Southern Steel Supply

What Southern Steel Supply does

Southern Steel Supply Co., Inc. is a privately held, family-owned steel service center founded in 1961 and headquartered at 475 North Dunlap Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The company distributes a full line of merchant and structural steel, pipe and tube, plate, plus complementary non-ferrous metals (aluminum, stainless steel, copper and brass), and offers in-house value-added processing including fiber-optic laser cutting (up to 3/4 inch), CNC plasma cutting (up to 1 inch), oxy-fuel cutting (up to 4 inches), computer-controlled precision sawing, shearing (up to 144 inches) and 200-ton press braking. It also brokers outsourced finishing services — galvanizing, powder coating, shot-blasting and machining — to position itself as a one-stop metal supply partner. Advanced nesting software is used to minimize scrap yield during cutting.

The business operates a single Memphis facility served by an owned fleet of 15 tractor trailers, gooseneck trucks and trailers, and straight trucks that delivers to customers across Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Missouri. The customer base is horizontally segmented across large industrial/manufacturing corporations, small businesses and contractors/fabricators, and individual consumers, with quote-based pricing for every order. Sales are conducted primarily through direct phone sales (a local line plus a toll-free number) and a website-driven quote request workflow, supported by a basic social media presence on Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube and Instagram.

The company is independently held under continuous family management for over 50 years with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, M&A activity, or external funding. It is not publicly listed, does not disclose revenue, and operates with no public certifications, regulatory actions, patents, or trademark registrations in the source material. Operationally it is a stable, regionally anchored merchant-and-processing business rather than a technology-led or scaling entity.

Name

Southern Steel Supply

Legal name

Southern Steel Supply Co., Inc.

Website

https://southernsteelsupply.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Southern Steel Supply is a family-owned, Memphis-based steel service center distributing merchant and structural steel, pipe, tube, plate, aluminum, stainless steel, copper and brass, with in-house laser, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting, sawing, shearing and press braking, serving industrial, contractor and individual customers across the Mid-South.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel service center and metal distribution

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051), Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Service Centers & Processing (Slitting, Cut-to-Length, Blanking, Leveling) (IMAKABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Products Trading & Service Centers (Flat, Long, Pipe & Tube, Rebar) (IMAKAJAB), Non-Ferrous Base Metals Trading (Aluminum, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Nickel) (IMAKAJAC)

Keywords

• Steel distribution
• Metal service center
• Structural steel
• Metal processing
• Steel fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel and Metal Products Distribution: Revenue generated from selling steel and metal products including structurals, bars, tubing, pipe, sheets, plates, aluminum, stainless steel, copper, and brass. Products are sold with or without value-added processing services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Southern Steel Supply is a metals service provider that distributes a comprehensive inventory of merchant and structural steel, pipe, tube, sheet, plate, aluminum, stainless steel, copper, and brass. The company pairs this physical product offering with in-house CNC processing services — including laser cutting, plasma cutting, oxy-fuel cutting, sawing, shearing, and press braking — and outsourced finishing services such as galvanizing, powder coating, shot-blasting, and machining, delivering cut-to-spec metal to industrial, commercial, and individual customers primarily in the Mid-South.

Product overview

Southern Steel Supply is a steel service center offering a comprehensive portfolio of metal products and steel processing services. The company provides eight core product categories: Structurals (angles, beams, channels, tees), Bars (hot rolled, cold finished, alloys, rebar), Tubing & Pipe, Sheets & Plates, Grating & Specialty Materials, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, and Copper & Brass. These products are complemented by in-house processing services including Laser Cutting (up to 3/4 inch thick), Plasma Cutting (up to 1 inch thick), Oxy-Fuel Cutting (up to 4 inches thick), Sawing, Shearing (up to 144 inches wide), Press Braking (200-ton hydraulic), and outsourced services including Galvanizing, Powder Coating, Shot-blasting, and Machining. The company serves as a one-source solution for metal products, offering both inventory and custom processing capabilities for customers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structurals Structural steel products including Angles (Bar and Structural), Beams (Junior, Standard I, Wide Flange and Miscellaneous), Channels (Bar, Junior, Structural and Miscellaneous), and Tees (Bar and Split & Straightened), supplied to construction, fabrication, and industrial buyers.
• Bars Hot rolled bars (Flats, Strips, UM Plates, Rounds, Squares), cold finished bars (Flats, Hex, Rounds, Squares), alloy bars (4140, 4142 Annealed/TG&P and Tool Steel), and rebar supplied to industrial and fabrication customers.
• Tubing & Pipe Structural and tested pipe, plus mechanical and structural tubing in round, rectangular, and square shapes supplied to industrial buyers.
• Sheets & Plates Floor plates, hot rolled plates, abrasion resistant plates, PVQ plates, cold rolled sheets, hot rolled sheets (P&O/Temper Pass), and galvanized sheets supplied to industrial and fabrication buyers.
• Grating & Specialty Materials Grating products including bar grating, expanded metal, grip strut, stair treads, perforated metal, and molded cover rail supplied for industrial walkway, platform, and architectural applications.
• Aluminum Aluminum products including angles, channels, bars (rectangles, rounds, squares), tubing (round, rectangular, square), pipe, sheets, plates, and tread plates.
• Stainless Steel Stainless steel products including beams, bars (flats, rounds, squares), and tubing (round, rectangular, square).
• Copper & Brass Copper and brass metal products distributed to industrial and specialty buyers.
• Laser Cutting CNC laser cutting service using three HK laser cutting machines with fiber optics technology for carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum sheets and plates up to 3/4 inch thick.
• Plasma Cutting CNC plasma cutting using an Alltra burning table for shapes and parts in carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and copper up to 1 inch thick.
• Oxy-Fuel Cutting Oxy-fuel cutting service with single or dual heads for large plates up to 4 inches thick.
• Sawing Computer controlled precision production saws for miter and bundle cutting, from largest structural shapes to smallest mechanical tubes.
• Shearing Shearing service for gauged sheets and plates up to 144 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick along straight lines.
• Press Braking Precision bending service using a 200-ton Standard Industrial hydraulic press brake for carbon and stainless steel up to 144 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick.
• Galvanizing Hot-dipped galvanizing and electroplated galvanizing services coordinated through outsourced processing partners.
• Powder Coating Powder coating service coordinated through outsourced processing partners for finished metal parts.
• Shot-blasting Shot-blasting service coordinated through outsourced processing partners for surface preparation of metal parts.
• Machining Machining services including splitting and straightening of beams, and forming of metal products coordinated through outsourced processing partners.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/southernsteel1
• YouTubeyoutube.com/southernsteelsupply
• Facebookfacebook.com/SouthernSteelMemphis
• Instagraminstagram.com/southernsteel1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/southern-steel-supply-co-inc

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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