Ucklum Grus

What Ucklum Grus does

Ucklums Grus AB is a privately held, family-owned Swedish aggregates producer founded in 1965 by brothers Holger and Olof Gustavsson. Headquartered in Ucklum near Uddevalla in Western Sweden, the company quarries, processes, and delivers natural gravel (naturgrus), crushed stone (bergskross), cobblestones, and sifted soil (harpad jord) for use in concrete production, road construction, masonry, and landscaping. It operates three production sites — Sköllunga (Ucklum), Högen (Lilla Edet), and Dunnebacken (Ljungskile) — each carrying its own CE-marked product declarations covering a broad catalog of grades (e.g., NK Betong, K Betong, Väg, Bruk, and various makadam sizes).

The company runs continuous laboratory quality testing on in-process and finished products and relies on nearly 60 years of accumulated product knowledge to advise customers on material selection. There is no evidence of proprietary software, automation, or digital tooling beyond a basic website contact form; operations are organized around phone-based ordering (a named individual "Henrik" handles orders and a separate line handles economics) and direct delivery from quarry sites. Business hours are weekdays 6:30–15:30 with two short breaks.

Ucklums Grus serves two customer groups: Swedish public-sector infrastructure buyers (offentliga verksamheter) requiring CE-documented aggregates, and private construction customers (privatkunder). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and revenue is delivered through one-time sales of delivered aggregate material with no subscription, licensing, or recurring component. The company has no disclosed parent, no institutional investors, no subsidiaries, no patents or trademarks, and no social media presence — operating as a focused regional quarrying business.

Name

Ucklum Grus

Legal name

Ucklums Grus AB

Website

https://ucklumsgrus.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ucklums Grus AB is a family-owned Swedish aggregates producer founded in 1965, operating three quarries in Western Sweden to supply CE-marked natural gravel, crushed stone, and sifted soil to public infrastructure and private construction customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ucklum

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Aggregate Material Sales and Delivery: Sale and delivery of natural gravel, cobblestones, and crushed rock to both public operations and private customers. Products include various sizes of naturgrus, bergskross, and harpad jord.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ucklums Grus AB quarries, processes, and delivers natural gravel (Naturgrus), crushed stone (Bergskross), cobblestones, and sifted soil (Harpad Jord) from multiple quarry sites in western Sweden. Products are sold in defined size grades with CE documentation to public-sector construction operations and private construction customers, with direct phone-based ordering and delivery to project sites.

Product overview

Ucklums Grus AB is a family-owned company founded in 1965 that produces and sells construction aggregate materials. Their product portfolio consists of three core product lines: Naturgrus (natural gravel) including various grades like Gjutsand, Mursand, Ärtsingel, and Kullersten; Bergskross (crushed stone) available in multiple size specifications for concrete, road, and construction applications; and Harpad Jord (sifted soil) processed for use as base soil. All products undergo continuous quality testing during manufacturing and on final products in their laboratory to ensure they meet specified criteria. The company operates multiple quarry sites in Ucklum, Lilla Edet, and Ljungskile areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Naturgrus (Natural Gravel) Natural gravel products delivered in various grades including Gjutsand 0/8, Mursand 0/4, Ärtsingel 8/16, Natursten 30/90, Kullersten osorterad, Kullersten 100-300, and Isgrus med salt. Materials are produced via natural processing combined with in-house refinement and sold to public-sector and private construction customers in western Sweden.
• Bergskross (Crushed Stone) Crushed rock products delivered in multiple size specifications including 0/150, 0/90, Makadam 8-16, Makadam 16-25, Makadam 16-32, 0/32, 0/16, 0/8 kross, 0/5 kross, Stenmjöl 0-2, Makadam 2-5, and Makadam 4-8, with CE-marked grades for concrete, road, and general construction applications. Materials are continuously sampled during production and tested in laboratory to ensure conformance.
• Harpad Jord (Sifted Soil) Sifted soil material that has been processed to remove larger particles such as stones, roots, and twigs. Contains no added fertilizer or nutrients, making it ideal as base soil for construction and landscaping projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products meet promised specifications through continuous sampling and laboratory testing

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• CRH plc: Global building materials group with significant Nordic aggregates operations (including via the acquired Lemminkäinen/Finnish operations). Comparable core product (crushed stone, sand, gravel) with overlap in the Nordic market, but at vastly larger geographic and operational scale.
• Peab AB: Leading Nordic construction and civil engineering firm with industrial operations producing aggregates, concrete, and prefabricated elements. Comparable aggregates product line but primarily serves its own construction projects in the Nordics.
• Skanska AB: Major Swedish-headquartered construction and project development company that operates its own aggregates quarries to supply its projects. Comparable as a vertically integrated Swedish aggregates-customer, but aggregates is internal-only rather than commercial.
• Saint-Gobain Sweden: Subsidiary of Saint-Gobain distributing building materials (including aggregates-related products) in Sweden. Comparable as a Swedish construction-materials supplier but focused on finished building products rather than raw quarry aggregates.
• Holcim Ltd: Global leader in aggregates, cement, and ready-mix concrete with a presence across Europe. Comparable aggregates product offering and CE-certified product lines, but operates as a multi-national incumbent with broader logistics reach.
• Heidelberg Materials (formerly HeidelbergCement): Global aggregates, cement, and ready-mixed concrete producer with Nordic operations (including Sweden). Comparable core product (crushed stone and aggregates) but operates at global scale with integrated cement-to-aggregates value chain.
• NCC Industry (NCC AB): Sweden's largest construction and infrastructure group with its own aggregates and stone materials operations. Directly comparable as a Swedish aggregates supplier serving public and private construction, but at vastly greater scale and as part of a full-service construction portfolio.

Regional players

• Svevia AB: Swedish state-owned infrastructure contractor that operates its own quarries and aggregate production to supply road and civil works. Comparable Swedish quarrying operations and public-sector customer focus, though primarily producing for its own paving contracts rather than as a merchant aggregate supplier.

Others

• Björks Installations AB: Swedish supplier focused on construction and infrastructure materials in Western Sweden. Comparable as a regional construction-materials peer serving the same Swedish public/private customer base.
• Schweden Steinbruchförbund: Industry association representing Swedish stone and aggregate producers (Stenindustriförbundet). Comparable ecosystem participant for Ucklums Grus as a Swedish aggregates operator.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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