Table of Contents
Overview
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- What you need to know
- Covered in this Report
Executive Summary
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- The market
- Price pressure remains feature of electrical wholesalers market
- Brexit uncertainty exacerbates challenging market conditions
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- Figure 1: The UK electrical wholesalers market, 2014-18
- Market conditions expected to remain challenging
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- Figure 2: Forecast UK electrical wholesalers market, 2019-23
- Companies and brands
- Market competition remains intense
- Importance of local presence to gain sales and customer loyalty
- Larger wholesalers looking to create a multichannel business without sacrificing personal contact
- Product portfolio and innovation challenges
- What we think
Issues and Insights
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- How is e-commerce affecting the market and industry?
- The facts
- The implications
- Product diversification opportunities and challenges
- The facts
- The implications
The Market – What You Need to Know
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- Price pressure remains feature of electrical wholesalers market
- Brexit uncertainty exacerbates challenging market conditions
- Larger wholesalers looking to create a multichannel business without sacrificing personal contact
- Product portfolio and innovation challenges
- Market conditions expected to remain challenging
Market Size
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- Market overview
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- Figure 3: The UK electrical wholesalers market, 2014-18
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- Figure 4: The UK electrical wholesalers market, 2014-18
- Market Segmentation
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- Figure 5: The UK electrical wholesalers market, by sector, 2018
- Figure 6: Product segmentation for UK electrical wholesalers market, 2018 (% of total market value)
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- Figure 7: The UK electrical wholesalers’ sales of wiring accessories, by product type, 2018
Market Forecast
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- Electrical contracting
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- Figure 8: Forecast electrical contracting output in Great Britain, 2019-23
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- Figure 9: Forecast analysis of electrical contracting output in Great Britain, by type of work, 2019-23
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- Figure 10: Forecast segmentation of electrical contracting output for new construction projects in Great Britain, by type, 2019-23
- Profit margins to remain squeezed
- The Wholesale Market
- Market conditions expected to remain challenging
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- Figure 11: Forecast UK electrical wholesalers market, 2019-23
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- Figure 12: Forecast UK electrical wholesalers market, 2019-23
The Impact of the Economy
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- GDP growth falls to six-year low in 2018
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- Figure 13: GDP growth rate, Q3 2014 - Q3 2018, (% change on previous quarter)
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- Figure 14: Forecast GDP development, 2018-23
Market Trends
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- Market competition remains intense
- New areas/diversification
- Green energy forms an important product extension for major wholesale chains, but demand is hampered by conflicting government policies
- Product portfolio and innovation challenges
- E-commerce
- Sector-specific demand and Brexit
- Long-term trends
Seasonal and Regional Demand
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- Seasonality of demand
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- Figure 15: Seasonality of private housing output, 2014-18
- Figure 16: Seasonality of public housing output, 2014-18
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- Figure 17: Seasonality of public non-residential construction output, 2014-18
- Figure 18: Seasonality of private commercial construction output, 2013-17
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- Figure 19: Seasonality of private industrial construction output, 2014-18
- Figure 20: Seasonality of public housing repair & maintenance output, 2014-18
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- Figure 21: Seasonality of private housing repair & maintenance output, 2014-18
- Regional sales
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- Figure 22: Regional private housing construction output, 2014-18
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- Figure 23: Regional public housing construction output, 2014-18
- Figure 24: Regional public non-residential construction output, 2013-17
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- Figure 25: Regional private commercial construction output, 2013-17
- Figure 26: Regional private industrial construction output, 2013-17
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- Figure 27: Regional housing repair & maintenance output, 2013-17
- Figure 28: Regional private non-residential repair & maintenance output, 2013-17
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- Figure 29: Regional public non-residential repair & maintenance output, 2013-17
Market Drivers
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- Electrical contracting
- Overview
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- Figure 30: segmentation of the electrical contracting market, 2013-18
- New construction electrical contracting
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- Figure 31: segmentation of electrical contracting from new construction projects, 2018 (£ million)
- Repair and maintenance electrical contracting
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- Figure 32: segmentation of electrical contracting from R&M projects, 2018 (£ million)
- Housebuilding
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- Figure 33: UK private sector housing completions, 1980-2017
- Figure 34: Analysis of private housing construction output in Great Britain, 2014-18
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- Figure 35: UK public sector housing completions, by sector, 1980-2017
- Figure 36: Analysis of new public housing construction output in Great Britain, 2014-18
- Public non-residential construction
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- Figure 37: Long-term trend in public non-residential construction activity in Great Britain, 1970-2017
- Figure 38: Analysis of public sector non-residential construction output in Great Britain, 2014-18
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- Figure 39: Analysis of public sector non-residential construction in Great Britain, by type, 2013-17
- Private industrial construction
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- Figure 40: Long-term trend in private industrial construction output in Great Britain, 1970-2018
- Figure 41: Analysis of private industrial new construction work in Great Britain, by sector 2013-17
- Private commercial construction
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- Figure 42: Long-term trend in private commercial construction output in Great Britain, 1970-2018
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- Figure 43: Analysis of private commercial construction in Great Britain, by type, 2014-18
- Repair and maintenance
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- Figure 44: Segmentation of the R&M activity in Great Britain, 2018 (% by value)
- Public housing
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- Figure 45: Analysis of repair & maintenance output in the public housing sector in Great Britain, 2014-18
- Private housing
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- Figure 46: Analysis of repair and maintenance output in the private housing sector in Great Britain, 2013-17
- Public non-residential
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- Figure 47: Analysis of repair and maintenance output in the public non-residential sector in Great Britain, 2014-18
- Private non-residential
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- Figure 48: Analysis of repair and maintenance output in the private non-residential sector in Great Britain, 2014-17
Companies and Brands – What You Need to Know
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- Three major groups dominate UK electrical wholesalers industry
- Cyclical nature of the market tends to make conditions favourable for acquisition
- Rexel completes rationalisation to give greater prominence to the Rexel brand in the core electrical business
Industry Structure
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- Industry overview
- Industry development
Company Profiles
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- CEF Holdings
- Financial performance
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- Figure 49: Financial analysis of CEF Holdings, 2014-18
- Company strategy
- Cleveland Cable Co.
- Financial performance
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- Figure 50: Financial analysis of Cleveland Cable Company, 2014-18
- Company strategy
- Edmundson Electrical
- Financial performance
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- Figure 51: Financial analysis of Edmundson electrical, 2014-18
- Company strategy
- Eyre & Elliston Holdings
- Financial performance
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- Figure 52: Financial analysis of Eyre & Elliston Holdings, 2013-17
- Company strategy
- Rexel UK
- Financial performance
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- Figure 53: Financial analysis of Rexel UK, 2013-17
- Company strategy
- Stearn Electric Co.
- Financial performance
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- Figure 54: Financial analysis of Stearn Electric Company, 2013-17
- Company strategy
Appendix – Data Sources, Abbreviations and Supporting Information
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- Abbreviations
- Methodology
Further Sources and Contacts
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- Trade associations
- Trade magazines
- Trade events
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