Carry Steel

Name

Carry Steel

Legal name

C.W. Carry Ltd.

Website

https://carrysteel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Service Center and Structural Fabrication

NAICS

Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312), Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (3312)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA), Steel Products Trading & Service Centers (Flat, Long, Pipe & Tube, Rebar) (IMAKAJAB)

Keywords

• Steel service center
• Structural steel fabrication
• Carbon steel supply
• Value-added metal processing
• Industrial steel construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

Carry Steel operates a full-line steel service center and structural fabrication business supplying carbon steel products from a large onsite inventory and providing value-added processing such as bevel, break, cut, cope, drill/punch, form, roll, shear, stamp, and thread. It also delivers complete structural and miscellaneous steel fabrication including project management, in-house drafting, connection design, fabrication, coating, and shipping for industrial and commercial projects of all sizes.

Product overview

Carry Steel is a third-generation, family-owned steel service center and fabricator offering a comprehensive portfolio of steel products and processing services. The core offering consists of two integrated service lines: (1) a Steel Service Center providing carbon steel inventory and value-added processing (bevel, break, cut, cope, drill/punch, form, roll, shear, stamp, thread), and (2) Structural Fabrication delivering complete project services from drafting through shipping. Supporting operations include a Plate Processing Shop, Paint Shop with blast facilities, and Warehouse Sales. The company serves oil and gas refineries, heavy oil extraction plants, chemical plants, pulp and paper mills, and commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings across Alberta.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steel Service Center
• Structural Fabrication
• Plate Processing Plate processing shop operation with 4 overhead cranes up to 6-ton capacity for handling and processing steel plates as part of the steel service center.
• Paint and Coating Services Paint shop with single 10-ton overhead crane and outdoor blast shop providing surface preparation and coating of fabricated steel.
• Warehouse Sales Direct sales channel for steel and miscellaneous products from the warehouse inventory, staffed by dedicated warehouse sales representatives.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Samuel, Son & Co. One of Canada's largest family-owned metals service centers and fabricators with processing, distribution, and fabrication capabilities across North America. Directly comparable to Carry Steel across service center inventory, value-added processing, and structural fabrication.
• Russel Metals: Major Canadian distributor and processor of steel and other metals with a significant Western Canadian service center footprint and value-added processing. Publicly traded peer providing direct read-across on carbon steel service center economics in Canada.
• Canam Group: Large Canadian structural steel fabricator with operations across Canada and the U.S., supplying buildings, bridges, and industrial structures. Comparable scope on the fabrication side of Carry Steel's business.
• Waiward Steel Fabricating Ltd. Edmonton-based structural steel fabricator serving industrial, commercial, and institutional construction across Western Canada. Closest geographic peer with overlapping structural fabrication scope and oil & gas / industrial project experience.

Broad incumbents

• ArcelorMittal Dofasco: Major Canadian flat-rolled steel producer based in Hamilton, Ontario. Provides upstream supply context and represents the broader steel ecosystem outside of Carry Steel's downstream service center and fabrication niche.

Regional players

• Acier Marquis / Marquis Steel: Quebec-based structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator serving commercial and industrial customers. Useful comparison for structural fabrication execution outside of the Western Canadian market.
• Empire Steel Inc. Western Canadian structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator serving Alberta industrial construction, including oil and gas. Comparable regional structural fabrication peer with similar end markets.
• Westman Steel Industries: Western Canadian-based steel service center and supplier serving Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba with similar regional service center model, though oriented more toward agricultural and commercial supply.

Others

• Niagara Region Steel Service Centers: Canadian independent steel service center operating in different geographies. Useful ecosystem reference for competitive dynamics in Canadian service center and processing, though not a direct head-to-head competitor.

Emerging players

• Behlen Industries: Canadian manufacturer of steel building systems and components with related fabrication capability. Adjacent fabrication peer with overlap on pre-engineered metal building structures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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