DIY, home improvement and furniture retail in Scandinavia - statistics & facts

Retail sales of hardware, paints, and glass in specialized stores in Norway reached roughly 32.7 billion Norwegian kroner in 2020, a country where there were, as of 2020, 8,655 inhabitants per home improvement store. Sweden, which had the lowest number of inhabitants per home improvement store among the Nordics, also had one of the lowest shares of households that outsourced home improvement in Europe, as less than half of the households outsourced their projects.

Main segments and retailers

The construction, iron, and paint trade saw one of the strongest developments of the industry in 2020. That year, the category saw sales growth of over 17 percent in Sweden, in comparison to the previous year. Dahl, the country’s leading plumbing wholesaler, led the ranking of the Swedish DIY industry, reaching a turnover of over eight billion Swedish kroner as of January 2020. In Norway, the first position went to Optimera, which had generated turnover of over 10 billion Norwegian kroner as of September 2020.

Consumer behavior

Danish households spent just under three billion euros on furniture, home furnishings, and floor coverings in 2019. In Norway, equipment for house and garden use generated roughly 12.5 billion Norwegian kroner from Norwegian households, and the household upkeep spending per capita in the country is expected to reach roughly 1,912 U.S. dollars by 2025.

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