Sagrex

What Sagrex does

Sagrex is the aggregates division of Heidelberg Materials Benelux, a subsidiary of the global Heidelberg Materials Group headquartered in Germany. The company extracts, produces, and sells construction aggregates — sand, gravel, and crushed stone — from a network of at least nine production sites across Belgium, including inland quarries at Beez, Antoing, Lustin, Quenast, Lives, and Tellier-des-Prés, and marine terminals at Kallo, Zeebrugge, and Oostende. Sagrex also offers downstream concrete and cement products through the broader Heidelberg Materials Benelux portfolio, serving building and infrastructure customers in Belgium and the Netherlands.

The business model is a direct, one-time-sale model: aggregates and related construction materials are sold to construction-industry buyers via direct ordering, including an on-site "Commander et enlever" (Order and Pickup) channel at production sites. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is typically determined by volume, delivery distance, and contract terms, consistent with regional commodity aggregates markets. The company employs 251-500 staff and is headquartered in Braine-l'alleud, Belgium.

Sagrex has pursued a sustainability-led positioning: in 2023 its three marine sites became the first in Belgium to obtain CSC (Concrete Sustainability Council) bronze certification, and it has embedded biodiversity programs — most visibly a beekeeping partnership with local beekeeper Jean-François Bottequin hosting endemic Belgian black bees at the Lives site since autumn 2022. The company is actively managing its permit portfolio, submitting applications for Antoing, Lustin, Quenast, and Beez, while withdrawing its Beez eastward extension in favor of studying a replacement project in the Namur region. These moves are characteristic of a mature industrial operator optimizing its long-life reserve base within the Benelux construction materials market.

Name

Sagrex

Website

https://sagrex.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Sagrex is the aggregates arm of Heidelberg Materials Benelux, extracting and selling sand, gravel, crushed stone, concrete, and cement from nine-plus quarry and marine sites across Belgium and the Netherlands to the regional construction industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Aggregates

NAICS

Construction Sand and Gravel Mining (212321), Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying (212312), Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123), Cement Manufacturing (327310)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400), Cut Stone & Stone Products (3281)

akta.pro primary industry

Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Limestone Quarrying (Industrial & Construction Grade) (IMAKAHAC), Other Dimension Stone (Slate, Sandstone, Quartzite, Travertine) Quarrying & Fabrication (IMAKAHAF), Aggregate Processing & Value-Added Products (Washing, Screening, Asphalt/Concrete Aggregates) (IMAKAHAH), Aggregates & Dimension Stone Trading (Sand & Gravel, Crushed Stone, Limestone, Granite, Marble) (IMAKAJAG)

Keywords

• Construction aggregates supply
• Sand and gravel quarrying
• Marine aggregate extraction
• Ready-mixed concrete production
• Cement and building materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Braine-l'alleud

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Aggregates Sales: Sagrex produces and sells construction aggregates (granulats) including sand, gravel, and crushed stone extracted from quarries. Revenue is generated through direct sales of construction materials to building and construction industry customers.

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Sagrex produces and supplies construction aggregates (granulats) — including sand, gravel, and crushed stone — extracted from quarry and marine sites across Belgium. Operating under Heidelberg Materials Benelux, it manages at least nine production locations and also offers ready-mixed concrete and cement products through related Heidelberg Materials Benelux offerings for the Belgian and Dutch construction sectors.

Product overview

Sagrex, operating under Heidelberg Materials Benelux, is a construction materials company offering an integrated portfolio of aggregates, concrete, and cement products. The company operates quarry and marine extraction sites across Belgium and the Netherlands, with products ranging from sand and gravel to ready-mixed concrete for construction projects.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Granulats (Aggregates) Construction aggregates including sand, gravel, and crushed stone sourced from quarry and marine sites across Belgium and the Netherlands; supplied to building and infrastructure projects.
• Béton (Concrete) Ready-mixed concrete produced at various production sites across Belgium and the Netherlands for construction projects, offered under the Heidelberg Materials Benelux brand portfolio alongside Sagrex aggregates.
• Ciment (Cement) Cement products for construction applications, available through Belgium and Netherlands operations under the Heidelberg Materials Benelux portfolio.
• Marine Aggregates Aggregates extracted from marine sites at Kallo, Zeebrugge, and Oostende, certified with CSC (Concrete Sustainability Council) bronze for sustainable sourcing.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Jean-François Bottequin (Local Beekeeper)minorOthers · 1 January 2022Sagrex collaborates with local beekeeper Jean-François Bottequin at the Lives site in the Namur region. Since autumn 2022, he has placed approximately half a dozen hives with endemic Belgian black bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) on the Mosan site as part of biodiversity protection efforts.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Holcim: Global leader in aggregates, cement, and ready-mix concrete with European operations that overlap directly with Sagrex's Benelux footprint. Competes for the same construction-industry customers and pursues similar sustainable-construction certifications for aggregates.
• CRH plc: Leading international building materials group with a major aggregates franchise in Europe and North America. Competes with Sagrex in the European aggregates market and supplies similar construction-industry customers through vertically integrated cement, concrete, and aggregates operations.
• Cemex: Global building materials producer with significant European aggregates and ready-mix operations. Operates a vertically integrated aggregates-cement-concrete model comparable to Sagrex's positioning within Heidelberg Materials Benelux.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Major U.S. aggregates-led building materials producer with a portfolio of crushed stone, sand, gravel, and cement operations. Useful peer for benchmarking aggregates unit economics, ESG positioning, and reserve-permit dynamics even though its geographic footprint is North American.
• Vulcan Materials: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates (crushed stone, sand, and gravel) with a multi-site quarrying model. Comparable in commodity aggregates mechanics, sustainability-certification strategy, and dependence on construction cycle, though operating in a different geography.
• Heidelberg Materials: Sagrex's ultimate parent group and one of the world's largest vertically integrated building materials producers, with parallel aggregates, cement, and ready-mix concrete operations across Europe. Heidelberg Materials sets the strategic, sustainability, and capital allocation framework in which Sagrex operates.

Regional players

• Lhoist: Belgian family-owned global leader in lime and dolomitic products with Belgian extraction operations. Shares Belgium-centric quarrying operations and construction-industry customer overlap with Sagrex, and competes for the same industrial mineral supply chains.
• Carmeuse: Belgian-headquartered global lime and limestone producer with deep Belgian quarrying roots. Closest direct regional peer to Sagrex in limestone extraction and processing, serving overlapping construction and industrial customers in the Benelux market.

Direct peers

• Aggregate Industries: UK-based aggregates, asphalt, and concrete specialist (a Holcim subsidiary) that runs an integrated quarrying-to-construction-supply model. Direct peer in terms of scale, multi-site quarry and marine-style operations, and ESG-driven product positioning.
• Tarmac: UK-based aggregates, asphalt, and concrete producer (a CRH company) that operates a multi-site quarrying business serving construction customers. Highly comparable business model to Sagrex as a dedicated aggregates operator within a larger building materials group.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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