Hempcrete Natural Building

What Hempcrete Natural Building does

Hempcrete Natural Building is a small, privately held Canadian for-profit company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm supplies hempcrete — a bio-composite building material made from hemp fiber and hemp hurd (woody chips) bound together with a lime-based binder — for use in residential construction projects. According to source data, the company targets three primary use-case segments: Residential Construction (homebuilders and homeowners seeking sustainable building solutions), Green Retrofit Projects (renovation work focused on improving sustainability and energy efficiency), and Passive House Construction (high-performance buildings meeting passive house energy standards).

The company's product is positioned around the carbon-sequestering properties of hemp-based building materials, which differentiate it from conventional concrete and insulation products. Business model details — including pricing structure, distribution channels, and revenue mechanics — are not disclosed in the source data, and the firm's website (hempcrete.ca) currently returns only a verification loader, limiting additional visibility. Customer segments appear horizontally distributed across homeowner and small builder audiences rather than concentrated around enterprise anchor accounts.

Operationally, the company is micro-scale, with 1-10 employees. Leadership consists of Kim Brooks (Founder & CEO) and Jayeson Hendyrsan (CTO and Co-Founder). The firm maintains relationships with two industry/standards bodies — ASTM International and the U.S. Hemp Building Association — focused on code standardization for hempcrete. There is no evidence of patents, trademarks, certifications, AI/ML capability, mobile applications, or formal distribution partnerships in the source data, and only a single funding round in 2014 with $0 raised is recorded, indicating the company has been funded through founder/operating capital rather than external venture capital.

Name

Hempcrete Natural Building

Website

https://hempcrete.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hempcrete Natural Building is a Vancouver-based supplier of hempcrete, a bio-composite building material made from hemp fiber, hemp hurd, and lime binder, serving residential construction, green retrofit, and passive house projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Building Materials

NAICS

Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing (327331)

SIC

Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood-based Biocomposites & Natural Fiber Composites (WPC, bio-reinforced plastics) (IMAMALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bio-based Materials & Fibers (e.g., cellulose derivatives, lignin-based materials, nanocellulose) (EUAAAIAD)

Keywords

• Hempcrete construction
• Sustainable building materials
• Natural building supplies
• Hemp building systems
• Carbon-sequestering materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Hempcrete Natural Building manufactures and supplies hempcrete, a sustainable building material made from hemp fiber and chips combined with a lime-based binder. The material is sold for use in residential wall construction, green retrofits, and passive house projects as a carbon-sequestering alternative to conventional concrete.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hempcrete Building Material A hemp-fiber-and-chip composite combined with a lime-based binder, supplied as a wall material for residential homebuilders, green-retrofit contractors, and homeowners pursuing sustainable, carbon-sequestering construction. Used in new home builds, green retrofit renovations, and passive house projects.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ASTM InternationalminorOthersIndustry standards organization supporting code standardization efforts for hempcrete building materials in the United States. Working toward developing standardized building codes for hemp-based construction.
• U.S. Hemp Building AssociationminorOthersIndustry association working toward code standardization for hempcrete building materials. Supporting adoption among architects and builders through advocacy and standards development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hempitecture: U.S.-based hempcrete and hemp-fiber building materials manufacturer. Most direct North American competitor, founded post-2018 Farm Bill, producing hempcrete wall systems and HempWool insulation for residential and commercial construction.
• Americhanvre: U.S. hempcrete specialist offering hemp-lime building products and project consulting. Direct competitor in North American hempcrete supply, focused on cast-in-place hempcrete for residential and commercial walls.
• Just Biofiber: Canadian hemp-based building materials manufacturer producing structural hemp blocks and panels. Direct geographic peer in Canada with comparable product offering to Hempcrete Natural Building's hemp-lime materials.
• Lime Technology: UK-based supplier of lime-based building products including hempcrete systems. One of the longest-established hempcrete suppliers globally, comparable in product scope and serving a similar sustainable-construction niche.
• Isochanvre: French hempcrete block and building-system manufacturer, a long-established European leader in hemp-lime construction. Comparable in that it sells a hempcrete-based wall solution for residential construction, though regional to France.
• Hempcrete UK: UK-based hempcrete material supplier and installer offering hemp-lime construction products and training. Comparable product offering focused on sustainable residential construction using hempcrete wall systems.

Others

• HempFlax: Dutch industrial hemp processor producing hemp fibers and shiv used as raw inputs for hempcrete and other bio-based materials. Upstream supplier relationship rather than direct competitor, but adjacent in the hemp-building value chain.

Broad incumbents

• NUDURA: Established North American manufacturer of insulated concrete forms (ICFs), a competing wall-system technology competing for the same sustainable/energy-efficient wall-assembly specification. Broader incumbent with deeper distribution but overlapping end-use application.

Regional players

• Dunagro: Dutch hemp fiber processor producing hemp shiv and other bio-based building materials, primarily serving European markets. Comparable upstream hemp-fiber input supplier to the hempcrete value chain, regional to Europe.

Emerging players

• Ecococon: Emerging European natural-building company producing straw-bale and natural-fiber wall systems. Adjacent player in the natural-building materials category, focused on similar sustainability-driven residential construction but with a different primary material (straw vs. hemp).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hempcrete

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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