Derbyshire Aggregates

What Derbyshire Aggregates does

Derbyshire Aggregates Ltd is the UK's largest specialist aggregate manufacturer, operating from nine sites across the United Kingdom with headquarters and primary production at Arbor Low Works in Youlgrave, Derbyshire. Founded in 1988 and employing approximately 64 people, the company processes and supplies dried aggregates, decorative stones, industrial minerals, and specialty products for the construction, landscaping, road marking, water filtration, and terrazzo flooring sectors. It owns the DALTEX brand, which the company describes as the UK's No. 1 brand in Resin Bound surfacing, and is one of the UK's largest importers of White Dolomite from Spain for thermoplastic road marking applications.

The company operates integrated production capabilities including rotary gas-fired dryers handling up to 40 tonnes per hour, tumble washers, screening plants, and automated packing lines with robotic palletisers, supported by 75,000-100,000 tonnes of annual imports through dedicated dock facilities at Goole and Bromborough. Following its October 2023 acquisition of Geveko Markings' resin surfacing operations, Derbyshire Aggregates became the only UK manufacturer of both resin and aggregate in a single integrated supply chain.

Revenue is generated through one-time product sales across multiple segments — DALTEX branded resin systems, dried aggregates, pebbedashing, industrial powders, filtration media, rock salt, roofing aggregates, and decorative landscaping products — supplemented by custom processing services (washing, drying, screening, bagging) for client-owned aggregates. The go-to-market combines B2B direct sales to trade contractors and specifiers, regional DALTEX Trade Centres for local collection, B2C e-commerce through decorativeaggregates.com, and international export operations to Europe, the USA, and Japan. Pricing is unit-based across bulk loads, bulk bags, and pre-packed poly bags, with quotes tailored to quantity, product, and delivery location.

Name

Derbyshire Aggregates

Legal name

Derbyshire Aggregates Ltd

Website

https://derbyshireaggregates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Derbyshire Aggregates is the UK's largest specialist aggregate manufacturer, supplying dried and decorative aggregates, DALTEX resin bound systems, and industrial minerals to construction, landscaping, highway, and filtration sectors from nine UK sites with integrated import, processing, and export operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialist Aggregates Manufacturing

NAICS

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123), Construction Sand and Gravel Mining (212321)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030)

akta.pro primary industry

Aggregate Processing & Value-Added Products (Washing, Screening, Asphalt/Concrete Aggregates) (IMAKAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aggregates Logistics, Terminals & Distribution (IMADAAAK), Aggregates & Dimension Stone Trading (Sand & Gravel, Crushed Stone, Limestone, Granite, Marble) (IMAKAJAG)

Keywords

• Specialist aggregates manufacturing
• Resin bound surfacing supplies
• Decorative landscape aggregates
• Pebbledashing aggregates supply
• Industrial minerals processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bakewell

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Aggregate Product Sales: Sale of specialist aggregates including dried aggregates, decorative stones, industrial minerals, highway materials, pebbledashing, filtration media, and rock salt. Products sold in various packaging formats from single bags to loose loads.
2. Custom Processing Services: Contract processing services including washing, drying, screening, and bagging of customer-owned aggregates. Provided as one-off requests or regular contracts.
3. Export & Import Operations: International trade in aggregates spanning Europe and worldwide. Imports 75,000-100,000 tonnes annually. Exports products including DALTEX dried aggregates and decorative gravels.
4. DALTEX Branded Products: Sale of proprietary DALTEX branded resin bound products including dried aggregates and resin systems for trade contractors and installers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Derbyshire Aggregates is the UK's largest specialist aggregate manufacturer, sourcing, processing, and supplying dried aggregates, decorative stones, industrial minerals, pebbledashing materials, thermoplastic road-marking aggregates, filtration media, rock salt, and roofing aggregates. The company also offers custom aggregate processing services including washing, drying, screening, and bagging, and operates the proprietary DALTEX resin bound surfacing brand along with consumer-facing e-commerce for landscape materials.

Product overview

Derbyshire Specialist Aggregates is the UK's largest Specialist Aggregate manufacturer operating for over 35 years. The company offers a diversified portfolio of aggregate products organized into distinct categories: DALTEX (resin bound surfacing - the No. 1 UK brand including dried aggregates, UVR resin, and installation systems); Decorative Aggregates (landscaping materials via decorativeaggregates.com); Dried Aggregates (processed gravels for resin bound and industrial use); Pebbledashing Aggregates (UK market leader); Industrial Aggregates & Powders; Highway Applications (road marking and anti-skid aggregates including White Dolomite, Bauxite, Granite); Pre-Cast Concrete Aggregates; Terrazzo Flooring Aggregates; Filtration Aggregates (water treatment media); Rock Salt (de-icing products); and Roofing & Green Roofing Aggregates. The company also provides custom processing services (washing, drying, screening, bagging) and international export/import services. Recent acquisitions include Geveko Markings Resin Surfacing operations (2023) and Resins R Us (2024), establishing Derbyshire as the only manufacturer of both resin and aggregate in the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DALTEX: UK's No.1 brand in Resin Bound surfacing aggregates, manufactured by Derbyshire Specialist Aggregates. Includes dried aggregates and resin products for resin bound and resin bonded applications.
• Decorative Aggregates

Products and services

• DALTEX Resin Bound System DALTEX is the UK's No.1 brand in resin bound surfacing, providing dried aggregates, UVR resin systems, and bespoke blends for trade contractors and installers working on driveways, pathways, patios, and commercial surfacing.
• Dried Aggregates Carefully graded and processed dried gravels and aggregates used in resin bound applications and industrial processes, available in quartz, granite, limestone, and specialty mineral types in multiple sizes.
• Decorative Aggregates Decorative landscape materials including cobbles, pebbles, slate, granite, rockery stone, and glass aggregates supplied to both consumers via decorativeaggregates.com and trade customers through direct sales.
• Pebbledashing Aggregates Materials of varying colours, shapes and textures blended, washed and graded for pebble dash rendering on residential and commercial buildings, supplied from one-house builders to major building groups.
• Industrial Aggregates and Powders Comprehensive range of dried aggregate materials including limestone powders and dolomite for industrial processes, with custom processing options and multiple packaging formats.
• Highway Applications Aggregates Aggregates for thermoplastic road marking and anti-skid surfacing, including White Dolomite, Red/Green Granite, Chinese Bauxite, and high-PSV gritstone, used by major road thermoplastic manufacturers in white and yellow lining paints and high-friction surfacing.
• Pre-Cast Concrete Aggregates Aggregates including Dolomitic Limestone for GRC (Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete), coloured aggregates for exposed concrete, and aggregates for building products, civil engineering, and architectural precast applications.
• Terrazzo Flooring Aggregates Decorative aggregates for terrazzo flooring including calcareous, serpentine, and natural stones that can be ground and polished, plus granite, quartz, quartzite, silica, and recycled coloured glass aggregates.
• Filtration Aggregates Filter sands, support gravels, and blast furnace slag for water purification plants, swimming pools, industrial water filtration, borehole drilling, and sewage treatment.
• Rock Salt Brown and White Rock Salt for road de-icing, winter maintenance, driveways, and pathways, supplied nationwide in 20kg poly bags, bulk bags, or loose loads for trade and consumer use.
• Roofing and Green Roofing Aggregates Roofing aggregates including ballast, crushed stone, gravel, slate chippings, pea gravel, and pebbles used in flat roof ballast, solar reflective roofs, inverted roofing, and green roofing systems.
• Custom Processing Services Bespoke processing services including washing (removing surface dust and grit), drying (rotary gas-fired dryers up to 40 tonnes per hour), screening (grading to any specific size), and automated bagging with robotic palletisers, available as one-off requests or regular contracts.
• Export and Import Services International aggregate trading services exporting DALTEX products to the USA and decorative gravel to Japan, and importing 75,000-100,000 tonnes of aggregate annually through dock facilities at Bromborough and Goole.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 Million square metres of DALTEX dried aggregates and resin were laid in 2021
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Resins R UscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2024Acquired Norwich-based distributor of resin bound products in multi-million pound investment. Resins R Us continues to operate as independent division led by Daniel Lake, Managing Director. Strengthens national coverage with East Anglia site.
• Geveko MarkingscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023Acquired resin surfacing operations in Stalbridge, Dorset. Acquisition effective October 1, 2023 includes all manufacturing plant, products, equipment and employees. Makes Derbyshire Specialist Aggregates the only manufacturer of resin and aggregate in the UK.
• QuiligotticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership with Quiligotti, the only manufacturer of Terrazzo flooring in the UK. Derbyshire Specialist Aggregates supplies high-quality aggregates including Spanish Dolomite and Spanish Grey for terrazzo flooring projects such as Glasgow Queen Street Station.
• Hitex International GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong and successful relationship supplying aggregates for road marking, road repair, high-friction coloured surfacing and decorative surfacing materials. Products include emerald green and red granite for ColourTEX and PumaTrack products, and white dolomite for HiLine thermoplastic markings.
• Chatsworth Stone MasonryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupply partnership for Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) projects. Supplied 0-2mm Dolomitic Limestone for Kew Bridge project in London for use in Canterbury GRC product.
• Alex Butter Landscaping LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking partnership with landscaping company for resin bound installations. Alex Butter Landscaping used DALTEX products for Fife Babies Memorial Garden project in Dunfermline Public Park.
• Rock Resin DrivewaysminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing working relationship for residential resin bound installations. Installed 522+ square metres of DALTEX UVR Resin Bound System using Ocean Pearl and Morning Mist blends.
• UK Quarry NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinked into every quarrying business in the UK with long-established relationships for consistent stock availability and quality aggregates.
• European and International SupplierscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong supplier partnerships established over 40 years providing access to best knowledge, network and delivery teams across Europe and worldwide. Dolomite sourced from Spanish quarry regarded as best in Europe.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Tarmac (CRH): One of the UK's largest construction materials groups, owned by CRH, producing aggregates, asphalt, cement, and concrete. A broad incumbent with overlapping aggregate supply capabilities, though operating at substantially greater scale across the full construction value chain.
• CEMEX UK: UK subsidiary of global building materials group CEMEX, producing aggregates, ready-mix concrete, cement, and asphalt. A broad incumbent with overlapping aggregate supply capabilities serving UK construction markets at much greater scale.
• Aggregate Industries: A major UK-wide aggregates, concrete, and asphalt supplier owned by LafargeHolcim. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating across construction aggregate categories, though significantly larger and broader in scope than Derbyshire's specialist focus.

Direct peers

• Long Rake Spar: UK specialist mineral producer supplying industrial and decorative minerals including silica sand and specialist aggregates. Comparable as a UK specialist mineral/aggregate processor focused on value-added industrial and decorative applications.
• Hills Quarry Products: UK family-owned aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt supplier with multiple quarries in southern England. Directly comparable as a mid-sized UK specialist aggregates supplier serving construction and infrastructure end markets.
• Smiths Bletchington: UK independent specialist aggregates producer focused on quarried and processed aggregates for construction, including specialist applications. Comparable as a specialist aggregates manufacturer with a similar mid-market profile to Derbyshire.
• Brett Aggregates: UK family-owned independent aggregates producer operating quarries and supplying construction aggregates, concrete, and asphalt products. Directly comparable as a UK specialist aggregates supplier with similar vertical mix into construction materials.
• Day Aggregates: UK independent specialist aggregates supplier serving construction, landscaping, and infrastructure markets with processed and decorative aggregates. Comparable as a mid-sized UK-focused specialist aggregates manufacturer with similar customer segments.
• SureSet Resin Bound: UK resin bound surfacing system manufacturer and installer. Comparable as a direct competitor in the resin bound value chain — overlapping with DALTEX on aggregate supply, resin systems, and installer training, though smaller and less vertically integrated.
• Midland Quarry Products: UK independent aggregates and asphalt producer operating quarries in the Midlands. Comparable as a mid-sized specialist aggregates supplier serving UK construction and infrastructure end markets with similar product range.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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