Company Profile

Grafton is a leading building materials group specialising in distribution, with operations in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland and Spain. Its principal activities are building distribution and DIY retailing. It also has a smaller manufacturing business in the UK and Ireland. Grafton enjoys strong national and regional market positions. It is, by some distance, the largest building distribution group in Ireland and is also comfortably the market leader in DIY retailing. In the UK building distribution sector, it operates a number of businesses including Selco, Leyland SDM, TG Lynes and MacBlair. Grafton has market-leading positions in the Netherlands, Finland and Spain. It entered the latter market in late 2024 with the acquisition of Salvador Escoda. The group has a long-standing track record of consistently high levels of free cash flow generation, which it has deployed to undertake earnings accretive acquisitions as well as repurchase its own shares.