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Cemex

Building materials · Mexico

Cemex makes and sells cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates in Mexico, the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, earning most of its margin on branded bagged cement in Mexico and on concrete and aggregates for U.S. construction.

What makes it different

Most of its orders come through its own app.

60%Orders via Cemex Go2025

Customers in 15 countries order cement and concrete on Cemex Go, which handles about 65% of global sales.

How big it is

How big is Cemex?

$16.1BRevenuesFY2025
78.0MCement capacity2025
39,886Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025

Cement first, then concrete and aggregates.

  • Cement$7.7B
  • Ready-mix concrete$6.7B
  • Aggregates$3.0B
  • Urbanization solutions$1.9B
How the business works

Bagged cement in Mexico, concrete abroad.

  1. 1Branded cement for self-builders
  2. 2Ready-mix and aggregates in cities
  3. 3Cement traded across 65 countries

Mexican retail cement earns the richest margins, while U.S. and European concrete and aggregates give it scale and steadier demand.

Who owns it
  • BlackRock, Inc.8.5%
  • Dodge & Cox6.6%

CEO: Jaime Muguiro Domínguez

Who it competes with
HHolcimHHeidelberg MaterialsCCRHAAmrizeCCementos MoctezumaCCruz AzulGGCC
Key moments
  1. 1906Cemex starts in Monterrey
  2. 1999ADSs listed on the NYSE
  3. 1999Into the Philippines and Egypt
  4. 2005RMC acquired
  5. 2007Rinker acquired
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Cemex's own reports.

Full profile

The rest of the story is in the app.

What Cemex tracks23 metrics
Ready-mix concrete volume
Aggregates volume
Installed cement capacity
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from6 regions
United States
Mexico
Europe
The full timeline18 moments
2020
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