De La Rue

De La Rue plc
Company typePublic limited company
LSE: DLAR
ISINGB00B3DGH821 
IndustryPrinting
Founded1821 (1821)
FounderThomas de la Rue
HeadquartersBasingstoke, Hampshire, England
Key people
  • Clive Vacher (CEO)
  • Clive Whiley (Chairman)
Revenue £310.3 million (2024)
£5.8 million (2024)
£(19.1) million (2024)
Number of employees
1,674 (2024)
Websitewww.delarue.com

De La Rue plc (UK: /ˈdɛlər/, US: /ˌdɛləˈr/) is a British company headquartered in Basingstoke, England, that produces secure digital and physical protections for goods, trade, and identities in 140 countries. It sells to governments, central banks, and businesses. Its authentication division provides government revenue technology, brand protection, and ID security, such as polycarbonate data pages for passports. Its currency division designs and produces banknotes, secure polymer substrate and banknote security features. This includes security holograms, security threads and security printed products for central banks and currency issuing authorities. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is the world's largest commercial printer of banknotes.

In April 2025, the company agreed a £263 million takeover by Atlas Holdings, which is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and set to be completed in the third quarter of 2025.