This statistic shows the top home improvement challenges faced by homeowners in the United States in 2017. In 2017, 49 percent of respondents stated that they found the ability to pay for what they wanted to do to be the greatest challenge of home improvement.
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This statistic shows the top home improvement challenges faced by homeowners in the United States in 2017. In 2017, 49 percent of respondents stated that they found the ability to pay for what they wanted to do to be the greatest challenge of home improvement.
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This statistic shows the top home improvement challenges faced by homeowners in the United States in 2017. In 2017, 49 percent of respondents stated that they found the ability to pay for what they wanted to do to be the greatest challenge of home improvement.
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- September 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- May 17 to June 5, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 3,040 respondents
- Special properties
- Key household decision-makers, have owned home for at least 12 months
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- May 17 to June 5, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 3,040 respondents
- Special properties
- Key household decision-makers, have owned home for at least 12 months
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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- Growth of the home improvement products market in the United States from 2010 to 2016Growth of the home improvement products market in the U.S. 2010-2016
- Market value of home care in the United States from 2013 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)*Home care market value in the U.S. 2013-2018
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- Leading hardware and home improvement retailers in the United States in 2017, based on retail sales per store (in million U.S. dollars)*Leading home improvement retailers in the U.S. in 2017, based on sales per store
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- Home Depot's advertising spending in the United States from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) Home Depot: ad spend in the U.S. 2012-2017
- Total number of Home Depot stores worldwide from 2011 to 2017, by countryTotal number of Home Depot stores worldwide from 2011 to 2017, by country
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- Global net sales of Lowe's from 2015 to 2017, by product category (in million U.S. dollars)Global sales of Lowe's from 2015 to 2017, by product category
- Consumer Behavior
The most important statistics
- Average per owner home improvement spending in the United States from 2001 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars)*Average per owner home improvement spending in the U.S. 2001-2015
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- Leading home improvement store chains in the United States in 2018, by customer satisfaction (based on a 1,000 point scale)Leading home improvement store chains in the U.S. 2018, by customer satisfaction
- Share of home owners with home improvement plans in the United States in 2014 and 2016Share of U.S. home owners with home improvement plans 2014-2016
- Percentage of consumers in the United States who purchased items at national/regional home improvement retailers in the past 3 months as of May 2017Share of U.S. consumers buying home improvement items at national retailers May 2017
- Percentage of consumers in the United States who purchased items at local/independent home improvement retailers in the past 3 months as of May 2017Share of U.S. consumers purchasing home improvement items at local retailers May 2017
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- U.S. improvement and repair expenditure from 2001 to 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of customer transactions at the Home Depot and Lowe's worldwide from 2011 to 2017 (in millions)
- Share of home owners with do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement plans in the United States in 2014 and 2015*
- Share of home owners with home improvement plans in the United States in 2014 and 2016
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- Total sales of home improvement retailers in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Growth of the home improvement products market in the United States from 2010 to 2016
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- Average annual home improvement expenditure per owner in the United States between 2011 and 2015, by age group (in U.S. dollars)
- Average home improvement expenditure per owner in the United States from 1995 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Total sales of do-it-yourself lumberyards in the United States from 2014 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Sales per square feet of selling areas in DIY lumberyards in the United States from 2009 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
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- Sales per square feet of selling areas in home centers in the United States from 2009 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
- Hardware store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Total sales of hardware stores in the United States from 2014 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Sales per square feet of selling areas in hardware stores in the United States from 2009 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
- Median size of hardware store transactions per consumer in the United States from 2009 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
- Sales of the leading home improvement chains in the United States in 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Leading hardware and home improvement retailers in the United States in 2017, based on retail sales (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Leading hardware and home improvement retailers in the United States in 2017, based on retail sales per store (in million U.S. dollars)*
- Number of stores of the leading hardware and home improvement retailers in the United States in 2017
- Predicted sales of home improvement retailers in the United States from 2013 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Do-it-yourself sales in the United States from 2013 to 2021, by store type (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Do-it-yourself retail sales in the United States in 2017, by month* (in billion U.S. dollars)
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- Global net sales of the Home Depot from 2007 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Percentage of global net sales of the Home Depot from 2013 to 2017, by product category
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- Total number of Home Depot stores worldwide from 2011 to 2017, by country
- U.S. states with the most Home Depot stores in 2017
- Number of stores of the Home Depot and Lowe's from 2011 to 2017
- Global net sales of Lowe's from 2007 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Global net sales of Lowe's from 2015 to 2017, by product category (in million U.S. dollars)
- Average amount spent by consumers at the Home Depot and Lowe's from 2011 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)
- Sales per square foot of the Home Depot and Lowe's in 2017 (in U.S. dollars)
- Average per owner home improvement spending in the United States from 2001 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars)*
- Leading home improvement store chains in the United States in 2018, by customer satisfaction (based on a 1,000 point scale)
- Percentage of consumers in the United States who purchased items at national/regional home improvement retailers in the past 3 months as of May 2017
- Percentage of consumers in the United States who purchased items at local/independent home improvement retailers in the past 3 months as of May 2017
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- Homeowners planned home improvement projects in the United States in 2017, by generation
- Home improvement projects planned by homeowners in the United States in 2017
- Top home improvement challenges faced by Generation X homeowners in the United States in 2017*
- Top home improvement challenges faced by Millennial homeowners in the United States in 2017
- Top home improvement challenges faced by Silent Generation homeowners in the United States in 2017*
- Average home improvement spend per homeowner in the United States in 2016, by generation (in U.S. dollars)*
- Average annual home improvement spend per homeowner in the United States from 2014 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)*
- Home improvement projects made by homeowners in the previous twelve months in the United States as of 2017
- Average expenditure per unit for investment properties* in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by type (in U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of consumer home improvement spending in the United States from 2005 to 2025, by age group
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