Kraft Tank Corporation

What Kraft Tank Corporation does

Kraft Tank Corporation is a privately held, family-owned tank trailer dealer, lessor, parts supplier, and service operator founded in 1949 and headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas. The company sells new and used tank trailers across a broad product range — Asphalt, Chemical, Crude Oil, Dry Bulk, FRP, Fertilizer, NH3-LPG, Petroleum, Sanitary, Vacuum, and Silo tanks — and supports them with short- and long-term leasing, parts sales, and full-service repair operations. Five US locations (Kansas City KS, Oklahoma City, La Porte TX/Houston, Odessa TX, and Blackwood NJ opened August 2025) provide nationwide geographic coverage for sales, service bays, and parts distribution, with the Blackwood warehouse integrated into the parts.krafttank.com ecommerce store.

Name

Kraft Tank Corporation

Legal name

Kraft Tank Corporation

Website

https://krafttank.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kraft Tank Corporation is a family-owned tank trailer dealer and full-service provider, offering sales, leasing, parts, and service of trailers for liquid, dry bulk, and hazardous cargo through five US locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tank Trailer Sales, Leasing, Parts & Service

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers (423120), Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (4234)

SIC

Wholesale-Motor Vehicle Supplies & New Parts (5013), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

Semi-Trailer Manufacturing (Dry Van/Reefer/Tanker/Lowboy) (IMACAGAB)

Keywords

• Tank trailer sales
• Tank trailer leasing
• Trailer parts supply
• Trailer maintenance services
• Bulk transport equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. New Tank Trailer Sales: Sale of new tank trailers from industry brands. Kraft Tank features top brands for both new tank trailers with extensive selection in-stock and ability to accommodate special orders.
2. Used Tank Trailer Sales: Sale of pre-owned tank trailers. Extensive selection of used tank trailers of all types in-stock for purchase or lease.
3. Tank Trailer Leasing: Short and long term leasing of tank trailers and blower packs. Flexible terms with 100% tax deductible payments. Preserves cash flow with lower up-front costs compared to ownership.
4. Parts Sales: Sales of tank trailer parts including Dry Bulk, Petroleum and Chemical trailer parts. Top brands include Dixon, Gardner Denver, Civacon, Blackmer. Parts sold through ecommerce store (parts.krafttank.com) and at 3 physical locations.
5. Service and Repairs: Full-service repairs and maintenance including FHWA inspections, custom fabrication, aluminum/stainless steel/carbon steel welding, certified welders, overfill system installs and repairs, pump and blower installs and repairs, hydraulic and wet kits installs, suspension service, preventative maintenance, and mobile tank testing.
6. Portable Silos and Blower Packs: Purchase, lease, or rent of horizontal or vertical storage silos and blower packs. Short and long term leases available with in-house service team for custom up-fits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kraft Tank Corporation is a multi-generational, family-owned dealer and service provider for the bulk tank-trailer industry. The company sells new and used tank trailers, leases trailers and blower packs, distributes trailer parts through both physical counters and an online store, and operates full-service repair and fabrication shops. Its inventory covers 14+ tank types including Asphalt, Chemical, Crude Oil, Dry Bulk, FRP, Fertilizer, NH3-LPG, Petroleum, Sanitary, Silo, and Vacuum tanks, and it also distributes complementary equipment such as portable silos and authorized lines from Trail King, Timpte, and Gardner Denver.

Product overview

Kraft Tank Corporation is a family-owned tank trailer dealer, leasing partner, parts supplier, and service center serving the bulk tank-trailer industry since 1949. The company operates across a multi-location footprint (Kansas City, Oklahoma City, La Porte/Houston, Odessa, and Blackwood, NJ) and offers a portfolio of four core services: Tank Trailer Sales (new and used trailers across 14+ tank types including Asphalt, Chemical, Crude Oil, Dry Bulk, FRP, Fertilizer, NH3-LPG, Petroleum, Sanitary, and more), Tank Trailer Leasing (short and long-term leases with flexible terms), Tank Trailer Parts Sales (ecommerce and in-store with brands like Dixon, Gardner Denver, Civacon, Blackmer), and Tank Trailer Service (maintenance, inspections, custom fabrication, welding, and mobile service). Complementing the core portfolio, Kraft Tank distributes complementary products including Portable Silos and Blower Packs (diesel and electric), offers proprietary Krop King fertilizer trailers, and serves as an authorized dealer for Trail King heavy haul trailers, Timpte dry bulk trailers, and Omni/CFRP composite trailers. Through the Drov Technologies partnership, Kraft Tank also integrates wheel-end telematics technology into its offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Krop King: Fertilizer tank brand, including Krop King Fertilizer Tanks and Krop King Diamond Edition trailers
• Kraft Leasing
• Kraft Parts and Service

Products and services

• New and Used Tank Trailer Sales Sales of new and used tank trailers across 14+ categories including Asphalt, Chemical, Crude Oil, Dry Bulk, FRP, Fertilizer, NH3-LPG, Petroleum, Sanitary, Silo, and Vacuum tanks for fleet operators and trucking companies.
• Tank Trailer Leasing Short- and long-term leasing of tank trailers and blower packs across categories including Asphalt, Chemical, Crude Oil, Dry Bulk, FRP, Fertilizer, NH3-LPG, Petroleum, Sanitary, Silo, and Vacuum tanks.
• Tank Trailer Parts Sales Sale of tank trailer parts for Dry Bulk, Petroleum, and Chemical trailers through three physical locations and an ecommerce store, featuring top brands like Dixon, Gardner Denver, Civacon, and Blackmer.
• Tank Trailer Service Department Full-service repair and fabrication shops in Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and La Porte offering scheduled maintenance, FHWA inspections, custom fabrication, aluminum/stainless/carbon steel welding, overfill system installs, pump and blower installs, hydraulic and wet kit installs, suspension service, preventative maintenance, and mobile tank testing.
• Portable Silos Horizontal and vertical portable storage silos available for purchase, lease, or rent, with optional custom-built diesel or electric blower packs.
• Blower Packs (Diesel and Electric) Custom-built diesel and electric blower packs available for purchase and lease, integrating Deutz engines, Gardner Denver blowers, and Toshiba electric motors.
• Krop King Fertilizer Trailers Proprietary 5600-gallon fertilizer tank trailers (Mac Diamond Edition and Polar Diamond Edition) marketed as part of Kraft Tank's largest-in-the-country fertilizer tank offering.
• Omni Composite Tank Trailer Lightweight composite tank trailer co-developed with Polar Tank Trailer and Omni Tanker (Australia) featuring seamless thermoplastic inner tank with carbon fiber composite outer structure for hazardous cargo transport.
• Equipment Appraisal Service Online appraisal tool and consignment program that lets sellers submit tank trailer details and photos to receive a quote for sale or trade-in.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lower monthly costs through leasing compared to financing
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TimptecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 February 2026Kraft Tank became a Timpte Trailer dealer and authorized distributor for Thunderstone Tarps and Parts. Debuting at Western Farm Show February 2026. Timpte is known as the #1 selling dry bulk commodity trailer in North America, serving grain, sand, crushed glass, and other dry bulk commodity haulers.
• Thunderstone Tarps and PartsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 February 2026Authorized distributor for Thunderstone Tarps and Parts as part of Timpte dealer partnership. Focus on stocking tarp hardware, electric tarp parts, arms, motors, roll pipe, tarp bows, crank handles for agricultural and bulk commodity operations.
• Trail King IndustriescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 20 January 2026Authorized Trail King dealer partnership bringing heavy haul trailer options to Kansas City and Oklahoma City markets. Kraft provides equipment selection, ordering, and post-delivery support including authorized warranty service in Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Houston, plus parts support from Odessa and New Jersey locations.
• Drov TechnologiesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 December 2025Pilot program partnership for AirBoxOne technology - connected wheel-end monitoring system. Kraft Tank offers exclusive pilot program to customers with 5-trailer commitment, including 6 months free Drov subscription, $4,800 hardware cost per unit, and year-end tax incentives. Drov provides real-time visibility into wheel-end performance for fleet savings.
• Gardner DenvercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 October 2025Authorized Gardner Denver mobile products distributor expanding from Midwest/Southwest partnership (since 2014) into Northeast territories starting October 1, 2025. Products include Drum Line, CycloBlower Series, food-grade pumps & hydraulics, chemical and compressor applications, GD360 package. Stocking and supporting parts from Blackwood, NJ warehouse.
• Polar Tank Trailer (Engineered Transportation International)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2024Development partnership for Omni Composite Tank Trailer announced October 2, 2024 in Kansas City. Polar Tank Trailer is a division of Engineered Transportation International. The collaboration created an innovative tank trailer with thermoplastic inner tank and carbon fiber composite outer structure for hazardous cargo transport.
• Omni Tanker (Australia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2024Development partnership for Omni Composite Tank Trailer. Australia's Omni Tanker contributed expertise in composite tank technology. The resulting product features seamless thermoplastic inner tank combined with carbon fiber composite outer structure.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Timpte Trailers: Leading North American dry bulk commodity trailer manufacturer and the OEM that Kraft Tank distributes as an authorized dealer since February 2026. Directly comparable because of the formal channel-partner relationship and overlapping dry bulk / agricultural haulage end-customer base.
• Brenner Tank: Family-owned US manufacturer of stainless steel tank trailers serving chemical and food-grade bulk transport. Comparable size and family-ownership profile to Kraft Tank, with overlapping product categories (chemical, food-grade, petroleum) and shared service-network model.
• Polar Tank Trailer (Engineered Transportation International): Manufacturer of tank trailers and direct co-development partner with Kraft Tank on the Omni Composite Tank Trailer. Operates in the same tank-trailer product category (chemical, petroleum, dry bulk) and is both a competitor (as an OEM) and a strategic partner, making it the most materially comparable company to Kraft Tank.
• Tremcar Inc. North American tank trailer manufacturer focused on stainless steel food-grade, chemical, and petroleum trailers — a direct product-overlap competitor to Kraft's chemical and petroleum tank sales categories with its own dealer/service infrastructure.
• Trail King Industries: Manufacturer of heavy haul and specialty trailers that Kraft Tank distributes as an authorized dealer since January 2026. Comparable due to the active dealer relationship and shared end-customer base in heavy haul and construction haulage.

Broad incumbents

• Heil Trailer International: One of the largest global manufacturers of tank trailers for petroleum, chemical, and dry bulk transport. Operates across the same product categories Kraft distributes and services, but at far greater scale with manufacturing rather than dealer-distribution as its core model.
• Wabash National Corporation: Public diversified trailer manufacturer (tank, dry van, platform, refrigerated) with national dealer and service network. Overlaps with Kraft across tank trailer product lines but operates as a multi-segment manufacturer rather than a pure tank-trailer specialist.
• Quality Carriers Inc. Largest North American bulk tank carrier fleet operator and a documented Kraft Tank customer. Comparable in that it procures, leases, and services large quantities of the same tank trailer types Kraft sells and services, providing a market-check on fleet-scale demand patterns.

Regional players

• Liquid Cargo, Inc. Regional tank trailer sales, leasing, and service competitor operating in adjacent US geographies. Comparable business model (dealer-leaser-service) although smaller and more geographically limited than Kraft Tank.

Others

• Drov Technologies: Telematics and wheel-end IoT platform partner of Kraft Tank through the 2025 AirBoxOne pilot program. Comparable as a complementary ecosystem player monetizing the same customer base through fleet digitization rather than competing for the same trailer-sales revenue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/krafttankcorp
• Facebookfacebook.com/krafttankcorporation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kraft-tank-trailer-supply-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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