Witherley Services

What Witherley Services does

Witherley Services operates as a UK building materials supply business and is now legally part of Holcim UK Limited following the 17 March 2025 rebrand of Aggregate Industries UK Limited and its subsidiaries. The company supplies aggregates, recycled aggregates, readymix concrete, asphalt, cement, building products (lightweight and dense aggregate blocks, concrete bricks), mortar, screed, commercial landscaping products, and contracting services to construction, infrastructure, housing, buildings, landscaping, energy, and sustainable drainage customers across the United Kingdom. It runs more than 200 operational sites nationwide, comprising 35 quarries, 53 asphalt plants, 85 ready-mixed concrete plants, 18 precast concrete sites, and 4 cement import terminals, and employs over 4,000 colleagues.

The portfolio spans both legacy and Holcim-developed brands, including Bradstone (landscaping), Charcon, Besblock, Concrete2You, Express Asphalt, Simply Paving, Geocycle, and Land Recovery/Land Recovery Rail. Sustainability-branded lines — ECOPact low-carbon concrete, ECOPlanet cement, SuperLow-Carbon Asphalt, Aggneo recycled aggregates, and ECOCycle circular solutions — are supported by public digital tools such as a Carbon Calculator, a Carbon Report service, and environmental product declaration documentation. A carbon capture and storage offering, anchored by the Tilbury Cement Terminal, signals deeper entry into industrial decarbonisation services alongside traditional materials supply.

Commercial motion is B2B and sales-led, with quote-based pricing for construction firms, contractors, and infrastructure projects rather than disclosed list pricing. Distribution is primarily direct from manufacturing sites to project locations, supplemented by customer and supplier electronic trading portals and specialty service channels such as Express Asphalt, Small Load Concrete, Mobile Concrete Plant, and SiteBatch on-site batching. Witherley/Holcim UK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holcim Ltd, the Swiss-listed global building materials group operating in more than 70 countries with over 63,000 employees, which provides group-level R&D, brand, procurement, and capital backing.

Name

Witherley Services

Legal name

Holcim UK Limited

Website

https://witherley.co.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Coalville

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Materials Sales: B2B sales of construction materials including cement, readymix concrete, asphalt, aggregates, building products, mortar and contracting services to construction, infrastructure, housing and landscaping sectors

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Witherley Services, now operating as Holcim UK, manufactures and supplies a comprehensive range of construction materials including aggregates, asphalt, cement, readymix concrete, building products, mortar, and screed. The company also delivers related services such as contracting, recycling, express asphalt delivery, small load concrete, and mobile concrete plant operations through a UK-wide network of over 200 sites.

Product overview

Witherley Services (now part of Holcim) operates as a building materials supplier offering a comprehensive portfolio of construction products organized as a platform of interconnected categories. The core product lines include Aggregates (recycled, construction, decorative, sands, marine, bagged aggregates, and flood/sea defence), Asphalt (for car parks, driveways, highways, runways, sports courts, and coloured applications), Cement (bulk and bagged, including specialized types like sulphate resistant and super white), Readymix Concrete (including ECOPact low carbon concrete), Building Products (lightweight and dense aggregate blocks, concrete bricks), Mortar, Screed, and Commercial Landscaping. Services include Contracting Services (circular solutions, civils, highways), Recycling Solutions (ECOCycle, Geocycle), Express Asphalt, Small Load Concrete, Mobile Concrete Plant, and SiteBatch technology. The company operates over 200 sites nationwide including 35 quarries, 53 asphalt plants, 85 ready-mixed concrete plants, 18 precast concrete sites, and 4 cement import terminals, serving sectors across roads & infrastructure, housing, buildings, energy, and environmental solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ECOPact: Low Carbon Concrete product line offering sustainable concrete solutions with reduced carbon footprint.
• ECOPlanet
• SuperLow-Carbon Asphalt
• Aggneo
• ECOCycle

Products and services

• Aggregates Construction aggregates including recycled aggregates (Aggneo, CDM, Type 1), construction aggregates (MOT Type 1/2/3, agricultural lime, high PSV, soils, surface dressing), decorative aggregates, rail & track ballast, sands (filtration, sports, rail & traction, utilities & energy, construction & industrial), marine aggregates, bagged aggregates, and flood & sea defence products. Sold to construction, infrastructure, housing, and landscaping sectors.
• Asphalt Asphalt products for car parks, driveways, highways & roads, racing circuits, runways & taxiways, sports courts, potholes & reinstatement, and coloured asphalt (SuperColour Ultra). Includes SuperLow-Carbon Asphalt range. Sold to infrastructure, highways, and commercial construction clients.
• Cement Cement products including bulk cement (ECOPlanet low-carbon range), bagged cement (high performance concrete, hydraulic lime, rapid set cement, sulphate resistant cement, super white cement), and GGBS. Sold to ready-mix concrete producers, contractors, and construction firms.
• Readymix Concrete Ready-mixed concrete products including ECOPact low carbon concrete, British Standard mixes, and performance concrete. Delivered from 85 ready-mixed concrete plants across the UK to construction, infrastructure, and building projects.
• Building Products Building products including lightweight aggregate blocks (Star Performer Foundation, Star Performer, Masterlite Ultra18, Masterlite Pro, Masterlite Pro Eco, Masterlite Pro Fairfaced, Masterlite Pro Acoustic), dense aggregate blocks (Masterdenz, Masterdenz Eco), and concrete bricks. Sold to housing and building construction sectors.
• Mortar Mortar products including ready-to-use mortar and dry silo mortar. Sold to building, housing, and masonry construction sectors.
• Screed Screed products for floor construction applications. Sold to building and flooring contractors.
• Commercial Landscaping Commercial landscaping products and solutions, including Bradstone paving and decorative aggregates. Sold to commercial landscaping and construction clients.
• Contracting Services Contracting services including circular solutions, civils & infrastructure, and highways contracting. Delivered to construction, infrastructure, and public sector clients.
• Recycling Solutions Recycling solutions including ECOCycle, Testex, waste removal, Geocycle, and RAP (recycled asphalt). Circular economy services sold to construction and waste management clients.
• Express Asphalt Express asphalt service for rapid delivery and application. Sold to contractors and infrastructure clients with urgent project requirements.
• Small Load Concrete Small load concrete delivery service for smaller construction projects. Targeted at mid-market builders and smaller contractors.
• Mobile Concrete Plant Mobile concrete plant service for on-site concrete production at construction sites. Sold to large construction and infrastructure projects.
• SiteBatch Technologies Site batch concrete production technology providing on-site batching solutions for construction projects.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Costain Group: UK infrastructure contractor focused on highways, rail, energy and water. Comparable to Witherley's civils and infrastructure contracting arm and an important downstream buyer of its construction materials.
• Kier Group: UK construction and infrastructure group active in highways, utilities and buildings. Comparable to Witherley's contracting and infrastructure businesses and a customer for aggregates, asphalt and readymix.
• Holcim Ltd: Swiss-listed parent group and global leader in building materials and solutions. While Witherley is a wholly-owned subsidiary, the parent's global aggregates, cement and concrete operations frame the strategic and competitive context for the UK business.
• Balfour Beatty: Major UK infrastructure contractor delivering roads, rail and civils projects. Comparable to Witherley's Spadeoak and Northumbrian Roads contracting activities and a major customer for its asphalt and concrete.

Direct peers

• CEMEX UK: CEMEX's UK operations producing cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and asphalt. Directly competes with Witherley on bagged and bulk cement, readymix and aggregates in overlapping UK geographies.
• Tarmac (CRH): CRH's UK platform producing cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, asphalt and building products across hundreds of UK sites. Most directly comparable competitor to Witherley/Holcim UK in heavy-side construction materials.
• Marshalls: UK manufacturer of landscaping and building products including concrete paving, blocks and aggregates. Overlaps with Witherley's Bradstone/Commercial Landscaping lines and competes for domestic and commercial landscaping spend.
• Breedon Group: UK-listed independent aggregates and concrete producer with quarries, asphalt plants and ready-mix plants across the UK and Ireland. Closest publicly traded UK-only peer in heavy-side construction materials.
• Hanson UK (Heidelberg Materials): UK arm of Heidelberg Materials producing aggregates, asphalt, cement and ready-mixed concrete. Operates a comparable nationwide network of quarries, plants and terminals serving the same contractors and infrastructure customers.
• Forterra: UK producer of building products including concrete blocks, bricks, and pre-cast items. Direct overlap with Witherley's Masterlite/Masterdenz blocks, Masterblock and Besblock ranges serving UK housebuilders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Holcim_UK
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/aggregateind
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holcim-uk
• Instagraminstagram.com/holcim_uk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries26 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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