Share of consumers who started a DIY project during COVID-19 in the US 2021
In a survey conducted in the United States, shoppers were asked if they had started a DIY project in or around the house in the past month, from March 2020 to May 2021. Share of respondents who responded positively were at 60 percent at the beginning of the pandemic, and peaked at 74 percent on the 25th of May 2020. As of June 2021, the DIY activity was as high as 69 percent. However, around just over a third of consumers during the same period claimed not having started a DIY project.
