Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Total revenues	$ 35,572	$ 34,949	$ 32,723
Total cost of revenues	(22,871)	(22,986)	(21,908)
Gross profit	12,701	11,963	10,815
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(7,852)	(7,486)	(7,056)
Gain on disposal of long-lived assets	237	66	50
Loss on impairments	(161)	(357)	0
Operating income	4,925	4,186	3,809
Interest income	143	206	65
Interest expense	(612)	(376)	(344)
Other nonoperating income (expense), net	258	(2)	(69)
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense and income from equity method investments	4,714	4,014	3,461
Income tax expense	(1,085)	(925)	(762)
Loss from equity method investments	(108)	(17)	0
Income from continuing operations	3,521	3,072	2,699
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense	0	0	1,190
Net income	3,521	3,072	3,889
Net (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	(28)	(28)	(27)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	134	0
Net income attributable to CRH	$ 3,492	$ 3,178	$ 3,862
Basic earnings per share attributable to CRH
Basic earnings per share attributable to CRH, continuing operations (in USD per share)	$ 5.06	$ 4.36	$ 3.58
Basic earnings per share attributable to CRH, discontinued operations (in USD per share)	0	0	1.57
Basic earnings per share attributable to CRH, net income (in USD per share)	5.06	4.36	5.15
Diluted earnings per share attributable to CRH
Diluted earnings per share attributable to CRH, continuing operations (in USD per share)	5.02	4.33	3.55
Diluted earnings per share attributable to CRH, discontinued operations (in USD per share)	0	0	1.56
Diluted earnings per share attributable to CRH, net income (in USD per share)	$ 5.02	$ 4.33	$ 5.11
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic (in shares)	683.3	723.9	758.3
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted (in shares)	689.5	729.2	764.1
Product
Total revenues	$ 26,699	$ 26,156	$ 24,519
Total cost of revenues	(14,651)	(14,741)	(14,123)
Service
Total revenues	8,873	8,793	8,204
Total cost of revenues	$ (8,220)	$ (8,245)	$ (7,785)