De La Rue

De La Rue plc
Company typePrivate
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)
OwnerAtlas Holdings
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 the world's largest commercial printer of banknotes. Since July 2025, the company has been under private ownership by Atlas Holdings.