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Grafton Group is an international building-materials distributor and DIY retailer. Its businesses supply trade professionals and consumers with construction products, timber, plumbing, heating, landscaping and home-improvement products.
Distribution of building materials, plumbing and heating products, specialist construction supplies and DIY retail through businesses including Chadwicks, Selco, Woodie's, Isero and Salvador Escoda.
Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Finland and Spain, serving builders, tradespeople, contractors and retail DIY customers.
Construction and renovation activity, housing repair and maintenance, like-for-like sales, pricing, acquisitions, operating margins, store and branch expansion and recovery in weaker UK and Northern European markets.
Construction downturns, weak housing markets, building-material cost inflation, wage pressure, acquisition integration, competition, currency movements and prolonged weakness in trade activity.
13 July 2026: Grafton reported resilient first-half trading supported by its diversified geographic footprint. The group has also continued expansion in Iberia, including Mercaluz and new Salvador Escoda branches, while UK and Northern European markets remain softer.
Pays interim and final dividends. The 2025 final dividend was 27.0p per share, went ex-dividend on 23 April 2026 and was paid on 21 May. The 2026 interim dividend is due to be set with the September half-year results.
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