Irish building materials company
CRH plc is the global leader in diversified building materials, with operations in around 30 countries and a workforce exceeding 80,000 people. The group was formed in 1970 through the merger of Cement Limited and Roadstone Limited, two historic Irish producers, and is incorporated in Ireland as a public limited company at the Companies Registration Office under number 12965.
CRH supplies cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt, precast and prestressed products, architectural and structural solutions, paving, and outdoor living products to infrastructure, non-residential, and residential customers across North America and Europe.
Fiscal 2024 revenue was 35.6 billion dollars and adjusted EBITDA was above 6.9 billion dollars, with North America contributing the majority after decades of targeted acquisitions. Since September 2023, CRH plc has its primary equity listing on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker CRH, with a standard listing retained on the London Stock Exchange.
The Irish registered office and group headquarters remain at Stonemason's Way in Rathfarnham, Dublin, anchoring board governance, Irish filings, and European operations.
CRH plc offers the most recent example of how an Irish plc can migrate its primary equity listing without redomiciling the parent. Until 2023, CRH traded primarily on Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange, with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange as a secondary venue.
In 2023 the board concluded that a US primary listing better reflected the geographic skew of earnings, with about three quarters of EBITDA generated in North America, and would deliver index inclusion in S&P US indices rather than FTSE UK indices, unlocking a deeper and more natural investor base.
On 25 September 2023, CRH moved to a standard listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CRH, with the London line becoming the secondary listing and Euronext Dublin cancelled.
Critically, CRH remained an Irish public limited company throughout the move: no redomicile was required, no scheme of arrangement was used, and Irish company law continued to govern shareholder rights, board composition, and AGMs. That preserves Ireland's 12.5 percent trading tax rate and treaty network while putting the shares on the US market.
The episode has become a reference for other Irish plcs weighing where to list. Several have since looked at similar moves, and Irish policymakers have responded with listing-regime and incentive reforms intended to keep future IPOs anchored in Dublin while acknowledging that mature cross-border groups may choose the US for cost-of-capital reasons.
No. CRH plc remains an Irish public limited company with its registered office at Stonemason's Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. The 2023 transaction moved the primary equity listing from London to the New York Stock Exchange, and cancelled the Euronext Dublin listing, but did not change the legal domicile, board composition, or Irish governance framework.
Statutory accounts are still filed at the Irish Companies Registration Office under number 12965.
CRH plc has its primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker CRH, effective 25 September 2023. A standard listing remains on the London Stock Exchange. The Euronext Dublin listing was cancelled at the time of the US primary listing. American Depositary Receipt arrangements were replaced by direct ordinary share trading on NYSE, simplifying the structure for US holders.
CRH generates most of its earnings in North America through the Oldcastle and Ash Grove businesses, and the group board judged that US index inclusion would match its investor base more naturally than FTSE UK indices. A US primary listing also improves access to US infrastructure stimulus, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act pipeline, from a capital-markets perspective.
Yes. CRH plc is incorporated under the Irish Companies Act 2014 and remains subject to Irish company law for matters such as AGMs, directors' duties, and shareholder rights. US securities law and NYSE listing standards apply in parallel for disclosure and trading. Irish corporation tax at 12.5 percent continues to apply to Irish-resident trading activities within the group.
