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Our high quality data, analytics and insights serve clients in the building materials and construction industry, including manufacturers, distributors, dealers, builders, contractors and homeowners.

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Featured Insights

Has the Time Arrived for Smart Doors?

Smart door technology is gaining momentum in the United States residential doors market as smart home technology advances and homeowner adoption spreads. Recent signs of industry advancements include Masonite’s partnership with Ring and Yale to offer integrated smart door technology in its residential doors and LG’s introduction of its door of the future, ThinQ, complete […]

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How the Pandemic Changed Deck Building

What did homeowners do when the pandemic struck? Homeowners built more decks than ever before, and they built more of them where no deck previously existed. According to Principia’s latest survey of 750 homeowners with a decking project, nearly one-third built a deck where no deck previously existed, up from 25% in 2019. Homeowners who […]

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2020 Macroeconomic Indicators for the Construction Industry: Part 5

Principia has published an infographic series highlighting different macroeconomic indicators from 2020 relevant to the construction industry. Part 5 concludes the series by putting all the previously posted sections together. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 are available on the blog. Principia conducts a wide range of secondary research including macroeconomic data, such […]

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2020 Macroeconomic Indicators for the Construction Industry: Part 4

Principia is publishing an infographic series highlighting different macroeconomic indicators from 2020 relevant to the construction industry. Part 4 features existing home sales in 2020. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 are available on the blog. Existing home demand surged in 2020, as homeowners searched to find new homes. Single family home sales were up 15% […]

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2020 Macroeconomic Indicators for the Construction Industry: Part 3

Over the coming week, Principia will be publishing a series of infographics highlighting different macroeconomic indicators from 2020 relevant to the construction industry. Part 1 discussed retail sales at building material and garden equipment stores in the United States. Part 2 highlighted residential building put-in-place spending for 2020. Part 3 features data about housing starts […]

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LBM DistributionBuilder

LBM DistributionBuilder enables users to evaluate served market share and identify new opportunities for growth. Users can customize views and analyze demand for residential building materials in local markets and manage market share for each location, region, or operating company.

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Spotlight

Outlook for New Commercial Construction November 2020

Principia’s latest Outlook for New Commercial Construction provides a look at current 2020 macroeconomic indicators compared to previous years, and an outlook for new commercial construction in 2021.

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