Aggregates Market Size and Share

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Aggregates Market Analysis by Mordor Intelligence

The Aggregates Market size is estimated at 58.67 Billion tons in 2025, and is expected to reach 79.52 Billion tons by 2030, at a CAGR of 6.27% during the forecast period (2025-2030). Rising governmental capital-expenditure programs designed to modernize roads, railways, ports, and renewable-energy sites anchor the growth outlook. Demand also benefits from rapid urbanization in emerging economies, widening adoption of ready-mix concrete, and public-sector incentives for low-carbon building materials. Leading producers are deepening vertical integration so that quarry ownership, asphalt, and ready-mix operations share logistics and procurement efficiencies, while circular-economy mandates accelerate investments in recycled aggregates processing. However, high diesel costs inflate haulage expenses, time-consuming environmental approvals delay new quarries, and regulators increasingly scrutinize recycled materials for micro-plastic contamination, creating compliance hurdles.

Key Report Takeaways

  • By aggregate type, sand led with 40.65% revenue share in 2024, while other aggregate types are projected to expand at a 7.88% CAGR through 2030.
  • By application, construction accounted for 47.52% of the Aggregates market share in 2024 and other applications are forecast to grow at 7.75% CAGR to 2030.
  • By geography, Asia-Pacific captured 52.55% of the Aggregates market in 2024 and is advancing at a 7.42% CAGR to 2030.

Segment Analysis

By Aggregate Type: Sand Dominance Faces Recycled Challenge

Sand commanded 40.65% of the Aggregates market in 2024, reflecting its indispensable role in ready-mix concrete, plaster, and asphalt. At 6.27% CAGR, sand remains aligned with the overall Aggregates market trajectory as urban mega-projects across Asia and the Middle East sustain bulk demand. Gravel follows, preferred for road bases and drainage layers, while crushed stone supplies precise gradation for structural concrete and bridge decks. The Aggregates market size attributed to sand is projected to climb steadily, but permit caps on river-sand extraction in China, Vietnam, and Malaysia shift volumes toward manufactured sand sourced from basalt and granite.

Other aggregate types, including recycled concrete, manufactured sand, and lightweight synthetics, represent the fastest-growing slice at a 7.88% CAGR. Recycled concrete aggregates now meet national-standard water-absorption and Los Angeles-abrasion limits, allowing use in structural elements for the first time in Germany and the Netherlands. Cemex’s Berlin plant processes 400,000 tons of CDW annually, signalling commercial-scale viability and offering a template for other urban nodes [3]Cemex, “Cemex Acquires RC-Baustoffe Berlin,” cemex.com. When a London office tower reused 25% recycled aggregate in its floor slabs in 2024, embodied-carbon intensity fell by 12%, a metric increasingly embedded in asset valuations. As property developers chase green-building credits, the construction aggregates market share of recycled materials is poised to widen beyond its current single-digit level.

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By Application: Construction Segment Drives Infrastructure Boom

Construction accounted for 47.52% of global aggregate volumes in 2024, spanning highways, high-speed rail bases, airports, and residential towers. The Aggregates market size for this segment will continue to grow as Asia invests USD 43 trillion in transport corridors up to 2035, with 63% for roads that consume base and sub-base aggregates by the million-ton lot. Ready-mix concrete production lines up granular demand; a single 60-storey tower can embed 20,000 tons of sand and stone. Railway ballasts and tunnel-boring operations in China, India, and the EU prescribe angular, hard-rock chips, often granite or basalt, reinforcing the criticality of geological diversity in supply chains. 

Insulation uses vermiculite, perlite, and lightweight expanded shale, representing a small but profitable niche tied to energy-efficient building codes. Other applications from data-centre slab foundations that dissipate thermal loads to offshore-wind anchor grout are advancing at 7.75% CAGR and narrowing the gap with mainstream construction. As AI-compute demand boosts hyperscale-data-centre builds in the United States and Ireland, aggregates containing magnetite fill roles in electromagnetic-shielding concrete. The construction aggregates market continues branching into such engineered uses where performance premiums offset logistics costs.

Aggregates Market: Market Share by Application
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Geography Analysis

Asia-Pacific held 52.55% of global volume in 2024 and is pacing at 7.42% CAGR to 2030. China’s need for 3,800 km of new high-speed rail by 2025 and a nuclear-power-capacity uplift of 11.9 million kW push quarry production to records, while India’s INR 11.1 lakh crore capital program enriches demand for crushed granite, especially in the Golden Quadrilateral highway upgrades. Japan invests in earthquake-resilient transport arteries and seawall refurbishments, sustaining orders for hard-rock rip-rap. 

North America ranks second: United States quarries shipped 2.52 billion tons in 2023 valued at USD 36.8 billion, a 12.5% year-over-year gain, on the back of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and manufacturing-onshoring wave. Canada accelerates rail-grade separations in Ontario and British Columbia, while Mexico’s nearshoring adds industrial parks along the Bajío and northern corridors that favour limestone. Robust public budgets and an anticipated interest-rate easing cycle underpin 2025-26 pour volumes. 

Europe maintains stable, policy-driven consumption. European Union (EU)-wide Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) recycling mandates create pull-through for secondary aggregates, particularly in Germany, France, and the Nordics, where public procurement favors low-carbon alternatives. Scandinavia’s emphasis on passive-house standards lifts demand for lightweight insulation aggregates. South America and the Middle East & Africa trail but exhibit pockets of acceleration: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM (New Future) project sources granitic gabbro from domestic quarries, and Brazil revives its federal-road-maintenance backlog, each injecting incremental demand into the global construction aggregates market.

Aggregates Market CAGR (%), Growth Rate by Region
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Competitive Landscape

The Aggregate market is fragmented with major players such as HOLCIM, Cemex S.A.B DE C.V., CRH, Heidelberg Materials AG, and Vulcan Materials Company. CRH purchased Martin Marietta’s Texas cement and ready-mix assets for USD 2.1 billion in 2024, integrating a 2.1 million-ton-capacity plant with 20 batch plants to capture transport synergies. Heidelberg Materials AG spent USD 380 million on three US bolt-ons, including Highway Materials with four quarries and nine asphalt plants, reinforcing its Mid-Atlantic presence. Technology adoption widens competitive gaps. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled demand forecasting cuts idle inventories, and tele-remote drilling rigs lower labor exposure in blast zones. Smart-aggregate patents open a future revenue stream for early movers that can scale sensor-embedded stone.

Aggregates Industry Leaders

  1. Vulcan Materials Company

  2. HOLCIM

  3. Cemex S.A.B DE C.V.

  4. Heidelberg Materials AG

  5. CRH

  6. *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
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Recent Industry Developments

  • November 2024: Summit Materials, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Quikrete Holdings, Inc. for USD 11.5 billion, including debt. The transaction combines Summit Materials, Inc.'s aggregates, cement, and ready-mix concrete businesses.
  • July 2024: Heidelberg Materials AG announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Highway Materials, Inc., one of the largest independent aggregates and asphalt producers in the Greater Philadelphia market. The acquisition encompasses four crushed stone quarries, nine hot-mix asphalt plants, two clean fill operations, a concrete recycling facility, and a construction services business.

Table of Contents for Aggregates Industry Report

1. Introduction

  • 1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
  • 1.2 Scope of the Study

2. Research Methodology

3. Executive Summary

4. Market Landscape

  • 4.1 Market Overview
  • 4.2 Market Drivers
    • 4.2.1 Surging Infrastructure Spending, Especially in Emerging Asia-Pacific Markets
    • 4.2.2 Rising Adoption of Ready-mix Concrete Driving Demand for High-spec Aggregates
    • 4.2.3 Government Stimulus for Low-Carbon Construction Solutions
    • 4.2.4 Circular-economy Mandates Boosting Use of Recycled Aggregates
    • 4.2.5 Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled “Smart Aggregates” for Structural Health Monitoring
  • 4.3 Market Restraints
    • 4.3.1 High Transportation and Handling Costs
    • 4.3.2 Stringent Environmental Permitting for New Quarries
    • 4.3.3 Volatility in Diesel Prices Impacting Quarry Opex
    • 4.3.4 Micro-plastic Contamination Concerns in Recycled Aggregates
  • 4.4 Value / Supply-Chain Analysis
  • 4.5 Regulatory Landscape
  • 4.6 Technological Outlook
  • 4.7 Porter’s Five Forces
    • 4.7.1 Threat of New Entrants
    • 4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
    • 4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
    • 4.7.4 Threat of Substitutes
    • 4.7.5 Degree of Competition

5. Market Size and Growth Forecasts (Volume)

  • 5.1 By Aggregate Type
    • 5.1.1 Sand
    • 5.1.2 Gravel
    • 5.1.3 Crushed Stone
    • 5.1.4 Slag
    • 5.1.5 Other Aggregate Types (Recycled, Manufactured, etc.)
  • 5.2 By Application
    • 5.2.1 Construction
    • 5.2.1.1 Buildings
    • 5.2.1.2 Railways
    • 5.2.1.3 Roadways
    • 5.2.1.4 Others
    • 5.2.2 Insulation
    • 5.2.3 Other Applications
  • 5.3 By Geography
    • 5.3.1 Asia-Pacific
    • 5.3.1.1 China
    • 5.3.1.2 Japan
    • 5.3.1.3 India
    • 5.3.1.4 South Korea
    • 5.3.1.5 ASEAN Countries
    • 5.3.1.6 Rest of Asia-Pacific
    • 5.3.2 North America
    • 5.3.2.1 United States
    • 5.3.2.2 Canada
    • 5.3.2.3 Mexico
    • 5.3.3 Europe
    • 5.3.3.1 Germany
    • 5.3.3.2 United Kingdom
    • 5.3.3.3 France
    • 5.3.3.4 Italy
    • 5.3.3.5 Spain
    • 5.3.3.6 Russia
    • 5.3.3.7 NORDIC Countries
    • 5.3.3.8 Rest of Europe
    • 5.3.4 South America
    • 5.3.4.1 Brazil
    • 5.3.4.2 Argentina
    • 5.3.4.3 Rest of South America
    • 5.3.5 Middle East and Africa
    • 5.3.5.1 Saudi Arabia
    • 5.3.5.2 South Africa
    • 5.3.5.3 Rest of Middle East and Africa

6. Competitive Landscape

  • 6.1 Market Concentration
  • 6.2 Strategic Moves
  • 6.3 Market Share(%)/Ranking Analysis
  • 6.4 Company Profiles (includes Global level Overview, Market level overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share for key companies, Products and Services, and Recent Developments)
    • 6.4.1 Breedon Group plc
    • 6.4.2 Buzzi S.p.A.
    • 6.4.3 Cemex S.A.B DE C.V.
    • 6.4.4 China Resources Building Materials Technology Holdings
    • 6.4.5 CRH
    • 6.4.6 Eurocem Limited
    • 6.4.7 Heidelberg Materials AG
    • 6.4.8 HOLCIM
    • 6.4.9 Luck Stone
    • 6.4.10 Martin Marietta Materials
    • 6.4.11 Rogers Group Inc.
    • 6.4.12 Vulcan Materials Company

7. Market Opportunities and Future Outlook

  • 7.1 White-space and unmet-need assessment
  • 7.2 Smart and Self-Healing Concrete Transforming Aggregate Market
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Global Aggregates Market Report Scope

Aggregate is a broad category of coarse to medium-grained particulate material used in construction activities, which includes sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete, and geosynthetic aggregates.

The market is segmented by Aggregate Type (Sand, Gravel, Slag, Crushed Stone, Other Aggregate Types), Application (Construction (Buildings, Railways, Roadways, Others), Insulation, Other Applications), and Geography (Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, South America, Middle East and Africa). The report also covers the market sizes and forecasts for the aggregates market in 15 countries across major regions. For each segment, the market sizing and forecasts have been done in terms of revenue in USD million.

By Aggregate Type Sand
Gravel
Crushed Stone
Slag
Other Aggregate Types (Recycled, Manufactured, etc.)
By Application Construction Buildings
Railways
Roadways
Others
Insulation
Other Applications
By Geography Asia-Pacific China
Japan
India
South Korea
ASEAN Countries
Rest of Asia-Pacific
North America United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe Germany
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Spain
Russia
NORDIC Countries
Rest of Europe
South America Brazil
Argentina
Rest of South America
Middle East and Africa Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Rest of Middle East and Africa
By Aggregate Type
Sand
Gravel
Crushed Stone
Slag
Other Aggregate Types (Recycled, Manufactured, etc.)
By Application
Construction Buildings
Railways
Roadways
Others
Insulation
Other Applications
By Geography
Asia-Pacific China
Japan
India
South Korea
ASEAN Countries
Rest of Asia-Pacific
North America United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe Germany
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Spain
Russia
NORDIC Countries
Rest of Europe
South America Brazil
Argentina
Rest of South America
Middle East and Africa Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Rest of Middle East and Africa
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Key Questions Answered in the Report

What is the current size of the Aggregates market?

The Aggregates market size is 58.67 Billion tons in 2025, with a forecast to reach 79.52 Billion tons by 2030.

Which region leads global demand for aggregates?

Asia-Pacific holds 52.55% of global volume, supported by large-scale infrastructure programs in China, India, and Southeast Asia.

Why are recycled aggregates gaining momentum?

European Union circular-economy mandates and lower-carbon procurement policies encourage the use of recycled aggregates, which now meet structural-grade performance standards and offer embodied-carbon savings of roughly 12%.

How are transportation costs affecting aggregate prices?

Diesel volatility and long haul distances can add up to 25% of delivered cost, prompting producers to seek rail alternatives, site quarries closer to markets, or pursue acquisitions that shorten supply chains.

What role do smart aggregates play in the market?

Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart aggregates embed sensors that monitor concrete curing and structural health, opening premium opportunities in critical infrastructure such as bridges and high-rise buildings.

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