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Top 20 housebuilders by unit completions
Housebuilder	Year end	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Barratt	June	9556	10,636	11,310	12,250	13,304
Wimpey	Dec	12,365	11,437	11,537	13,480	12,909
Persimmon	Dec	7101	7035	12,051	12,352	12,163
Bryant	Dec	1779	1919	5226	6238	7690
Bellway	July	5172	5714	5725	6044	6278	6610
David Wilson	Dec	3623	3604	3908	4164	5037
Westbury	Feb	4293	4435	4008	3812	4538
Berkeley	April	3014	3210	2892	3955	4181	4839
Redrow	June	3135	3330	3463	3908	4031	4284
Miller	Dec	1415	1844	2030	2298	2871
Bovis	Dec	2429	2360	2429	2691	2482
McCarthy & Stone	Aug	1470	1539	1550	1671	1948
Crest	Oct	2422	1731	1531	1899	1936
Lovell	Sept	1740	1815	1630	1901	1892
Bloor	June	1700	1700	1700	1870	1800
Countryside	Sept	2046	2122	2191	1793	1753
Fairview	Mar	1640	1459	1744	2265	1723
Fairclough	Mar	1750	1707	1243	1387	1492	1547
Gladedale Homes	Dec	58	277	344	338	1358
Willmott Dixon	Dec	1040	616	760	775	1275

Top 20 housebuilders by turnover, £m
Housebuilder		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Wimpey	Dec	926	1059	1160	1254	1406	2062	2270
Barratt	Jun	643	822	932	1165	1392	1660	2033
Persimmon	Dec	525	572	696	742	1477	1711	1883
Bryant (Taylor Woodrow)	Dec	177	209	251	325	885	1182	1485
Berkeley	Apr	485	594	700	796	831	1026	1222	1251
Wilson Bowden	Dec	349	422	506	569	647	827	1042
Bellway	July	398	445	504	634	696	773	954
Westbury	Feb	284	304	417	476	492	560	790	879
Redrow	Jun	248	296	335	397	417	543	596
Crest	Oct	202	270	309	357	381	515	550
Bovis	Dec	248	234	278	305	358	461	478
Countryside	Sep	176	181	244	259	386	456	419
Miller	Dec	70	74	98	159	235	281	399
Bloor	Jun	163	168	176	231	251	277	286
Fairview	Dec	163	187	193	257	349	435	284
Lovell	Sep	89	96	116	108	156	224	279
Linden	Dec	57	84	111	143	175	233	256
McCarthy & Stone	Aug	88	107	123	147	167	188	255
Fairclough	Mar	182	199		205	171	203	240	257
Gladedale	Dec	1	5	9	38	64	56	232
Total		3904	4442	5057	6110	8074	9895	11 418
% change		23	14	14	21	32	23	15