Home improvement retailer B&Q has reported a growth in third quarter revenue as wider group sales also rise.
According to the latest Kingfisher, parent company of B&Q, trading update ended 31 October 2025, total Q3 2025 sales were up 1% to £3.2bn, with year-to-date sales up by 0.9% to £10bn.
Underlying LFL sales of +0.9% and YTD +1.6% were driven by continued volume and transaction growth.
Within the UK and Ireland, sales rose 4.2% to £1.6bn, with B&Q revenues rising 3.9% to £973m.
On B&Q, the group said: “Volume and transaction led LFL growth across all categories. Market share gains driven by progress in our strategic initiatives and benefit from Homebase store closures. E-commerce sales rose +19.4% in the quarter with penetration of 16.5%.
“B&Q’s marketplace GMV grew by +43.4% as we continue to improve both choice and convenience for customers with cross-border vendor onboarding and further roll out of marketplace Click & Collect.”
Thierry Garnier, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We delivered another quarter of high quality, volume-led growth, driven by our Group strategic initiatives in e-commerce and trade and by our performance in core and ‘big-ticket’ categories.
“B&Q, Screwfix and Iberia continue to strongly outperform their markets. Our performance to date and progress in our strategic initiatives give us the confidence to upgrade our full year profit guidance.
“As we look ahead, we are committed to driving shareholder returns through the consistent execution of our strategic priorities and by being disciplined on margin and costs.”
