Tube Service Company

What Tube Service Company does

Tube Service Co. is a tube and pipe distributor serving industrial customers across the Western United States. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, the company operates as a division of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS), the largest metals service center company in North America. The company sells carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and alloy tube and pipe products across a wide range of sizes, grades, and forms (round, square, rectangle, structural), and is positioned as a horizontal supplier serving all industries, with aerospace and aircraft-quality stainless steel called out as a key vertical.

Name

Tube Service Company

Legal name

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

Website

https://tubeservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Tube Service Co. is a Western U.S. tube and pipe distributor and value-added processor (laser and saw cutting), operating 6 locations as a division of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS). It serves industrial customers across all sectors with carbon, stainless, aluminum, and alloy tube products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Distribution and Processing Services

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510), Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (33121)

SIC

Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipe & Tube Manufacturing (Seamless & Welded OCTG/Line Pipe/Structural Tube) (IMAKABAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pipes & Tubing (Metal, Plastic & Composite) (IMADALAC)

Keywords

• Tube and pipe distribution
• Metal service center
• Laser cutting services
• Saw cutting services
• Industrial metal products

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tube and Pipe Product Sales: Sale of tube and pipe products including carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and alloy in various grades (welded, seamless, DOM) and forms (round, square, rectangle, structural)
2. Laser Processing Services: Value-added tube laser processing services that reduce need for punching, drilling, sawing and deburring. Provides finished parts with any profile in wide range of sizes with laser tight tolerances and quick lead times.
3. Saw Cutting Services: Various saw cutting services including vertical band saws, horizontal band saws, cold saws, and modern saws for precise tube and pipe cutting

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tube Service Company distributes a full array of tube and pipe products in carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and alloy (including welded, seamless, DOM, structural, and aircraft-quality grades) and provides value-added processing services through 9 state-of-the-art tube laser processing centers and multiple saw cutting operations. Inventory is held in an automated storage and retrieval system with capacity of 12 million pounds across 4,000 sizes, supplying finished parts to industrial customers throughout the Western United States.

Product overview

Tube Service Co. is a tube and pipe distributor offering products in carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and alloy across the Western United States. The core product portfolio consists of Carbon Steel Tube & Pipe (including DOM, seamless, and structural grades), Aluminum Tube & Pipe (6061 and 2024 series), Stainless Steel Tube & Pipe (304, 316, and 321 grades including aircraft quality), and Alloy Tube (4130). These metal products are complemented by value-added processing services including Laser Processing (using 9 state-of-the-art tube laser processing centers with BLM and Trumpf machines capable of 5-axis and 4-axis fiber optic and CO2 laser cutting) and Saw Cutting (with vertical band, horizontal band, cold, and modern saws). The company also operates an Automatic Storage & Retrieval System capable of holding 12 million pounds in 4000 sizes. Products are available through six Western U.S. locations with delivery service to surrounding areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces need for punching, drilling, sawing and deburring through laser processing
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Reliance Inc. (NYSE: RS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTube Service Co. is a division of Reliance Inc., a leading diversified metal solutions provider and the largest metals service center company in North America. This relationship provides access to an unlimited variety of metal products and strengthens supply chain capabilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Olympic Steel: Mid-cap public metal service center (NASDAQ: ZEUS) distributing carbon, stainless, and aluminum products with processing capabilities. Comparable as a direct competitor in flat-rolled and tubular products via processing-enabled distribution.
• Worthington Industries: Public industrial manufacturer and metal processor (NYSE: WOR) with steel processing operations serving construction, automotive, and industrial markets. Comparable in processing-centric metals model, though more diversified into finished products.
• Ryerson Holding Corporation: Publicly traded metal service center (NYSE: RYI) with nationwide processing and distribution including tube and pipe. Comparable on business model (value-added metal processing + distribution) and customer base, though broader in product line and geographic reach than Tube Service.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Tube Service Co.'s parent company (NYSE: RS) and the largest metals service center in North America, operating a portfolio of ~300+ service centers. Directly comparable as the ultimate parent peer for metal service-center economics, scale, and capital intensity.
• Earle M. Jorgensen Company (EMJ): Specialty metals distributor (now part of Reliance Steel) focusing on bar, tube, and structural products with value-added processing. Direct peer in product mix and processing model; particularly notable as a sibling Reliance division.
• Kloeckner Metals Corporation: U.S. subsidiary of Klöckner & Co., one of the largest independent metal distribution and processing groups. Operates service centers across the U.S. with tube and plate processing, directly comparable in service-center model and processing depth.
• Alro Steel Corporation: Privately held metals service center distributing steel, aluminum, and plastics with processing services across the U.S. Comparable as a multi-location service center with cutting and processing capabilities, including tube and pipe.

Emerging players

• OnlineMetals.com: Online-first metals distributor offering cut-to-size tube, sheet, and bar with small-quantity e-commerce fulfillment. Comparable on product (including tube) but differentiated by digital-only model and small-order orientation vs. Tube Service's enterprise field-sales motion.

Direct peers

• Totten Tubes: West Coast-based tube and pipe distributor carrying carbon, stainless, and aluminum tubular products with cut-to-length services. Direct peer for product overlap, regional coverage (Western U.S. and beyond), and customer type.
• Chicago Tube and Iron Company: Specialty tube and pipe distributor with processing services across the Midwest. Closest direct competitor in terms of core product focus (tube/pipe), value-added processing, and B2B service-center model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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