The Steel Team

What The Steel Team does

The Steel Team Limited is a structural steel fabrication company operating from a 3-acre workshop in Brentwood/West Horndon, Essex, serving construction projects across the South of England. Founded in 2002, the company provides an end-to-end steelwork service spanning site surveying, connection design and calculations compliant with BS5950 and BS EN 1993, 3D detailing using Tekla Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, fabrication, and direct delivery via its own fleet of 19 vehicles including hiab lorries with up to 28-metre reach. The firm carries over 2,000 tonnes of stock at any one time in standard sections — Universal Beams, Universal Columns, Parallel Flange Channels, Hollow Sections, Angles and Flat Bars — and is CE Marking certified up to Exclusion Class 3, qualifying it to supply structural steelwork for houses, agricultural buildings, hotels, flats, industrial buildings, educational buildings, retail premises, offices, parking premises, grandstands and hospitals.\n\nThe business operates a sales-led, quote-based model targeting construction companies, contractors and builders across residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and public-sector projects. Pricing is bespoke per project with customers requesting quotes via website form, email, phone or WhatsApp. The company self-positions as the South of England's biggest structural fabricator, leveraging claimed import-scale purchasing and 60+ years of combined in-house experience — Structural Engineers, Tekla 3D Technicians, Site Surveyors, Certified Fabricators and Coded Welders — to compete on price and integrated delivery. No external investors, funding rounds or acquisition activity are disclosed; ownership is private and operational scale remains regional. Revenue is generated from hardware sales of fabricated steelwork, professional services (design, detailing, surveys) and crane hire/delivery, with no disclosed contracts, ARR or revenue figures.

Name

The Steel Team

Legal name

The Steel Team Limited

Website

https://thesteelteam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Steel Team Limited is a UK-based structural steel fabricator providing end-to-end steelwork services — surveying, connection design, Tekla BIM detailing, fabrication and crane-delivered installation — to construction companies and builders across the South of England from its Brentwood, Essex workshop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Steel Fabrication

NAICS

Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312), Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing (33231), Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (3312)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD), Cranes, Hoists & Overhead Material Handling (Industrial) (IMAHABAE)

Keywords

• Structural steel fabrication
• Steel connection design
• 3D steel detailing
• Crane hire delivery
• Steel stock supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Steel Fabrication and Sales: The Steel Team generates revenue primarily from selling fabricated structural steelwork. They stock over 2000 tonnes of steel at any one time and offer steel in various configurations including Universal Beams, Universal Columns, Parallel Flange Channels, Hollow Sections, Angles, and Flat Bars. Steel is available in finishes including Raw Mild Steel, Galvanised, Powder Coated, and Intumescent Fire Painted.
2. Engineering and Design Services: Additional revenue streams include connection design and calculations, 3D drawing services, site surveying, and crane hire/delivery services. The company offers a complete service from surveying, designing, detailing through to fabrication and delivery.
3. Crane Hire and Delivery Services: The company operates a fleet of Hiab lorries for crane hire services, delivering steel directly to site, rooftop or scaffold. Services include 45ft hiabs with 15 metre reach and 90ft hiabs reaching 28 metres.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Steel Team fabricates and supplies structural steelwork for the construction industry, offering a complete in-house service from site surveying, connection design and calculations (to BS5950 and BS EN 1993), Tekla 3D BIM detailing, fabrication, and direct delivery via its own Hiab lorry fleet. The company stocks over 2000 tonnes of steel sections and serves projects ranging from single beams to complex multi-storey structures for construction companies, contractors, and builders across the South of England.

Product overview

The Steel Team is a structural steel fabrication company offering a comprehensive suite of services for the construction industry. The core offering combines steel fabrication with complementary services: 3D Drawing (using Tekla software) for detailed modeling, Connection Design & Calculations for engineering compliance, Crane Hire for delivery logistics, and Steel Sizes for stock supply. The company operates a 3-acre workshop in Brentwood, Essex with a fleet of 19 vehicles, serving projects from initial surveying through fabrication to final delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steel Fabrication

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivery on 45ft hiabs with 15 metre reach (usually to first floor front scaffold) and 90ft hiabs reaching 28 metres (usually to loft of standard house)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH)minorOthersThe Steel Team is a Corporate Partner of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH). This is described as their way of 'giving something to those who need it most' and is enabled by what customers and The Steel Team do together. This is a corporate social responsibility partnership focused on charitable giving.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Severfield: UK-listed (LON: SFR) structural steel fabricator and the largest in the country; directly comparable service stack (design, fabrication, erection) but operating at national scale across commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects versus The Steel Team's regional focus.

Direct peers

• Billington Holdings: UK structural steel fabrication group (LON: BILN) offering design, fabrication and erection of structural steelwork; closest direct competitor in business model and end-markets, though larger and more geographically diversified than The Steel Team.
• Caunton Engineering: UK-based structural steel fabricator providing design, manufacture and erection of steelwork for construction projects; directly competes for the same contractor and developer customers as The Steel Team, with CE Marking and broader national reach.
• Barrett Steel: Major UK steel stockholder and processor with fabrication capabilities; competes with The Steel Team on stock supply, section availability, and downstream fabricated products across similar construction customers.
• WEC Group: One of the UK's largest steel fabrication and engineering groups with structural steel, plate work and contracting divisions; comparable in fabrication depth and construction customer base, though more diversified into heavy engineering.
• Voestalpine Metsec plc: UK manufacturer of cold-rolled steel sections, light gauge framing and structural components; overlaps with The Steel Team in supplying steel framing products into UK construction, though focused on lighter-gauge sections rather than heavy structural fabrication.
• Hadley Group: UK-based manufacturer of cold rolled steel sections, profiled sheets and steel framing systems; adjacent peer serving the same construction end-customers as The Steel Team with overlapping light-steel fabrication capabilities.
• Elland Steel Structures: UK structural steelwork contractor delivering design, fabrication and erection for commercial, industrial and residential projects; comparable scope and CE-marked fabrication, competing for the same regional contractor customers.

Regional players

• Kloeckner Metals UK: UK arm of a major European steel distributor supplying sections, plate and processed steel with fabrication services; comparable stock-and-fabricate model though operating UK-wide rather than South-East focused.

Emerging players

• Traditional Structures: UK-based structural and architectural steelwork fabricator serving construction projects; smaller-scale regional peer with similar Tekla-based detailing and CE Marking workflows, competing at the same end of the project-size spectrum as The Steel Team.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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