U.S. production of construction aggregates – construction sand and gravel and crushed stone – increased year over year, rising to 2.49 billion metric tons in 2022, according to the latest report from the U.S. Geological Survey and data provided by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The value of the materials totaled $32.7 billion.
The USGS defines the construction aggregates industry as those companies that mine and process crushed stone and construction sand and gravel. Approximately 1,400 companies operating 3,585 quarries and 333 sales/distribution yards produced crushed stone and 3,360 companies operating 6,500 pits and 292 sales/distribution yards produced construction sand and gravel.
USGS says approximately 953 million metric tons of construction sand and gravel, valued at $10.7 billion, were sold or used by aggregate companies nationwide in 2022. The top-producing states were California, Texas, Arizona, Minnesota, Washington, Utah, Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, and New York.
CRH Americas Materials, Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta Materials maintained their strongholds as the top three producers in this category.
The top 100 companies, in descending order of construction sand and gravel tonnage produced in 2022, are as follows:
Top Crushed Stone Producers
Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta Materials and CRH Americas Materials also topped the list of top U.S. crushed stone producers.
According to USGS, more than 1.55 billion metric tons of crushed stone, valued at $22 billion were sold or used by U.S. producers in 2022. Leading production states included Texas, Florida, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana
The top 100 producers of crushed stone in the United States during the year were:
