GRS Roadstone

What GRS Roadstone does

GRS Roadstone is a UK-based private industrial company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Nuneaton. The company operates as the self-described largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate in the United Kingdom, and extends its offering into waste removal and transport services. Its customer base sits within the UK construction, infrastructure, and waste-management value chains that consume bulk aggregates, recycled materials, and haulage capacity.

The company's offering is vertically integrated across the aggregate supply chain: extraction or procurement of natural aggregate, processing and sale of recycled aggregate, in-house transport and haulage, and waste removal services. This integration allows GRS to capture margin at multiple stages of the materials lifecycle and to bundle supply with logistics rather than acting as a single-segment commodity seller. With a workforce of 501-1000 employees, GRS operates at meaningful scale for an independent UK materials business, indicating a multi-site operational footprint across quarries, recycling facilities, and depots. Operating geographies beyond the United Kingdom are not disclosed.

GRS is a private, for-profit company. Its 2018 capital raise of approximately $82.4 million (£82.4M, given the UK context and GBP-denominated bank investors) was led by HSBC and Lloyds Bank — a bank-led financing structure typical of an asset-heavy industrial operator and indicative of debt or asset-backed facilities rather than equity venture capital. Publicly disclosed information on revenue, customer segmentation, pricing mechanics, and specific product lines is limited: the company does not publish pricing, customer concentration, or revenue data, and its website was inaccessible during verification. The leadership team comprises Jon Fisher (CEO), Martin Hill (Chairman), Martin Reid (Group CFO), and Antony Beamish (Managing Director).

Name

GRS Roadstone

Website

https://grsroadstone.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

GRS Roadstone is the self-described largest independent UK supplier of natural and recycled aggregate, with integrated waste removal and transport services, serving UK construction, infrastructure, and waste-management customers from its Nuneaton headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Aggregates

NAICS

Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying (212319), Stone Mining and Quarrying (21231), Construction Sand and Gravel Mining (212321)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

Crushed Stone Quarrying & Processing (IMAKAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycled Aggregates & C&D Materials Processing (RCA, RAP, Glass Aggregate) (IMAKAHAI), Aggregate Processing & Value-Added Products (Washing, Screening, Asphalt/Concrete Aggregates) (IMAKAHAH), Specialty Aggregates (Rail Ballast, Riprap/Armor Stone, Gabion Stone) (IMAKAHAJ), Concrete, Asphalt & Masonry Recycling (Crushing & Aggregate Production) (EUAIAHAD)

Keywords

• Construction aggregates
• Recycled aggregate supply
• Natural aggregate quarry
• Waste removal services
• Haulage transport services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nuneaton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

GRS Roadstone is the UK's largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregates, supplying quarried primary stone materials alongside secondary aggregates produced from recycled construction, demolition, and excavation waste. The company complements its material supply business with waste removal and haulage/transport services, operating an integrated offering for construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure customers across the UK.

Product overview

Not specified

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Natural Aggregate Supply Bulk supply of quarried primary natural aggregates (e.g., crushed stone, sand, gravel) sold to UK construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure customers for use in building, roads, and groundwork.
• Recycled Aggregate Supply Supply of secondary/recycled aggregates produced from processed construction, demolition, and excavation waste, offered to UK construction and infrastructure customers seeking sustainable material options.
• Waste Removal Services Collection and removal of construction, demolition, and excavation waste from UK project sites, enabling customers to manage on-site waste streams and feed recycled aggregate production.
• Haulage and Transport Services Transportation of aggregates to customer sites and movement of waste materials using GRS Roadstone's own haulage fleet, providing integrated logistics for UK construction and infrastructure customers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FM Conway: UK-based independent supplier of aggregates, asphalt, and highway maintenance services with its own haulage fleet. Highly comparable as a vertically integrated, family-owned independent serving UK construction and infrastructure.
• Brett Group: Independent UK group operating aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and landfill/waste services. Closely comparable in scale, geography (southern England), and integrated aggregates-plus-waste business model.
• Hills Quarry Products: UK independent producer of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt. Comparable as a privately held, mid-sized independent quarry operator serving regional construction markets.
• Day Aggregates: UK independent supplier of primary and recycled aggregates with own logistics. Comparable in product mix (natural + recycled) and customer base of contractors and civil engineers.

Broad incumbents

• Tarmac (CRH): UK's largest aggregates and construction materials producer, owned by CRH. Comparable product portfolio and customer base, but at vastly greater scale and with integrated cement and readymix operations.
• Aggregate Industries: Major UK supplier of aggregates, concrete, and asphalt (Holcim group). Direct product overlap with GRS but with national footprint, deeper reserves, and integrated downstream operations.
• Hanson UK (Heidelberg Materials): UK arm of Heidelberg Materials supplying aggregates, cement, concrete, and asphalt. Comparable product range, but operates at national scale backed by parent-group capital.
• CEMEX UK: UK subsidiary of global building materials group supplying aggregates, cement, and ready-mix. Overlapping product mix with GRS at much larger scale and with integrated cement operations.

Others

• Biffa: UK's largest waste management company. Comparable through its waste-collection and recycled-aggregates processing activities that compete with GRS's recycled-aggregates and waste-removal services.
• Veolia UK: UK arm of global environmental services group providing waste collection, recycling, and aggregate recovery from C&D waste. Comparable in the recycled-aggregates and waste-management segments of GRS's business.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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