Springmasters

What Springmasters does

Springmasters Ltd is a UK-based, family-owned spring manufacturer and stockist founded in 1973 and headquartered in Redditch, United Kingdom. The company operates a dual model combining a catalog of over 15,000 stock springs, wireforms, and fastener product lines with a custom manufacturing service for bespoke compression, extension, torsion springs, wire forms, and flat metal pressings. Manufacturing capability spans wire diameters from 0.1mm to 50mm, with materials including carbon and stainless steel, and the operation is certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2015 and holds a Made in Britain designation.

The company sells primarily through a direct-to-consumer e-commerce channel on its own website, exposing a full catalog with tiered quantity pricing across five volume bands (1–249 through 10,000+ units), shopping cart functionality, and quote-request forms for custom work. Minimum order thresholds (£15 UK, £50 overseas ex-works) position the model for small and mid-volume industrial buyers. The customer base is horizontally segmented across industrial manufacturing as the primary vertical and distributors/resellers as a secondary segment, with no named enterprise anchor accounts disclosed in the source data.

Revenue mechanics are one-time transactional purchases across three streams: stock spring and fastener sales, custom manufacturing, and a broad hardware product range (circlips, hose clamps, tool clips, retaining pins, wave spring washers). The business carries no mobile app, no API/SDK surface, no disclosed partnerships or M&A activity, no funding rounds, and no AI/ML features in the current product or operations stack. Operating geographies are anchored in the United Kingdom with e-commerce-enabled global shipping extending the addressable footprint beyond domestic borders.

Name

Springmasters

Legal name

Springmasters Ltd

Website

https://springmasters.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Springmasters Ltd is a UK-based, family-owned manufacturer and stockist founded in 1973, selling over 15,000 stock springs, wireforms, and fastener product lines plus custom spring manufacturing to industrial buyers via its own e-commerce website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Redditch

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Stock Spring Sales: Sale of off-the-shelf springs and fasteners from inventory with tiered quantity pricing
2. Custom Spring Manufacturing: Custom-designed springs, wire forms, and metal pressings manufactured to customer specifications
3. Hardware and Fastener Products: Circlips, retaining rings, hose clamps, tool clips, push-on fasteners, and related hardware products

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Springmasters is a UK-based manufacturer and stockist of coil springs, wire forms, and metal pressings. The company holds over 15,000 stock product lines for immediate off-the-shelf delivery and provides custom spring manufacturing services with capabilities spanning wire diameters from 0.1mm to 50mm, serving industrial manufacturing customers with both standard and bespoke spring and fastener solutions.

Product overview

Springmasters is a UK-based spring manufacturer offering over 15,000 stock springs, wire forms, and fastener product lines, complemented by custom manufacturing services. The product portfolio centers on core spring products (compression, extension, torsion, die, and disc springs) alongside an extensive range of hardware and fastening products including circlips, retaining rings, snap rings, push-on fasteners, hose clamps, tool clips, wave spring washers, and retaining pins. The company operates from Lakeside, Redditch, with manufacturing capabilities spanning 0.1mm to 50mm wire diameter, and maintains ISO 9001:2015 quality certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Compression Springs Stock and custom compression springs available in various wire diameters (0.15mm-5.00mm), materials (carbon and stainless steel), and formats (12" coils, 1 metre coils, boxed, metric/conical).
• Extension Springs Stock and custom extension springs with wire diameters from 0.18mm to 5.00mm, available in carbon and stainless steel in various formats including 12" coils and 1 metre coils.
• Torsion Springs Metric and imperial torsion springs for rotational force applications, available as both stock items and custom manufactured products.
• Die Springs Heavy-duty springs for industrial tooling applications, ISO 10243 colour coded: Light Duty (Green), Medium Duty (Blue), Heavy Duty (Red), and Extra Heavy Duty (Yellow).
• Disc Springs Disc springs to DIN 2093 specifications, including stainless steel variants (X12CrNi 17 7 DIN 1.4310 and X7CrNiAl 17 7 DIN 1.4568), Belleville Washers, Heavy Duty Bolting variants, Pre-Load Disc Springs, and Serrated Safety Washers.
• Custom Springs Bespoke manufacturing of custom compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, wire forms, and metal pressings tailored to specific customer requirements.
• Hose Clamps ABA Original (carbon steel and stainless steel), ABA Mini, ABA Robust variants, plus Rubber Lined, British Standard, 2 Ear, and Side Closing Pincers hose clamps.
• Circlips and Retaining Rings External Circlips (DIN 471 Metric, N1400 American, Heavy Duty), Internal Circlips (DIN 472 Metric, N1300 American), E Type, Crescent Rings, Grip Rings, U Type Circlips, KLM Retaining Clips, plus applicators and pliers.
• Push-On Fasteners Starlocks Push-On Fasteners (Metric and Imperial), standard Push-On Fasteners (Metric and Imperial), and Quicklock Fixing Washers for secure mechanical fastening.
• Tool Clips and Hardware Clips Industrial tool clips (Closed Type, Open Type, Super Type, with Back Plate), assorted display boxes, plus a wide range of hardware clips including Chassis Cable Clips, Snap Clips, Broom Clips, Drawing Board Clips, Bonnet Fasteners, Card Table Clips, Key Rings, and Button Clips.
• Wave Spring Washers and Precision Washers DIN 137 Type B wave spring washers, variants for loading ball bearings, pre-loading ball bearings in electric motors, Metric Lock Washers (ISO Metric BS 4463:1969), Imperial Lock Washers (BA Unified Imperial BS 3401:1961), Shim Washers, Curved Spring Washers, and Finger Spring Washers.
• Snap Rings External and Internal Snap Rings in metric sizes, including External Snap Rings to DIN 5417 and variants to DIN 7993 for both external and internal applications.
• Split Key Rings Split key rings and split rings for retail and industrial key management applications.
• Retaining Pins Imperial and metric retaining pins including Straight Back and Double Coil variants, plus Safety Pins, Shaft Locking Pins, and Linch Pins: Apple Keep.
• Specialty Springs Specialized springs including Boat Mooring Springs, Door Lock Springs, Trampoline Springs, and Volute Springs for specific applications.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lee Spring Company: US-headquartered global spring manufacturer with one of the largest stock spring catalogs in the industry and a parallel custom manufacturing offering. Directly comparable to Springmasters on stock depth (thousands of SKUs), custom spring capability, and online ordering — the closest like-for-like public peer.
• Lesjöfors AB: Swedish/European spring manufacturer group with stock and custom spring operations (formed from Century Spring among others). Direct competitor in the European industrial spring market, with comparable breadth of stock SKUs and custom manufacturing.
• Rotor Clip Company: US-headquartered specialist in retaining rings, snap rings, circlips, and wave springs — products that sit prominently in Springmasters' hardware catalog. Direct overlap on circlips/retaining rings segment with comparable custom manufacturing.
• MISUMI: Japanese component platform selling springs plus other mechanical components through a deep configurable e-commerce catalog serving European industrial customers. Highly comparable go-to-market (online catalog with custom configurators) and overlapping product (compression, extension, torsion, disc, leaf, wave springs).
• Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing: US custom spring and wire form manufacturer serving industrial OEMs. Comparable custom-manufacturing focus and overlap in torsion, compression, extension, and formed-wire components that are central to Springmasters' offering.
• Scherdel GmbH: Germany-based family-owned spring and stamping manufacturer with broad capabilities in technical springs, wire forms, and metal pressings. Directly comparable on production technology stack (spring winding, wire forming, metal pressing) and product breadth.
• Barnes Group Inc. (Associated Spring / Spec): Large US-listed industrial group whose Associated Spring and Spec Spring businesses manufacture stock and custom springs globally. Same product categories (compression, torsion, die, disc springs) with global reach — a larger-scale comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• McMaster-Carr Supply Company: Massive US industrial MRO supplier with an extremely deep online catalog including springs, retaining rings, and washers. Overlaps with Springmasters on spring-related SKUs and online self-serve ordering, but operates as a broad industrial superstore rather than a spring specialist.
• Würth Group: Global fastener, hardware, and consumables distributor with a multi-product catalog touching hose clamps, retaining rings, and related hardware categories that overlap with Springmasters' non-spring lines. Comparable European footprint but a much broader, distribution-led model.

Regional players

• TFC Europe (Tinsley Fasteners / Norman Springfield): UK-based fastener and spring distributor serving British industrial customers with catalog and custom offerings. Directly comparable regional peer in the same UK market, with overlapping stock-and-custom spring and fastener value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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