About the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia Market Research Report
Definition of the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia?
This industry retails building materials such as lumber, hardwood, stone and brick. It also supplies cabinets, floor coverings, roofing materials, electrical and plumbing goods, doors and windows to the construction market. The industry does not include home improvement centres, paint and wallpaper specialty stores or hardware stores.
What’s included in the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia?
The Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia includes retailing building materials, retailing cabinets, retailing ceiling fans, retailing doors and windows, retailing electrical supplies, retailing fencing, retailing floor coverings (wood or ceramic only), retailing lighting fixtures, retailing masonry (e.g. block, brick and stone) and retailing plumbing supplies. Related terms covered in the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia industry report includes a category of customers who purchase materials themselves and hire third parties or professionals to complete the projects, a category of customers that includes homeowners who purchase products and complete their own projects, professional remodellers, general contractors, repairmen and tradesmen and a system used at checkout in retail stores that uses computers and cash registers to capture transaction data at the time and place of sale.
Industry Performance of the Lumber & Building Material Stores industry in Nova Scotia
Benchmark the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia industry performance with all NS Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia
#8 in Highest Revenue 1.9% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Lumber & Building Material Stores in Canada
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Lumber & Building Material Stores industry in Nova Scotia
See how key industry drivers, such as population, net migration, private investment in residential construction, housing starts, residential renovation expenditure and value of nonresidential construction are impacting Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Economic Indicators
Population
Net Migration
Private Investment in Residential Construction
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Canada Key External Drivers
Housing starts
Residential renovation expenditure
Value of nonresidential construction
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Lumber & Building Material Stores industry in Nova Scotia
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Lumber & Building Material Stores in Nova Scotia, such as Halifax, New Glasgow and Truro. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Lumber & Building Material Stores industry in Nova Scotia
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
