CNT
CNT, Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned precious metals wholesaler and distributor in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, operating wholesale trading, CME/ICE-licensed depository storage, custom minting, and commercial lending for dealers, financial institutions, and institutional clients.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1972
- HeadquartersBridgewater, United States
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What CNT does
CNT, Inc. is a privately-held wholesale precious metals company headquartered in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, founded in 1972 by Louis Oliari and his son Mark Oliari as a family coin shop in Brockton, MA, and now in its third generation of single-family ownership. The firm operates four integrated business lines under wholly-owned subsidiaries: precious metals trading in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium (CNT, Inc.), segregated and allocated precious-metals depository storage with CME and ICE exchange licensing and Lloyd's of London insurance (CNT Depository, Inc.), custom minting of private-label and branded bullion products (CNT Minting), and commercial lending to customers (CNT Lending, Inc., CNTL). CNT serves wholesale and institutional customers — dealers, financial institutions, governmental mints, IRA holders, and corporate entities requiring bulk precious-metals supply, vaulting, and financing — plus a secondary individual investor segment with minimum transaction thresholds and strict onboarding (PATRIOT Act/resale-certificate documentation).
The technical core is a vertically integrated Bridgewater footprint: a 24-hour two-way trading desk reachable by telephone, email, and electronic channels; a privately-owned, free-standing 63,000 ft² Class 3 UL-rated depository with layered physical and electronic protection; on-site melting, sampling, and minting; and a dedicated client portal (Voyager). Distribution is anchored by authorized-distributor relationships with all major sovereign governmental mints — The Royal Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, U.S. Mint, Rand Refinery, Austrian Mint, and The Perth Mint — together with white-label drop-ship fulfillment to end recipients globally.
CNT monetizes across multiple streams: bid-ask spreads on two-way physical markets (transaction-fee revenue), recurring segregated storage fees for individual, corporate, governmental, and IRA accounts (subscription/recurring revenue), minting fees for private-label products (transaction revenue), and interest income from commercial lending. Pricing is non-public, requires confirmation through authorized trading representatives, includes minimum dollar thresholds per transaction, and accepts bank wire/ACH only. Certifications and regulatory credentials — ISO, U.S. Mint authorized purchaser for 23+ years, CME/ICE exchange licensing — and Lloyd's of London insurance underwriting all depository assets anchor institutional trust in the platform.
CNT firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- CNT
- Legal name
- CNT, Inc.
- Website
- https://cnt.us
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1972
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- CNT, Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned precious metals wholesaler and distributor in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, operating wholesale trading, CME/ICE-licensed depository storage, custom minting, and commercial lending for dealers, financial institutions, and institutional clients.
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- akta.pro rank
CNT industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Wholesale Precious Metals Distribution and Storage
- NAICS
- Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)
- SIC
- Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051), Primary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3330)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Precious Metals Minting & Bullion Products (IMAKAEAJ)
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Where CNT is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bridgewater
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
CNT business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Precious Metals Trading: CNT generates revenue through two-way physical markets in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium. Revenue comes from bid-ask spreads on buying and selling precious metals, covering products from 1 gram to 1000 ounces in both bullion and numismatic grade.
- Depository Storage Services: CNT Depository provides segregated, allocated storage on individual, corporate, and governmental levels, including IRA storage and CME storage. Revenue generated through storage fees.
- Custom Minting: CNT Mint produces high-quality minted products for clients' brand expansion through precious metal bullion production. Clients leverage CNT's metal holdings, production capabilities, and distribution lines for their own branded products.
- CNT Lending: CNT Lending, Inc. (CNTL) provides commercial lending services to customers for commercial purposes, offering prompt and simple lending at reasonable rates.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Wholesale Account - For business customers with proper resale certification and compliance documentation |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Individual Account - For individual investors outside resale certification scope |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels4 records
CNT product offering
Product offeringCore offering
CNT is a wholesale distributor and integrated services provider for precious metals, generating revenue through four business lines. The Precious Metals Trading division supplies two-way physical markets in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium to dealers, financial institutions, and commercial customers via a 24-hour trading desk. The CNT Depository provides segregated, allocated, and CME/ICE-licensed storage for individual, IRA, corporate, and governmental clients inside a Class 3 UL-rated 63,000 ft² facility insured by Lloyd's of London. CNT Minting produces custom branded bullion coins and bars, and CNT Lending, Inc. (CNTL) provides commercial lending against precious metals inventories.
Product overview
CNT is a multi-service precious metals company operating four core business lines: Precious Metals Trading (wholesale trading of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium with hedging, financing, and leasing services), CNT Depository (Class 3 UL-rated secure storage with segregated/allocated storage and insurance through Lloyd's of London), CNT Minting (custom minting facility producing branded bullion products), and CNT Lending (commercial lending services). The company also distributes a comprehensive portfolio of coins and bars from major sovereign mints including U.S. Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, Royal Mint, Austrian Mint, Perth Mint, and Rand Refinery, as well as private-label products manufactured by CNT Minting Division.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- CNT Depository: A secure storage facility for precious metals providing segregated and allocated storage services.
- CNT Lending
- CNT Minting
Products and services
- Precious Metals Trading Wholesale trading division providing 24-hour competitive two-way physical markets in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium for dealers, financial institutions, and commercial customers. Includes inventory supply chain management, hedging, financing, and leasing services supporting transactions from 1 gram to 1,000 ounces in both bullion and numismatic grades, with same-day direct overnight shipments and white-label drop shipping.
- CNT Depository — Secure Precious Metals Storage Class 3 UL-rated secure storage facility offering segregated and allocated precious metals storage for individual, IRA, corporate, and governmental clients. Operates as a CME exchange-licensed storage facility and weighmaster for COMEX silver, platinum, and palladium futures contracts, and as an ICE exchange-licensed storage facility for gold and silver futures contracts. All assets in custody are comprehensively insured by Lloyd's of London and audited monthly internally and yearly externally.
- CNT Minting — Custom Bullion Minting Privately-owned minting facility producing custom branded precious metal bullion products including coins, bars, and rounds for corporate clients seeking brand expansion into the precious metals space. Leverages CNT's metal holdings, production capabilities, and existing distribution lines to enable client brand development without additional infrastructure investment. More than 125 custom minted client products produced.
- CNT Lending — Commercial Lending Program (CNTL) Commercial lending program operated through wholly-owned subsidiary CNT Lending, Inc. (CNTL) providing lending services to commercial customers for business purposes, with prompt processing, simple documentation, and reasonable rates designed to support precious metals inventory financing needs.
- Silver Variety Bars (CNT Private Label) Privately minted silver bars manufactured by the CNT Minting Division in .9999 pure silver, available in 10 oz, kilo, and 100 oz sizes with custom branding options for distributor and dealer customers.
- Silver American Buffalo Rounds (CNT Private Label) 1 oz .9999 pure silver rounds manufactured by CNT Minting with reeded edge, featuring an American buffalo design, distributed through CNT's wholesale channel.
- Silver American Eagle Coins (Resale) 1 oz .999 fine silver coins minted by the United States Mint, first released in 1986, distributed wholesale by CNT as an authorized purchaser; among the most widely traded silver bullion coins globally.
- Gold American Eagle Coins (Resale) 1 oz .9167 fine gold coins minted by the United States Mint since 1986, distributed wholesale by CNT as an authorized purchaser; among the world's leading gold bullion coins.
- Platinum American Eagle Coins (Resale) 1 oz .9995 platinum coins minted by the United States Mint featuring Lady Liberty portrait, distributed wholesale by CNT as an authorized purchaser.
- Silver Canadian Maple Leaf Coins (Resale) 1 oz .9999 fine silver coins minted by the Royal Canadian Mint since 1988, distributed wholesale by CNT, offering the highest face value among comparable silver bullion coins.
- Gold Canadian Maple Leaf Coins (Resale) First bullion coin to achieve .9999 pure gold standard, minted by the Royal Canadian Mint since 1979, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Platinum Canadian Maple Leaf Coins (Resale) Among the purest platinum coins on the market, minted by the Royal Canadian Mint since 1988 and distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Silver Austrian Philharmonic Coins (Resale) 1 oz silver coins minted by the Austrian Mint since 2008, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra instruments design, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Gold Austrian Philharmonic Coins (Resale) Gold coins minted by the Austrian Mint since 1991, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra design, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Silver South African Krugerrand Coins (Resale) Silver bullion coins produced by Rand Refinery, internationally acclaimed with over 60 million in circulation, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Gold South African Krugerrand Coins (Resale) World's first ounce-denominated gold coin and most widely held and actively traded bullion coin globally, produced by Rand Refinery and distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Gold American Buffalo Coins (Resale) 1 oz .9999 pure gold coins first struck in 2006 by the United States Mint, featuring Native American profile and American buffalo design, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Silver Great Britain Britannia Coins (Resale) 1 oz .999 pure silver coins minted by the Royal Mint featuring the Britannia symbol of Britain, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Gold Great Britain Britannia Coins (Resale) .9999 fine gold coins minted by the Royal Mint since 1987 featuring the iconic Britannia representation, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Silver Perth Kangaroo Coins (Resale) Silver bullion coins minted by the Perth Mint featuring the Australian kangaroo design with a micro-laser security feature, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Gold Perth Kangaroo Coins (Resale) Gold bullion coins minted by the Perth Mint featuring the kangaroo design, available in multiple sizes from 1/20 oz to kilo, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Perth Mint Gold Bars (Resale) Carded minted gold bars from the Perth Mint in various sizes from 1 gram to 1 kilo, featuring kangaroo motifs, distributed wholesale by CNT.
- Sterling Silver Buying Service (Raw Material) Sterling silver melt purchasing service with quality assurance and assaying, processing sterling silver raw material for CNT's precious metals operations.
- Historic Gold Numismatic Coins (Austrian 100 Corona, Hungarian 100 Korona, Mexican 50 Peso, British Gold Sovereign) Historic .900 fine gold numismatic coins distributed wholesale by CNT, including the Austrian 100 Corona featuring Franz Joseph I, Hungarian 100 Korona featuring Emperor Franz Josef I, Gold Mexican 50 Peso featuring the Angel of Independence, and historic British Gold Sovereigns across King Edward, King George, and Queen Victoria designs.
Quantifiable outcome
- 24-hour global markets with real-time inventory supply chain management
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use CNT
Customer profileSegments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
CNT technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- Has API
- No
- API docs
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AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
Feature4 records
CNT partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- The Royal MintcoreThe Royal Mint is a British maker of circulation coinage and precious metals bullion products in gold, silver, platinum, and palladium with over 1,100 years of history. CNT partners as an authorized distributor.
- Royal Canadian MintcoreThe Royal Canadian Mint produces Canada's circulation coins, collector coins, and gold, silver, palladium, and platinum bullion coins. Also offers gold and silver refinery and assay services.
- U.S. MintcoreThe U.S. Mint manufactures and distributes circulating, precious metal, and collectible coins. CNT is one of only a handful of authorized purchasers with the U.S. Mint.
- Rand RefinerycoreEstablished in 1920, Rand Refinery is one of the largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complexes in the world, producing gold and silver Krugerrand products.
- Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich)coreInternationally renowned for know-how in precious metal processing and coin production, the Austrian Mint is a global player ranking among the world's leading mints.
- The Perth MintcoreAustralian government-owned mint producing high-quality bullion coins and bars. CNT holds governmental entity relationship status with The Perth Mint.
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)coreCNT Depository is an Exchange licensed storage facility and weighmaster for COMEX silver, platinum, and palladium futures contracts, enabling CME-eligible storage.
- Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)coreCNT Depository is an Exchange licensed storage facility for ICE gold and silver futures contracts, providing ICE-eligible storage services.
- Lloyd's of LondoncoreComprehensive insurance coverage through Lloyd's of London insures all customer assets stored at CNT Depository for the entirety of time in their care.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
CNT competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- APMEX: One of the largest U.S. precious metals retailers and wholesalers, offering gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins and bars to both individual and institutional buyers. Directly comparable to CNT in product breadth, B2B/B2C distribution model, and target customer base of dealers and investors.
- Monex Precious Metals: U.S.-based precious metals dealer offering gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins and bars plus storage services. Comparable to CNT as a long-established, integrated precious metals trading and storage operator serving individual and institutional clients.
- JM Bullion: A leading U.S. online precious metals dealer offering gold, silver, platinum, and palladium products to retail and wholesale customers. Directly competes with CNT on product assortment, though JM Bullion leads on digital self-serve ordering while CNT leads on traditional high-touch wholesale trading and depository services.
- Kitco: A major North American precious metals retailer and information platform offering buying/selling of gold, silver, and platinum, plus market data and storage. Comparable to CNT in trading and storage offerings, with stronger consumer brand recognition and digital tools.
- SilverTowne: Long-standing U.S. precious metals dealer and private mint producing its own branded silver and gold products. Comparable to CNT as a privately-owned integrated dealer-mint, competing in both distribution and custom minting.
- SD Bullion: U.S. online precious metals dealer focused on low-premium gold and silver bullion. Directly competes with CNT in the wholesale/retail distribution of sovereign and private mint bullion, with stronger digital ordering capabilities.
- Provident Metals: U.S. online precious metals dealer offering gold, silver, and platinum bullion products to retail and wholesale customers. Comparable to CNT in product range and customer base, though smaller in scale and without CNT's depository and minting operations.
Emerging players
- BullionVault: Online platform for buying, selling, and storing allocated physical gold, silver, and platinum with low entry thresholds. Comparable to CNT's trading and allocated depository services, with a fundamentally different digital-first model that has captured significant retail flow globally.
Broad incumbents
- MKS PAMP GROUP: Swiss-based integrated precious metals refiner, fabricator, and distributor with global LBMA good-delivery status. Comparable to CNT's precious metals trading and minting operations at much larger scale and with international refining capability CNT does not have in-house.
- Heraeus Precious Metals: German-headquartered global precious metals refiner and trader with extensive trading, fabrication, and storage capabilities. Comparable to CNT's trading, minting, and storage offerings as part of a much broader industrial precious metals portfolio.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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CNT social profiles
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Frequently asked questions about CNT
What does CNT do?
CNT is a wholesale distributor and integrated services provider for precious metals, generating revenue through four business lines. The Precious Metals Trading division supplies two-way physical markets in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium to dealers, financial institutions, and commercial customers via a 24-hour trading desk. The CNT Depository provides segregated, allocated, and CME/ICE-licensed storage for individual, IRA, corporate, and governmental clients inside a Class 3 UL-rated 63,000 ft² facility insured by Lloyd's of London. CNT Minting produces custom branded bullion coins and bars, and CNT Lending, Inc. (CNTL) provides commercial lending against precious metals inventories.
Is CNT a public or private company?
CNT is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was CNT founded?
CNT was founded in 1972. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is CNT based?
CNT is headquartered in Bridgewater, United States, in the North America region.
How does CNT make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Precious Metals Trading is the primary driver. The others are depository Storage Services, custom Minting and CNT Lending.
Who are CNT's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are APMEX, Monex Precious Metals, JM Bullion, Kitco, SilverTowne, SD Bullion and Provident Metals. BullionVault is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are MKS PAMP GROUP and Heraeus Precious Metals.
Does CNT have an API?
No public API is recorded for CNT.
What industry is CNT in?
CNT's product category is Wholesale Precious Metals Distribution and Storage. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAKAEAJ, Precious Metals Minting & Bullion Products. Its NAICS code is 423510 and its SIC code is 5051.