The “flagship opening” in Barking – set for March – is said to represent the “next step of B&Q’s mission to make TradePoint a £1 billion business.”
In a move that should make the traditional merchant sector take note, the leading home improvement retailer’s trade brand B&Q TradePoint has announced the launch of a new standalone TradePoint concept, with the opening of the first store in Barking set for March 2026. This “innovative new store concept” is described as being “dedicated exclusively to trade professionals, offering a personal 1-2-1 service, great availability, competitive prices, and speedy pick-up and delivery solutions. It provides a one-stop destination to meet the needs of their business, their jobs, their vans and for them.”
The launch is part of B&Q TradePoint’s broader strategy to build its trade business, “demonstrating value, and growing loyalty among trade professionals.” The TradePoint business has consistently grown in recent years and in H1 2025 lfl sales were up +6.9% whilst the brand accounted for 22.4% of B&Qs total sales.
Set to have a 32,000 sq ft. sales area, launching the new standalone store format in Barking “represents a significant investment, underlining B&Q’s commitment to making TradePoint a £1 billion business.”
B&Q CEO Graham Bell commented: “Growing TradePoint is a strategic priority for B&Q and we’re proud to be launching this new standalone B&Q TradePoint store concept to help make life easier for tradespeople and to help them grow their businesses. Understanding the needs of tradespeople has been crucial and as a result, reliability, speed, product availability, competitive pricing and extended hours are all key elements of our new TradePoint proposition.
“Our ambition is to make TradePoint a £1 billion business and as a key milestone in helping us to achieve that, we’re excited to be testing this new standalone store concept and to welcome tradespeople to the first store in this format at Barking in March.”
“The TradePoint business has consistently grown in recent years and in H1 2025 lfl sales were up +6.9% whilst the brand accounted for 22.4% of B&Qs total sales.”
B&Q says it has listened to tradespeople, and the new concept has been “designed specifically to meet their needs.” It will offer over 5,500 “competitively priced” items – tools and materials, to take away immediately for every type of job from building, plumbing, electrical, and garden landscaping, to plastering, tiling, flooring, decorating and kitchen and bathroom fitting.
Customers will also have access to an extended range of more than 25,000 products available for store collection or delivery to site. The new TradePoint concept will offer an expanded range of trade brands, such as DeWalt, Makita, Johnstone’s Trade paint and include Kingfisher own brands, such as Erbauer power tools and Site workwear. Services, including two timber saws and a paint mixing desk, will also be available within the Barking store.
With “great availability, speedy pick-up and delivery solutions being a priority for tradespeople,” the standalone store will offer extended opening hours (from 6am on Mondays to 2 Saturdays and 6 hours on Sundays) and will include a range of collection and delivery fulfilment options. It will offer a new ‘same day delivery’ service within as little as two hours, ‘load and go’ same day car park collection, click and collect in as little as 15 minutes, and next day bulk delivery.
Trade-expert store colleagues and Trade Business Development Managers will be on hand for TradePoint members to place orders either in person instore or by phone, as well as online at tradepoint.co.uk and the TradePoint app.
B&Q TradePoint was launched in 2011 for trade professionals and offers exclusive membership to those in the key building industry trades. There are currently 1.5 million active TradePoint members, with membership bringing additional benefits including a loyalty discount scheme.
NB: Images are for illustration only and do not show the new concept set to make its debut in Barking this March.
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