General Industrial Products Distribution Market Report - UK 2017-2021 Analysis

General Industrial Products Distribution Market Report - UK 2017-2021 Analysis

The 7th edition of the ‘General Industrial Products Distribution Market Report – UK 2017-2021 Analysis’ addresses the distribution of industrial / building consumables, which is a mature and highly fragmented market in terms of product range, customer base and end-use applications sectors. The report includes up to date information on recent trends and issues that are likely to impact on the market going forward over the next 5 years.

Key issues covered in the report include:

• DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKET - analysis of the market structure, key national distributors and recent developments in the market.
• HIGHLY FRAGMENTED MARKET - key distribution channels including industrial distributors, specialists and direct.
• ANALYSIS BY PRODUCT GROUP – health & safety, engineering & metal working, fluid & air control, workshop & maintenance, power tools, hand tools, SSASH (storage, security, access, site equipment & handling), fasteners, janitorial and abrasives – market sizes, product mixes and distribution.
• FORECASTS OF MARKET DEVELOPMENTS UP TO 2021 – market size and factors impacting on the market.

Areas of Particular interest include:

• Market performance review and forecasts to 2021.
• Factors affecting the market and analysis of key market characteristics.
• Review of distribution structure.
• Review of key players - product mix and market share estimates.
• Product group analysis – review of major product sectors, distribution channel shares for the different products.

Key areas covered in the Report

The Market

• General Industrial Product Distribution market - market definition, size and recent market performance in 2010-2016, factors impacting on the market.
• Product sectors reviewed - health & safety, engineering & metalworking, fluid & air control, workshop & maintenance, power tools, hand tools, SSASH (storage, security, access, site equipment & handling), fasteners, janitorial and abrasives.
• Key market influences - including manufacturing & engineering sectors, utilities and infrastructure sectors, legislation, continued evolution of multi-channel approach etc.
• Distribution structure – suppliers, distributors and end-users
• Review of key distribution channels – industrial distributors, the specialists and direct.
• Future prospects – market size and forecast trends up to 2021.

Leading Distributors

• Review of key distributors – Arco, Screwfix, RS Components, Cromwell Tools, Brammer, Eriks Industrial Services, Toolbank, Toolstation, Parker Merchanting, Machine Mart, Monks & Crane, Seton, MSC Industrial etc.
• Market shares of key distributors – market positioning, overall shares etc, overview of market and recent trends.
• Profiles of key distributors – company structure, estimates of market shares, product mix and portfolio analysis.
• Key Competitors – including specialists, builders merchants, tool & plant hire companies, automotive aftermarket, buying groups and independents.

Products and Suppliers

• Market size of product groups defined in report, with estimated shares within the industrial distributors market.
• Product groups – definition, distributor shares within each sector and product trends.
• Product distribution – estimated shares of industrial distributors and competing channels by each product sector (merchants, specialists, plant & tool Hire, automotive, others including direct etc).

Market Prospects

• Market prospects for the general industrial products distribution market to 2020, with market size estimation.
• Factors affecting distributors market – positive and negative influences, trends in key sectors.