Home Improvement Industry Research

See HIR­I’s com­pre­hen­sive study that explores the diverse approach­es home­own­ers of dif­fer­ent gen­er­a­tions take towards home improve­ment, repair, and maintenance.

As tech­nol­o­gy advances, its influ­ence extends into every sec­tor, includ­ing home improve­ment, where pro­fes­sion­als are increas­ing­ly adopt­ing inno­v­a­tive tools to enhance their oper­a­tions. See HIR­I’s study to learn the cur­rent state of tech­nol­o­gy adop­tion among home improve­ment professionals.

See HIR­I’s research to bet­ter under­stand the Pro pur­chase dynam­ics of Good/​Better/​Best prod­uct offer­ings of build­ing products.

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 house­hold con­sumers in the past year. Learn more with our sum­ma­ry and prod­uct group detail reports.

Home main­te­nance and ser­vices are a cru­cial aspect of home­own­er­ship, impact­ing both the finan­cial and func­tion­al well-being of a house­hold. See HIR­I’s exten­sive study on home ser­vices and maintenance.

Sim­i­lar to the HIRI US Ref­er­ence Guide, this report con­tains an overview of sta­tis­tics rel­e­vant to the Cana­di­an home improve­ment market.

Learn how pro­mo­tions influ­ence engage­ment of pro­fes­sion­al con­trac­tors and impact of their pur­chas­ing decisions.

The Home Improve­ment Retail Selec­tor Study will help you under­stand con­sumer pur­chas­ing dynam­ics regard­ing 17 home improve­ment prod­uct cat­e­gories, and how those dynam­ics might have changed com­pared to pri­or years.

Learn about home­own­er aware­ness, moti­va­tions and adop­tion of ener­gy effi­cien­cy, smart home tech­nolo­gies and sus­tain­abil­i­ty products.

Learn more about how the pan­dem­ic caused a shift in the demand curve for home pur­chas­ing and home improve­ment projects.

HIR­I’s US Ref­er­ence Guide is pro­vides at-your-fin­ger­tips-facts relat­ed to home improve­ment. The guide con­tains sec­tions on pop­u­la­tion, employ­ment, income, con­sumer expen­di­tures, hous­ing, and more.

To learn more emerg­ing trends and evi­dence sug­gest­ing a gen­der divide in the DIY home improve­ment sec­tor, see HIR­I’s most recent study on the Female DIY Experience.