Bussen Quarries

What Bussen Quarries does

Bussen Quarries is a privately held, for-profit industrial company supplying crushed limestone and fine aggregate products, headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri, and founded in 1882. The operating entity described in available sources, Central Stone, runs a network of quarry facilities across Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri that produce a broad aggregate portfolio spanning limestone, granite and trap rock, sand and river gravel, decorative stone, and specialty products, with specific SKUs including aggregate base, agricultural lime, asphalt and concrete stone, ball diamond aggregate, black diabase, boulders, railroad ballast, red granite, rip rap, and trap rock. Facilities are equipped for multi-modal loading onto trucks, barges, or rail cars, which is a defining distribution feature for a commodity whose delivered price is heavily shaped by transport economics.

The business model is direct-to-customer quote-based sales with no public pricing, supported by an in-house team of certified engineers, geologists, fabrication welders, and operations personnel that the company emphasizes as part of a self-sufficiency ethos. Customer segments are horizontal: construction and infrastructure as the primary vertical, with residential/homeowner and agricultural as secondary segments served via the same quarry infrastructure. The company markets through a website product catalog and an online materials calculator that estimates tonnage and cubic yardage from user-supplied area dimensions; all quoting and order fulfillment is handled by sales representatives. Strategic positioning emphasizes an award-winning safety program, sustainability through planned site reclamation, and multi-modal logistics flexibility as its primary differentiators.

Name

Bussen Quarries

Legal name

Central Stone

Website

https://bussenquarries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bussen Quarries is a privately held aggregate producer, founded in 1882 and headquartered in Saint Louis, supplying crushed limestone, granite, sand, gravel, and specialty stone from quarry facilities across Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri via truck, barge, and rail to construction, infrastructure, agricultural, and residential customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Aggregates

NAICS

Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying (212312), Construction Sand and Gravel Mining (212321), Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying (212319), Stone Mining and Quarrying (21231)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Limestone Quarrying (Industrial & Construction Grade) (IMAKAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crushed Stone Quarrying & Processing (IMAKAHAA), Aggregate Processing & Value-Added Products (Washing, Screening, Asphalt/Concrete Aggregates) (IMAKAHAH), Specialty Aggregates (Rail Ballast, Riprap/Armor Stone, Gabion Stone) (IMAKAHAJ), Construction Aggregates Mining & Processing (Sand, Gravel, Crushed Stone) (IMADAAAI)

Keywords

• Crushed limestone supply
• Aggregate materials production
• Construction aggregate distribution
• Quarry mining operations
• Agricultural lime products

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Aggregate Material Sales: Sale of aggregate construction materials including limestone, granite, trap rock, sand, river gravel, and specialty products. Materials are sold in various grades from finely graded agricultural lime to large boulders, delivered via truck, barge, or rail car.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Bussen Quarries produces and supplies crushed limestone, fine aggregate, granite, trap rock, sand, river gravel, decorative stone, agricultural lime, and other construction aggregates. The company operates quarry facilities in Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri with multi-modal loading capabilities for trucks, barges, and rail cars, serving construction, infrastructure, agricultural, and landscaping markets.

Product overview

Central Stone operates as an aggregate materials supplier offering a comprehensive portfolio of construction aggregates organized across five main product categories: Limestone, Granite & Trap Rock, Sand & River Gravel, Decorative Products, and Specialty Products. The company provides materials ranging from finely graded agricultural lime to car-size boulders, serving construction, road building, agriculture, and landscaping sectors. Their specific product offerings include Aggregate Base, Agricultural Lime, Asphalt & Concrete Stone, Ball Diamond Aggregate, Black Diabase, Boulders, Railroad Ballast, Red Granite, Rip Rap & Erosion Stone, River Gravel, Trap Rock, and Trap Rock Boulders. The company operates facilities throughout Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri, with capabilities to load trucks, barges, or rail cars for material delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Limestone

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company with aggregate, cement, and ready-mix operations across the U.S. Comparable product categories (limestone, sand, gravel) and customer base, but operates at national scale.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Major U.S. supplier of crushed stone, sand, gravel, and cement with significant operations across the Midwest and nationwide. Same commodity product categories and customer base (construction and infrastructure), but public and broadly diversified.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates (crushed stone, sand, gravel) operating hundreds of quarries nationwide. Directly comparable product line and end markets, but at vastly greater scale and geographic diversification than this regional operator.
• Cemex U.S. Major cement and aggregates producer with U.S. operations including crushed stone and sand/gravel. Overlaps heavily in aggregate product categories and end customers (construction, infrastructure), though Cemex is global and cement-led.
• Holcim US (formerly LafargeHolcim): One of the largest cement and aggregate producers globally with significant U.S. aggregate operations. Directly comparable limestone and aggregate product categories, though at global scale and with vertically integrated cement.
• Granite Construction Incorporated: Heavy civil construction contractor that also operates aggregate quarries supplying its own projects and third parties. Comparable aggregate product line (granite, limestone, sand, gravel), though its primary business is construction contracting.
• CRH plc (Oldcastle Materials): Global building materials group whose U.S. subsidiary (Oldcastle) is one of the largest aggregate producers in the country. Comparable limestone and aggregate product mix and customer base.

Direct peers

• Boxley Materials: Family-owned aggregate producer operating limestone quarries and asphalt plants in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic. Closely comparable as a privately held, regionally focused crushed-stone-led aggregate business with similar product portfolio.
• Rogers Group: Privately held aggregate producer headquartered in the Midwest with crushed stone, sand and gravel operations. Closely comparable as a private, regional aggregate company serving infrastructure and construction customers across multi-state footprints.
• New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Privately held, family-owned producer of crushed limestone, sand, gravel, and related construction materials based in Pennsylvania with Mid-Atlantic/Midwest operations. Closely mirrors a privately held, regionally focused limestone-led aggregate business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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