern for Q4 is broadly consistent across member groups.
The performance throughout 2024 has shown a strikingly similar year-on-year pattern for each of the four quarters, culminating in a 1% rise overall.

Business index Q4 2024 year on year comparisons chart
Market performance in 2024 has remained relatively flat.
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.