Most expansive retail segment

London-based market researchers Verdict estimate that the volume of the DIY and garden market in the United Kingdom has grown this year by five per cent to approximately £ 16 bn (€ 23 bn). This means that this is the most rapidly growing sector in the UK retail scene. Growth amounted to 5.3 per cent in the year 2002. The three big groups – B&Q, Homebase and Focus Wickes – together account for more than a 45 per cent slice of the cake. The share of market leader B&Q is, in turn, more than double the size of the combined sales volume added to the equation by numbers two and three on the league table.
You can find an overview of the development of the company’s market shares since 1997 at DIYglobal plus under the heading of Countries + markets (v. Other articles on this topic).