Genuit Group

A Leeds-headquartered maker of water, drainage, heating, cooling and ventilation products for buildings, which grew out of Polypipe.

About Genuit Group

Genuit makes the pipes, drainage systems and ventilation units that sit inside and around buildings, mostly out of sight. Its careers page says it is organised into three areas: Climate Management Solutions, which covers low-carbon heating, cooling and ventilation; Water Management Solutions, which covers drainage, flood water management and green urban spaces; and Sustainable Building Solutions, which covers residential and commercial drainage and water systems. Its brands include Polypipe, Nuaire, Nu-heat and Manthorpe Building Products.

The company began in 1980 as Polypipe, founded by Kevin McDonald and Geoff Harrison, and grew by buying and building up other businesses. It joined the London Stock Exchange in 2014 and was renamed Genuit Group in 2021. The company describes its purpose as making the built environment more sustainable, including improving resilience to climate change, reducing construction's impact on nature, protecting waterways, creating green urban spaces and providing energy-efficient heating, cooling and ventilation. It says it asked its whole workforce to help define its "Trademark Behaviours", which act as its values.

Genuit's head office is in Holbeck, Leeds. Wikipedia names main UK sites in Doncaster, Loughborough, Horncastle, Aylesford, Caerphilly, Kirk Sandall, Rochdale, Birmingham and Ripley in Derbyshire, plus a site in Devon, and also lists Italian and Middle East businesses. Its careers page says it has 28 or more sites and over 3,300 employees; Wikipedia gives 3,221 for 2026, and its site count of 18 is older. We have shown the careers page figures as the company's own.

On culture, the company says it has a shared culture that keeps its teams connected across more than 15 businesses and 28 sites, built around those Trademark Behaviours. Beyond that, the sources we could read say little about day-to-day working life. The company also says its work is about practical sustainability, such as helping towns cope with heavy rainfall using drainage that holds and releases water slowly.

A manufacturer of plastic pipes, ventilation units and underfloor heating needs production operatives and technicians, product designers, engineers, technical advisers who help installers and architects, supply chain and logistics staff, and sales, marketing, finance and human resources teams. If you are interested in climate adaptation, how buildings keep warm and dry, or the engineering behind water systems, this is a company where those topics become products. The firm also says it welcomes applicants from all degree backgrounds, including non-STEM subjects.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Drainage, flood water management and green urban space products.', 'title': 'Water management'}
• {'desc': 'Low-carbon heating, cooling and ventilation, including Nuaire and Nu-heat.', 'title': 'Climate management'}
• {'desc': 'Residential and commercial drainage and water systems under the Polypipe brand.', 'title': 'Building drainage and plumbing'}

Key facts

• Founded as Polypipe in 1980; renamed Genuit Group in 2021
• Head office in Holbeck, Leeds; over 28 sites and 3,300 employees (company careers page)
• Three areas: Climate, Water and Sustainable Building Solutions
• Values are its "Trademark Behaviours", defined with the whole workforce

Website: www.genuitgroup.com