Description
Drywall profile market Germany: sales in thousand tonnes and forecast to 2031
How is the drywall profile market in Germany developing? The series records sales of metal drywall framing in thousand tonnes of steel, quarter by quarter from Q1/2021 to Q4/2031 – as historical market data and forecast. Weight, customary for steel products, separates volume from volatile steel prices.
The dataset covers cold-formed galvanised steel profiles to EN 14195 and DIN 18182-1, usually 0.6 mm thick: C-stud wall profiles (CW), U-track wall profiles (UW), C-ceiling profiles (CD), U-ceiling perimeter profiles (UD) and reinforced door-opening profiles (UA). Gypsum boards are screwed onto them. Timber battens, grid ceiling rails, trapezoidal sheets and structural steel sections are excluded.
Tonnage tracks installed board area, but not in a fixed ratio: per square metre of board, a suspended ceiling binds considerably more steel than a stud wall, and needs vary with single- or double-layer cladding. Because commercial buildings have more ceilings and some residential boards are fixed to timber or bonded, non-residential construction dominates. Volumes mirror the fit-out boom, the slump in new build and refits and the subsequent recovery.
Which questions about the drywall profile market does the dataset answer?
- How many tonnes of profiles are installed in new build and in renovation?
- How far ahead of residential buildings is non-residential construction in profile demand?
- How far has substructure steel demand fallen since the fit-out boom, and when does it bottom out?
- How does renovation demand for profiles develop while new build stays weak?
Who is the dataset for?
Profile manufacturers base capacity and purchasing decisions on the series, galvanised coil suppliers and steel service centres their sales forecasts. Merchants plan profile stocks, drywall contractors gain a basis for estimating, and buyers and analysts can separate steel price effects from genuine volume changes.
Data basis and methodology
Figures are broken down by new build versus renovation and by residential versus non-residential use, alongside the total. Gypsum board area derived from completions, permits and refurbishment activity is converted into tonnes via system consumption for walls and ceilings, double-layer cladding and the metal substructure share per segment. Volumes were derived from stock, equipment and renewal parameters and checked for plausibility against available industry information and internal data.
Delivered as CSV and Excel files, each in German and English, with 44 quarterly values. Related datasets: Gypsum plasterboard (standard/moisture/fire), Joint compound / filler, Acoustic ceiling panel and all data on interior fit-out and flooring.
