Nashville Ready Mix

What Nashville Ready Mix does

Nashville Ready Mix is a privately-held ready mix concrete manufacturer and distributor founded in 1987 and headquartered at 8120 Sawyer Brown Rd. in Nashville, Tennessee. The company operates 13 fully automated concrete batching plants plus 2 portable plants distributed across Middle Tennessee, supported by a fleet of more than 150 front discharge ready mix trucks for direct delivery to construction sites. Each plant location is staffed with a dedicated plant manager and sales representative covering defined territories from Clarksville through Murfreesboro and Old Hickory.

The company's core product is ready mix concrete supplied to three end segments: Commercial (high-rise buildings, retail, parking garages, government complexes), Residential (DIY through community-scale developments), and Industrial (tilt-up buildings, industrial pits, concrete aprons, metal buildings). Manufacturing relies on fully automated batching at the plant level and front-discharge truck delivery to maintain concrete workability within tight delivery windows. A separate Crushing Division, managed internally, indicates vertical integration into aggregates supply, while a dedicated Quality Control Manager and Logistics Manager oversee product specification and dispatch respectively.

Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee basis per concrete delivery/pour, with project-specific pricing based on volume, mix design, delivery distance, and project requirements. The go-to-market is enterprise/field sales, with each plant serving as a local sales node staffed by a dedicated sales representative. End customers are construction contractors, developers, architects, and general contractors across Middle Tennessee. The company self-identifies as Nashville's oldest locally-owned ready mix concrete supplier and operates with no disclosed institutional ownership, no funding history, and no parent company.

Name

Nashville Ready Mix

Legal name

Nashville Ready Mix

Website

https://nrm1987.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Nashville Ready Mix is a privately-held ready mix concrete manufacturer and distributor founded in 1987, operating 13 automated plants and a 150+ truck fleet across Middle Tennessee to serve commercial, residential, and industrial construction customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ready Mix Concrete Manufacturing

NAICS

Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing (32732), Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing (3273)

SIC

Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272)

akta.pro primary industry

Ready-Mix Concrete Production & Delivery (IMADAAAA)

Keywords

• Ready mix concrete
• Concrete manufacturing
• Concrete delivery services
• Construction supply
• Commercial concrete supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ready Mix Concrete Sales: Nashville Ready Mix generates revenue through the sale of ready mix concrete to commercial contractors, residential developers, and industrial clients. Revenue is transaction-based, generated per concrete delivery/pour. The company operates 13 automated plants serving projects throughout Middle Tennessee.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Nashville Ready Mix manufactures ready mix concrete at 13 fully automated plants across Middle Tennessee and delivers it to construction sites using a fleet of over 150 front discharge ready mix trucks. The company supplies commercial, residential, and industrial construction customers with ready mix concrete produced to the highest industry standards.

Product overview

Nashville Ready Mix operates as a single unified offering of ready-mix concrete products and services, comprising a network of 13 fully automated concrete production plants and a fleet of over 150 front discharge ready mix trucks. The company provides Commercial, Residential, and Industrial concrete services to the construction industry throughout Middle Tennessee, complemented by employment application processing and credit application services for customer onboarding. The core product is the ready mix concrete itself, manufactured and distributed to construction sites via the company's truck fleet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ready Mix Concrete Quality ready mix concrete manufactured at 13 fully automated plants and delivered via a fleet of over 150 front discharge ready mix trucks to commercial, residential, and industrial construction projects throughout Middle Tennessee.
• Commercial Concrete Supply Services Ready mix concrete supply services for commercial construction projects including high rise buildings, retail and parking garages, and government complexes, supporting architects and general contractors.
• Residential Concrete Supply Services Ready mix concrete supply services for residential construction ranging from do-it-yourself projects to new home construction, complexes, and community developments.
• Industrial Concrete Supply Services Ready mix concrete supply services for industrial projects including tilt-up buildings, industrial pits, concrete aprons, and metal buildings.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2019T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc. partnered with Nashville Ready Mix on the Dickson County Justice Center project. NRM poured a slab on metal deck using RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete) at this government construction project.
• McMurray ConstructionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2019McMurray Construction partnered with Nashville Ready Mix on the Springhill Suites Franklin, TN project, where NRM provided concrete services for the hotel construction project.
• Brundage Bone Concrete PumpingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2019Brundage Bone Concrete Pumping partnered with Nashville Ready Mix on the Novel West apartment project, where NRM was pouring apartment slabs.
• J.C. ConcreteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2019J.C. Concrete collaborated with Nashville Ready Mix on the Novel West apartment project for pouring apartment slabs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lehigh Hanson: U.S. subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials, one of the largest North American producers of cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete. Competes with NRM in larger commercial and infrastructure pours across Tennessee.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Major U.S. supplier of aggregates and ready-mix concrete with operations across the Southeast. Competes with NRM in regional ready-mix bids and benefits from similar integration into aggregate reserves.
• Holcim US: U.S. arm of global cement and aggregates giant with ready-mix concrete operations in the Southeast. Competes with NRM on commercial and infrastructure-ready-mix pours in Tennessee.
• Cemex: Global building materials supplier with U.S. ready-mix concrete operations including Tennessee. Operates a much broader portfolio (cement, aggregates, ready-mix) but overlaps directly with NRM on ready-mix concrete supply in Middle Tennessee.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates and a major ready-mix concrete operator with extensive Tennessee footprint. Overlaps with NRM as a competitor on ready-mix pours and as a vertically-integrated upstream supplier of aggregates.

Regional players

• Concrete Supply Company: Privately-held ready-mix concrete producer in the Carolinas and Southeast with comparable plant-network and fleet operating model. Useful comparable for regional ready-mix economics though it does not directly serve Tennessee.
• Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete: Regional ready-mix concrete producer based in Smyrna, Tennessee, serving the Nashville metro and Middle Tennessee. Closest geographic direct competitor to NRM with overlapping plant coverage and customer base.
• Chandler Concrete Company: Family-owned ready-mix concrete producer serving Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia with a comparable plant-and-fleet operating model. Direct comparable on business model and customer type though operating in adjacent geographies.

Direct peers

• Irving Materials Inc. (imi): Regional multi-state ready-mix concrete and aggregates producer operating across the Southeast and Midwest. Closely comparable in operating model (plant network, fleet, mix designs) though primarily focused on Kentucky/Indiana rather than Tennessee.
• Thomas Concrete: Family-owned ready-mix concrete producer with operations across the Southeastern U.S. including Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee-adjacent markets. Closely comparable in scale, ownership profile, and product offering to NRM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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