Gershow Recycling

What Gershow Recycling does

Gershow Recycling Corporation is a privately held, family-owned scrap metal processor founded in 1964 by Sam Gershowitz and headquartered in Medford, New York. The company purchases ferrous and non-ferrous metals — copper, aluminum, brass, lead, stainless steel, iron, and insulated wire — as well as paper products from homeowners, auto wrecking companies, automotive repair shops, construction and demolition firms, manufacturers, bus and transit operators, boat yards, and municipal governments. Inputs are processed at nine facilities spanning Suffolk County, Nassau County, and Brooklyn into baled, sheared, and shredded finished products, which are then sold domestically and exported overseas to steel mills, copper and aluminum foundries, paper mills, and metal manufacturing facilities. Pricing is per-pound and varies by metal grade and condition (e.g., Copper #1 at $2.45/lb, Copper #2 at $2.25/lb, Aluminum Mix at $0.39/lb as of June 2026).

Name

Gershow Recycling

Legal name

Gershow Recycling Corporation

Website

https://gershow.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gershow Recycling is a privately held, family-owned scrap metal processor founded in 1964 that purchases ferrous and non-ferrous metals from homeowners and businesses across nine Long Island and Brooklyn facilities and sells processed, baled, sheared, and shredded product to domestic and overseas steel mills and foundries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Metals Recovery & Scrap Processing (from C&D) (BPALAJAF)

Keywords

• Metal recycling services
• Scrap metal processing
• Ferrous metal recycling
• Non-ferrous metal recycling
• Recycled metal products

Headquarters

HQ city

Medford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Scrap Metal Processing and Sales: Gershow purchases scrap metal and paper products from the public (homeowners and businesses), processes them into finished products in customer-specified forms (baled, sheared, and shredded), and sells them domestically and for export overseas to steel mills, copper and aluminum foundries, paper mills and other metal manufacturing facilities.
2. Roll-off Container Services: Provides roll-off container services (10-80 yards) to businesses for regular scrap metal collection

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gershow Recycling is a privately held, family-founded metal recycling company that purchases scrap metal from consumers and businesses, processes it through baling, shearing, and shredding operations, and sells the resulting recycled metal products to industrial end users such as steel mills and foundries. Operating since 1964, the company runs nine facilities across Suffolk County, Nassau County, and Brooklyn, supported by a fleet of more than 250 rail cars and 750+ employees.

Product overview

Gershow Recycling is a scrap metal processing and recycling company offering two primary service lines: purchasing scrap metal from the public (homeowners and businesses) and manufacturing/selling recycled metal products. The company operates nine facilities in Suffolk County, Nassau County, and Brooklyn, processing ferrous and non-ferrous metals and paper products. It manufactures recycled materials into baled, sheared, and shredded forms for domestic and export sale to steel mills, copper and aluminum foundries, paper mills, and other metal manufacturing facilities. The product portfolio includes aluminum, copper, brass, lead, ferrous steel, stainless steel, insulated wires, Zorba, plastic, and copper bearing products. Gershow offers container services with roll-off containers (10-80 yards) and utilizes its fleet of more than 250 rail cars for transportation logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scrap Metal Recycling and Processing End-to-end scrap metal recycling service: purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal from consumers and businesses, followed by processing (baling, shearing, shredding) for sale to industrial buyers such as steel mills and foundries.
• Recycled Metal Products (Baled, Sheared, Shredded)

Quantifiable outcome

• Recycles enough cars to stretch from Medford, NY to North Carolina annually

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Local Fire and Ambulance CompaniesminorOthersGershow provides regular donations of vehicles and use of facilities to local fire and ambulance companies for training exercises. They have donated vehicles for extrication tournaments and training purposes.
• Long Island FIRST Robotics TeamsminorOthersGershow opens its Medford facility to local high school robotics teams for the FIRST Robotics Competition, donating aluminum scrap for robot construction. This has been ongoing for over 10 years.
• Local High Schools and School DistrictsminorOthersGershow provides environmental conservation scholarships to graduating seniors from 11 local high schools pursuing engineering or environmental studies. This is their 17th consecutive year (as of 2021).
• Institute of Scrap Metal Recycling Industries (ISRI)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerJoined ISRI and Suffolk County Police Department in industry-wide effort to prevent catalytic converter thefts, distributing free anti-theft etching kits.
• Suffolk County Police DepartmentminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborated with SCPD on catalytic converter theft prevention efforts and DWI enforcement demonstrations at Gershow facilities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Saulnier Auto Salvage & Scrap Metal: Scrap metal and auto salvage operator serving the Northeast U.S. (NY/MA area). Comparable to Gershow's core buyer of junk cars and supplier of scrap metal to downstream processors.

Broad incumbents

• Sims Metal Management: Global metal recycling company operating yards and shredders across North America, Europe, and Australia. Closely comparable to Gershow's core business of scrap metal collection, processing, and sale to mills and foundries.
• Waste Management Inc. Largest U.S. waste and recycling services company operating transfer stations, recycling facilities, and C&D processing. Comparable to Gershow in metal-bearing C&D waste handling, though Gershow is far more focused on scrap metal.
• EMR Metal Recycling: European-headquartered global scrap metal recycler with growing U.S. presence. Competes with Gershow in the same ferrous/non-ferrous scrap processing and finished-product sale to downstream manufacturers.
• Republic Services: Major U.S. environmental services company operating recycling and solid waste collection facilities. Comparable to Gershow in handling recycling streams including metals at the collection/transfer stage, though it operates at much larger scale.
• OmniSource Corporation: Major North American scrap metal processor and subsidiary of Steel Dynamics. Operates shredders and processing facilities serving mills and foundries — directly comparable to Gershow's shredding and rail-based export model.
• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel): One of North America's largest metal recyclers operating a national network of scrap yards and shredders. Compares to Gershow as both operate ferrous/non-ferrous scrap processing and sell finished recycled metals to mills, though at vastly larger geographic scale.

Direct peers

• Metalico: Regional scrap metal recycler (formerly publicly traded) operating yards in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest. Closely comparable to Gershow as a multi-yard ferrous and non-ferrous processor serving both suppliers and mills.
• Liberty Iron & Metal: Regional metal scrap processor based in the Northeast U.S. with shredder and shearing capacity. Comparable to Gershow as a multi-location ferrous/non-ferrous recycler selling to steel mills and foundries.
• Tilbury Metal & Salvage: Family-owned regional scrap metal processor on the U.S./Canada border. Directly comparable to Gershow's privately-held, family-operated, multi-yard scrap processing model with rail and truck logistics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Gershow-Recycling/420409054666264
• Instagraminstagram.com/gershowrecycling
• TikToktiktok.com/@gershow.recycling

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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