What Mone Bros does

Mone Bros is a family-owned waste management, aggregates, and site services company headquartered in Morley, Leeds, United Kingdom. Founded in 1965 by brothers Phil, John and James Mone, the business operates an integrated portfolio across three quarries (Blackhill Quarry, Eggborough Sandpit, Temple Quarry), six waste transfer stations across Yorkshire, and licensed landfill sites with over 1 million tonnes of permitted capacity at two locations. Its core activities include construction and demolition waste recycling (producing Recycled Type 1 to Clause 803 of the Highway Specification since 2009), primary aggregate quarrying, earthworks and site restoration, plant and equipment hire, and grab wagon collection services. The 2024 completion of a new Wash Plant facility at Blackhill Quarry added capacity to process up to 150,000 tonnes of construction, demolition, and excavation waste annually into washed recycled aggregates, supporting a circular-economy value proposition.

The company serves a diversified customer base across the Yorkshire construction industry, utilities (Northern Gas Networks, Yorkshire Water), local government (Leeds City Council), and highway infrastructure programs (YHAUC). GTM is sales-led, with direct outreach, project-based quotes, and free site assessments; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The business also operates a retail sub-brand, Mone Bros DIY (monebrosdiy.co.uk), selling landscaping and building products online to commercial and DIY customers.

Revenue is generated through transaction-fee streams across waste intake, aggregate sales, plant hire, and landfill tipping fees, supplemented by professional-services fees for earthworks and restoration projects. The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified, holds FORS fleet accreditation, and operates a FORS-accredited delivery fleet across Yorkshire and the North of England. Mone Bros has remained wholly family-owned since 1965, with no external institutional investment, parent company, or subsidiary relationships disclosed.

Name

Mone Bros

Legal name

Mone Brothers Group Limited

Website

https://monebros.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mone Bros is a family-owned Yorkshire waste management and aggregates company operating three quarries, six waste transfer stations, and licensed landfill sites. Founded in 1965, it recycles construction and demolition waste into aggregates, supplies primary materials, provides plant hire, and delivers earthworks and site restoration services to construction, utilities, and public-sector customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Materials & Waste Management

NAICS

Waste Collection (5621), Solid Waste Collection (562111), Solid Waste Landfill (562212)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Wholesale-Construction & Mining (No Petro) Machinery & Equip (5082)

akta.pro primary industry

C&D Waste Collection, Hauling & Container Services (Roll-off/Dumpsters) (EUAIAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycled Aggregates & C&D Materials Processing (RCA, RAP, Glass Aggregate) (IMAKAHAI), Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

Keywords

• Construction waste recycling
• Primary aggregates supply
• Quarrying operations
• Earthworks services
• Plant hire services

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycling Services: Processing and selling recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste materials through a network of waste transfer stations across Yorkshire.
2. Primary Aggregates and Quarrying: Sale of quarried aggregates including building sand, grit sand, fill sand, crusher run, walling stone, and decorative materials from company-owned quarries.
3. Plant and Equipment Hire: Hiring out plant and machinery including tipper wagons, crushers, screeners, excavators, loading shovels, dozers, road sweepers, dumpers and rollers.
4. Earthworks and Restoration Services: Site preparation, bulk excavation, cut and fill, site remediation and restoration services for land developers and landowners.
5. Landfill and Waste Disposal: Disposal of inert, non-hazardous and hazardous waste materials at licensed landfill sites with waste transfer station capacity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mone Bros operates quarries, waste transfer stations, and landfill sites across Yorkshire, supplying primary aggregates and providing construction waste recycling, earthworks, site restoration, plant hire, and grab wagon services to the construction sector. The company also operates a wash plant facility for processed aggregate production and a DIY retail sub-brand serving retail customers.

Product overview

Mone Bros is a family-run construction materials and waste management company operating a vertically integrated service portfolio across Yorkshire. The core offering combines recycling services (producing Recycled Type 1 and 6F2/5 aggregates), quarrying (primary aggregates and sands), earthworks solutions, and land restoration services. Supporting services include Plant Hire (crushers, screeners, excavators, dozers, tippers), Grab Wagon Service for waste collection and aggregate delivery, and a Wash Plant facility for processing construction waste into washed aggregates. The company also operates a DIY retail sub-brand (monebrosdiy.co.uk) for landscaping products. The portfolio is supported by strategically located waste transfer stations, quarries, and landfill sites across Yorkshire, with the Wash Plant representing a new capability added in 2024.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mone Bros DIY: Online retail platform for landscaping and building products including sand, gravels, decorative gravels, natural stone paving, and topsoil.

Products and services

• Construction Waste Recycling Recycling and transfer of construction, demolition, and inert waste streams at the company's waste transfer stations, serving construction contractors, developers, and demolition firms across Yorkshire.
• Quarrying & Primary Aggregates Supply Extraction and supply of primary aggregates from company-owned quarries for use in construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure projects.
• Earthworks Services Site preparation, bulk earthmoving, and groundworks delivered using the company's owned fleet and operators, primarily serving construction and civil engineering clients.
• Site Restoration Services Restoration of former quarry, landfill, and brownfield sites to usable after-use states for landowners, developers, and regulators.
• Plant Hire Hire of heavy plant and equipment (including excavators, dumpers, and related machinery) to construction, civil engineering, and landscaping customers.
• Grab Wagon & Tipper Services On-demand grab wagon and tipper haulage for aggregate delivery, muck-away, and construction waste collection at customer sites.
• Wash Plant Aggregate Processing Washed and processed aggregate production via the company's wash plant facility, supplying higher-specification aggregates for construction customers.
• Landfill Operations Landfill disposal of inert and construction-related waste streams at company-operated landfill sites in Yorkshire.
• DIY Retail Sub-brand Retail-facing sub-brand supplying bagged aggregates, decorative stone, landscaping materials, and small-scale plant hire to DIY consumers and small trade buyers via an e-commerce channel.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150,000 tonnes annually diverted from landfill through wash plant processing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Northern Gas NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMone Brothers are working in partnership with Northern Gas Networks (NGN) on the backfill and restoration of several former NGN gas holder sites across the North of England, including Harrogate, Leeds, Bradford, and Sunderland locations. The company prides itself on its ability to restore legacy sites to high standards and exact client requirements.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Biffa: One of the UK's largest waste management companies operating collection, recycling, treatment, and disposal services nationally; comparable in recycling and landfill operations but at substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: Major UK waste management operator providing collection, recycling, landfill, and treatment services; comparable in waste handling and recycling operations but at much larger scale across multiple UK regions.
• Breedon Group: UK and Irish aggregates, concrete, and cement producer with a growing recycling and surfacing business; overlaps with Mone Bros on primary aggregates and recycled materials supply to construction and infrastructure customers.
• Tarmac (CRH): UK's largest construction materials and quarrying operator, part of CRH; directly comparable aggregates, recycling, and waste services portfolio but at national scale with significantly broader customer base and product depth than Mone Bros' Yorkshire-focused platform.
• Hanson UK: Major UK aggregates, concrete, and cement supplier (part of Heidelberg Materials); directly comparable on quarrying and primary aggregates but operates nationally rather than regionally.
• Veolia UK: Global environmental services group with UK waste collection, recycling, treatment, and disposal operations; comparable in landfill, recycling, and site remediation services though operates nationally with broader portfolio including industrial services.

Direct peers

• Mick George Group: East Midlands-based integrated waste management, aggregates, and earthworks operator with similar vertically integrated service model (skip hire, recycling, aggregates, earthworks); comparable mid-sized regional private competitor serving construction industry.
• Enva Group: UK and Ireland waste management, recycling, and resource recovery specialist with comparable services in C&D recycling, aggregate recovery, and site restoration; similar mid-sized private operator model serving construction and industrial customers.
• Day Aggregates: South East UK-based C&D waste recycling and aggregates supplier operating waste transfer stations and processing facilities; direct comparable on recycled aggregates supply to construction customers though operating in a different UK region.
• Cawarden Co. Ltd: Mid-sized demolition, earthworks, and C&D waste recycling contractor operating in the Midlands; directly comparable on demolition waste processing, recycled aggregates production, and earthworks services to construction industry customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MoneBros
• Facebookfacebook.com/monebrosltd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mone-brothers-limited

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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