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Informations Rapides · 31 August 2022 · n° 231
Informations rapidesIn Q2 2022, the prices of buildings' maintenance and improvement works rose by +2.3% Buildings maintenance and improvement price index - second quarter 2022

Informations rapides
No 231
Paru le :Paru le31/08/2022
Prochaine parution le : 28/08/2025 at 12:00 - second quarter 2025

A steady growth over the quarter (+2.3%)

In Q2 2022, buildings’ maintenance and improvement work prices – IPEA – kept rising despite a slightly slowing down (+2.3% over the quarter after +2.9% and +1.9%). The rise was particularly marked in joinery installation (+3.2% after +3.9%), in plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (+3.1% after +4.6%) and in other specialized construction works (+2.8% after +2.4%).

Prices grew at a more moderate pace and even decelerated in roofing (+2.4% after +2.8%), plastering (+1.9% after +2.4%), floor and wall covering works (+1.4% after +2.1%), and electrical installation works (+1.2% after +2.1%). They remained unchanged for painting and glazing (+1.3%).

Finally, prices slightly accelerated in other construction installation works (+1.1% after +0.6%).

Over the quarter, prices increased more in the residential sector (+2.4%) than in the non-residential sector (+2.2%).

8.7 % rise over a year

Year on year, buildings' maintenance and improvement work prices went up by 8.7% in Q2 2022 (after +8.3% in the previous quarter). The rise was also higher in the residential sector (+8.8%) than in the non-residential sector (+8.6%).

The increase was particularly marked in joinery installation (+13.2% as for the previous quarter), plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (+12.4% after +10.9%), and in roofing (+9.2% after +11.3%).

Prices rose at a more moderate pace in plastering (+7.3% after +7.1%) and in other specialized construction works (+7.2% after +5.5%) and, to a lesser degree, in electrical installation (+6.4% after +6.9%), floor and wall covering (+5.7% after +5.1%) and painting and glazing (+4.0% after +3.4%).

Finally, prices stayed stable at a low level for other construction installation works (+1.7% after +1.5%).

Revisions

The evolution in the IPEA between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 was not revised (after rounding) and still stands at +2.9%.

Buildings' maintenance and improvement work price index

Buildings' maintenance and improvement work price index
IPEA IPEA residential IPEA non residential
2022-Q2 118.8 118.9 118.7
2022-Q1 116.1 116.1 116.1
2021-Q4 112.8 112.6 113.1
2021-Q3 110.7 110.7 110.8
2021-Q2 109.3 109.3 109.3
2021-Q1 107.2 107.2 107.2
2020-Q4 105.6 105.7 105.4
2020-Q3 105.4 105.5 105.3
2020-Q2 105.4 105.5 105.3
2020-Q1 105.1 105.2 105.1
2019-Q4 104.7 104.8 104.6
2019-Q3 104.5 104.6 104.5
2019-Q2 104.3 104.4 104.2
2019-Q1 104.0 104.1 103.8
2018-Q4 103.1 103.2 103.0
2018-Q3 103.1 103.0 103.1
2018-Q2 103.0 103.0 102.9
2018-Q1 102.6 102.8 102.2
2017-Q4 102.0 102.2 101.8
2017-Q3 101.8 102.0 101.4
2017-Q2 101.6 101.7 101.4
2017-Q1 101.4 101.4 101.4
2016-Q4 101.0 101.0 101.2
2016-Q3 100.9 100.8 100.9
2016-Q2 100.8 100.7 100.9
2016-Q1 100.5 100.4 100.6
2015-Q4 100.0 100.0 100.0
2015-Q3 100.1 100.1 100.1
2015-Q2 100.0 100.0 100.0
2015-Q1 99.9 99.9 100.0

Buildings' maintenance and improvement work price index

  • Source: INSEE.

Buildings’ maintenance and improvement work price index

In %. raw data. reference 100 in 2015
Buildings’ maintenance and improvement work price index (In %. raw data. reference 100 in 2015)
Weights (in %) Q2 2022 Q/Q-1 (1) Q/Q-4 (2)
Buildings maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) 100 118.8 2.3 8.7
Residential buildings 62.4 118.9 2.4 8.8
Non-residential buildings 37.6 118.7 2.2 8.6
All buildings by type of work
4321 - Electrical installation 18.3 114.5 1.2 6.4
4322 - Plumbing. heat and air−conditioning installation 20.1 121.5 3.1 12.4
4329 - Other construction installation 5.8 104.6 1.1 1.7
4331 - Plastering 3.3 125.7 1.9 7.3
4332 - Joinery installation 18.2 128.0 3.2 13.2
4333 - Floor and wall covering 4.2 111.2 1.4 5.7
4334 - Painting and glazing 7.4 109.9 1.3 4.0
4391 - Roofing 5.9 127.6 2.4 9.2
4399 - Other specialised construction activities 16.7 116.4 2.8 7.2
  • (1) index of the last quarter compared to that of the previous quarter (in %)
  • (2) index of the last quarter compared to that of the same period of the previous year (in %)
  • Source: INSEE

For more information

The buildings’ maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) is a quarterly index which measures the evolution of prices (net of taxes) charged by construction enterprises (including artisanal forms) for their maintenance and improvement works in residential and non-residential buildings during the quarter under review.

The IPEA indices are not seasonally nor working-day adjusted.

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