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    The home improve­ment industry’s only prod­uct-focused size of mar­ket study provides data back to 1992 with 5‑year fore­casts for the con­sumer and pro­fes­sion­al markets. Prod­uct cat­e­go­ry lev­el detail is pro­vid­ed for the con­sumer mar­ket and new in 2018 for the pro­fes­sion­al mar­ket. Geo­graph­ic detail is pro­vid­ed for the 9 Cen­sus divisions with annu­al esti­mates to the state level.

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    Quarterly U.S. Size of the Home Improvement Products Market

     The home improvement industry’s only product focused size of market study.
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    Biennial Product Purchase Tracking Study (PPTS)

     HIRI’s Product Purchase Tracking Study is one of the core research studies provided to members that dives into detail on products purchased by US

    Biennial Project Decision Study (PDS)

     To identify unmet needs in project planning, HIRI conducts a bi-annual project decision study covering 19 different project categories. 

    Quarterly Home Improvement Project Activity Trackers

     See the results from HIRI's Quarterly Home Improvement Project Activity Tracker covering 19 home areas and 38 home improvement activities.

    Research Calendar

    *Research studies marked with an asterisk are Tracking type studies that recur every month, quarter, year, or two years.

    1st Quarter
    • AHS Deep Dive Study*
    • Canadian Homeowner Project Activity Tracker Report – CSIG Members Only*
    • Economic & Industry Update – Monthly*
    • Quarterly Contractor Business Activity Tracker*
    • Quarterly Homeowner Project Activity Tracker*
    • Recent Homebuyer/Seller Study
    • Secondary Homes Report
    • US Size of HI Products Market Forecast*
    2nd Quarter
    • Annu­al Home­own­er Activ­i­ty Track­er Report*
    • Cana­da Size of the HI Prod­ucts Mar­ket — CSIG Members Only*
    • Con­trac­tor Chan­nel Activ­i­ty Study
    • Con­trac­tor Emerg­ing Tech­nolo­gies and Adop­tion in Home Improve­ment
    • Con­trac­tor Research Deep Dive Study
    • Eco­nom­ic & Indus­try Update-Month­ly*
    • His­pan­ic Con­trac­tor Report
    • Home­own­er Ecom­merce Trends
    • Home­own­er Pro­mo­tion Effec­tive­ness
    • Quar­ter­ly Con­trac­tor Busi­ness Activ­i­ty Track­er*
    • Quar­ter­ly Home­own­er Project Activ­i­ty Track­er*
    • Renter’s Home Improve­ment Activ­i­ty Track­er (2024)*
    • US Ref­er­ence Guide*
    • US Size of HI Prod­ucts Mar­ket Forecast*
    3rd Quarter
    • Cana­da Ref­er­ence Guide — CSIG Mem­bers Only*
    • Con­trac­tor Demo­graph­ics and Seg­men­ta­tion Study
    • Con­trac­tor Pur­chase Inci­dence Study
    • Eco­nom­ic & Indus­try Update-Month­ly*
    • Home­own­er Case Study of AI Usage in Home Improvement
    • Home­own­er Prod­uct Selec­tion Ana­lyt­ics Study
    • Home­own­er Prod­uct Attribute Study
    • Project Deci­sion Study*
    • Quar­ter­ly Con­trac­tor Busi­ness Activ­i­ty Track­er*
    • Quar­ter­ly Home­own­er Project Activ­i­ty Track­er*
    • Social Medi­a’s Influ­ence on Home Improve­ment Activity
    • US Size of HI Prod­ucts Mar­ket Fore­cast-State level*

     
    4th Quarter
    • Aging in Place
    • Cana­da Size of HI Prod­ucts Mar­ket Eco­nom­ic Update Webi­nar-CSIG Mem­bers Only*
    • Con­trac­tor New Brand/​Product Expe­ri­ence Study
    • Eco­nom­ic & Indus­try Update-Month­ly*
    • Future of Home Improve­ment Trends
    • Gen Z Project Activ­i­ty Study
    • Home Insur­ance and Nat­ur­al Dis­as­ters Study
    • Infla­tion Reduc­tion Act and Ener­gy Retro­fit Study
    • Made in Amer­i­ca Study
    • Quar­ter­ly Con­trac­tor Busi­ness Activ­i­ty Track­er*
    • Quar­ter­ly Home­own­er Project Activ­i­ty Track­er*
    • US Size of HI Prod­ucts Mar­ket Forecast*

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