Who owns Hanson?
Hanson is owned by Heidelberg Materials (Germany, FWB: HEI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: History — Heidelberg Materials UK, Heidelberg Materials UK Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Heidelberg Materials AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Heidelberg
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Building materials
- Parent ticker
- FWB: HEI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hanson
Hanson is the trading name Heidelberg Materials still uses in the United Kingdom for its packaged and bagged cement, mortar and aggregate products, made by subsidiaries such as Hanson Packed Products Limited and Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited, both of which file their own statutory annual reports on Heidelberg Materials UK's own site. The name reached the group when HeidelbergCement acquired the London-listed building-materials conglomerate Hanson plc in a scheme that became effective in August 2007, then the largest deal in the sector's history, adding UK aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt operations to HeidelbergCement's existing cement plants. Hanson UK itself, the operating company that had carried the Hanson name for the whole UK business, officially changed its name to Heidelberg Materials on 2 October 2023, so Hanson today survives as a product-facing brand on bagged cement rather than as the name of the UK group.
Ownership timeline of Hanson
- Current owner Heidelberg Materials [1] reported
Where Hanson sits in Heidelberg Materials
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in building materials, and who owns them
The 104 brands in building materials on Brandtree belong to 33 owners. The largest is James Hardie, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Bay | Fletcher Building | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Artevia | Holcim | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| AZEK Exteriors | James Hardie | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Blenture | Votorantim Cimentos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Adbri | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Byggmakker | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Cacique Max | Loma Negra | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Alutions | Tecnoglass | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
About the owner: Heidelberg Materials
Heidelberg Materials is a publicly listed company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, founded in 1873. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as FWB: HEI.
Heidelberg Materials is a German building-materials group tracing its roots to a cement works founded in Heidelberg in 1873. It operated for most of its history as HeidelbergCement and renamed itself Heidelberg Materials, announced on 20 September 2022, to reflect a broader portfolio beyond cement — aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and, increasingly, low-carbon and digital products — with the change rolling out across national subsidiaries over the following months and years. It is not registered with the SEC and does not file 10-K or 20-F reports; its primary listing is on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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🇬🇧 Hanson and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Hanson among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hanson?
The parent company of Hanson is Heidelberg Materials, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is Hanson British or German?
Hanson originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Heidelberg Materials, which is headquartered in Germany. So Hanson is a British-origin brand under German ownership.
Is Hanson still owned by Heidelberg Materials?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Hanson is still owned by Heidelberg Materials. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] History — Heidelberg Materials UK — Heidelberg Materials UK Limited, Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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