What Burly does

Burly Corporation of North America is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of fencing products and agricultural equipment, headquartered at 754 N. Burleson Blvd. in Burleson, Texas. Founded in 1959 by Joe Davenport as Burly Fence and Hardware, the company has operated continuously for over 65 years under a stated philosophy of providing best-value products and top-quality service. Burly manufactures two primary brand families: Sheffield Wire Products, a fencing wire brand with heritage dating to 1888, and Diamond Head Products, a line of T-posts and gate hardware. The product portfolio spans wire fencing (barbed wire, field fence, non-climb, hexagon netting, cable fencing, electric fence wire), structural fencing (chain link fabric, vinyl coated chain link, high game fence, Foxstone privacy fencing, cedar split rail), posts and gates (T-posts, galvanized posts, ag gates, chain link gates), livestock equipment (cattle handling equipment, portable corral panels), water handling (stock tanks, frost free hydrants, automatic waterers), culverts, live traps, and complementary general merchandise (hand tools, chain, fasteners, hinges, concrete, gloves).

Underlying technology centers on fencing wire manufacturing, galvanized steel processing, and industrial hardware production. Differentiated construction methods include extra wraps on top and bottom line wires and middle stay wires, hinge joint construction that allows fence flex and recovery under pressure, ASTM A-116 Class 1 galvanization for corrosion resistance, and the Diamond Head SECURE-T plate design for T-posts. Materials are 100% domestically sourced high-carbon rail steel, with products meeting or exceeding ASTM Class 1 specifications. Burly is described as one of the largest manufacturers of barbed wire and field fence in North America and a major supplier of industrial and residential chain link fencing nationwide.

The business model is direct-to-customer physical goods manufacturing with one-time purchase transactions across three customer segments: agricultural and livestock operations (primary), residential property owners, and commercial and industrial buyers. Distribution occurs through three channels: direct phone sales (1-800-772-8100 and 817-295-1128), walk-in retail at the Burleson TX location, and an online product catalog website. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Marketing is minimal, relying primarily on the website catalog rather than digital channels or social media. The company is wholly privately owned with no disclosed institutional investment, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, suggesting founder or founder's estate control.

Name

Burly

Legal name

The Burly Corporation Of North America

Website

https://burlycorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Burly Corporation of North America is a Burleson, Texas-based manufacturer of fencing wire, chain link, T-posts, gates, livestock equipment, and agricultural hardware serving agricultural, residential, and commercial customers nationwide through direct phone sales, walk-in retail, and an online catalog.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fencing Materials and Agricultural Equipment

NAICS

Building Material and Supplies Dealers (4441), Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers (444)

SIC

Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211), Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood Decking, Fencing & Outdoor Lumber Products (IMADADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Concrete, Cement & Aggregates Retail (Bagged Mix, Sand, Gravel) (CRAIAEAG)

Keywords

• Wire fencing products
• Agricultural fencing materials
• Chain link fencing
• Livestock handling equipment
• Agricultural gates

Headquarters

HQ city

Burleson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fencing Materials Sales: Sale of fencing products including barbed wire, field fence, chain link fencing, wire panels, and related hardware. Products are sold as physical goods with one-time purchase transactions.
2. Agricultural Equipment Sales: Sale of livestock equipment, stock tanks, waterers, corrals, and agricultural gates and hardware.
3. General Hardware and Merchandise: Sale of fasteners, hinges, hand tools, chain, concrete, gloves, and miscellaneous hardware items.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Burly manufactures and sells wire fencing products (barbed wire, field fence, non-climb fence, chain link, hexagon netting, cable fencing, electric fence), T-posts, agricultural and chain link gates, livestock handling equipment, portable corral panels, stock tanks, waterers, frost-free hydrants, culverts, and live traps under its Sheffield Wire Products and Diamond Head brands. The company operates as a single-site manufacturer headquartered in Burleson, Texas, selling directly to agricultural operations, contractors, distributors, and rural property owners nationwide.

Product overview

Burly Corporation of North America is a manufacturer of fencing products and agricultural equipment, operating as a single unified product portfolio centered around its Sheffield Wire Products and Diamond Head Products brands. The product range spans wire fencing (barbed wire, field fence, non-climb, cable fencing, electric fence, hexagon netting), structural fencing (chain link fencing, privacy fencing, cedar split rail, high game fence), posts and gates (T-posts, galvanized posts, chain link gates, agricultural gates), livestock equipment (cattle handling, portable corral panels), and water handling (stock tanks, frost free hydrants, automatic waterers). The company also offers complementary hardware products including hand tools, chain, fasteners, hinges, concrete, and gloves. Sheffield Wire Products has been associated with quality since 1888, and the company positions itself as one of the largest manufacturers of barbed wire and field fence in North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sheffield Wire Products: Fence wire products meeting or exceeding ASTM Class 1 Standards, including woven wire field fence and barbed wire featuring tightly wrapped strands of 75,000 PSI galvanized wire.
• Diamond Head
• Sheffield
• Foxstone

Products and services

• Sheffield Barbed Wire Sheffield barbed wire available in multiple styles (Style 10, Style 1, Style 33, Style 18, Style 30 barbless) featuring tightly wrapped strands of 75,000 PSI galvanized wire, made to ASTM A121 Class 1 specifications for agricultural and livestock containment.
• Sheffield 2" x 4" Non-Climb Fence Sheffield non-climb fencing with 2" x 4" mesh and lock knots stronger than welded joints, constructed with 10 gauge top/bottom wires and 12 1/2 gauge wires throughout, ideal for horses, dogs, exotic game, cattle, and goats.
• Sheffield Field Fence Sheffield field fence with 4" x 4" mesh in 330 ft. rolls, 10 gauge top and bottom wire, heavy galvanization, and hinge joint construction, designed for sheep and goat fencing applications.
• Poultry/Hexagon Netting Woven hexagonal mesh poultry netting made from 20 gauge galvanized wire with 1" mesh, featuring buckle-free horizontal lines every 12", for poultry and small animal enclosures.
• Sheffield Cable Fencing Sheffield 7-strand galvanized fence cable, 12 1/2 gauge wire woven into 9/32" diameter cable with breaking strength over 3,250 lbs., available in 500 ft. spools.
• Sheffield Electric Fence Wire Spooled electric fence wire ideal for temporary confinement fencing and dividing pastures, available in 1/2 and 1/4 mile spools in 14 or 17 gauge.
• Wire Panels / Steel Corral Panels Galvanized steel welded rod panels ideal for feed lots, loafing areas, fencing, and corrals, used to build gates, stalls, water gaps, and agricultural projects.
• High Game Fence 8 ft. high game fence with 10 ga. top and bottom wires and 12 1/2 ga. net wire, featuring Class one galvanization, hinge joint construction, and ASTM A-116 Class 1 specifications for game ranches and wildlife management.
• Foxstone Privacy Fencing Stone-like textured powder coat finish over galvanized steel privacy fencing, manufactured in the USA in 4', 6', and 8' heights with attractive appearance on both sides, for residential privacy installations.
• Western Red Cedar Split Rail Fencing Hand split Western Red Cedar rails and posts for fencing or landscaping, with resistance to decay, lightweight soft texture, and close even grain, weathering to driftwood gray.
• Chain Link Fabric Galvanized Class III chain link fabric in 12 1/2 and 11 1/2 gauge wire woven into 2 1/4" mesh, available in 50' rolls with knuckle or twist finishes for industrial and residential chain link fencing.
• Vinyl Coated Chain Link Vinyl coated chain link fabric and parts with black coated vinyl in stock and green fabric available by order, for commercial perimeters and residential enclosures.
• Kennel Panels 6' tall kennel panels with built-in 3' door, made from 1 3/8" galvanized tubing frame covered with 12 1/2 gauge chain link fabric, with two clamps for easy setup.
• Chain Link Gates Galvanized steel bent frame chain link gates with rounded corner styling, 12 1/2 gauge galvanized chain link attached to 1 3/8" galvanized steel frame, available in walk gates and double drive gates.
• Agriculture Gates (Ag Gates) Galvanized 6-bar tube gates manufactured from 1 3/4" 18 gauge galvanized steel tube, plus heavy green tube gates made from 16 gauge 2" steel, made in the USA for farm and ranch entry points.
• Diamond Head T-Posts Diamond Head T-posts made in the USA from 100% domestically sourced, 100% recycled high-carbon rail steel, featuring three-hole SECURE-T plate design, water-based acrylic coating, and stamped post weights for identification.
• Sheffield T-Posts Sheffield T-posts made in the USA from recycled and domestically sourced high-carbon rail steel, featuring a glass bead reflective tip, 1.33 lbs per foot weight, and three-point bradded anchor plate.
• Frost Free Hydrants Frost free hydrants with lever control, heavy cast iron head, galvanized pipe, and heavy duty solid brass hose adapter that drain water from the pipe when not in use to avoid freezing.
• Sheffield Stock Tanks Stock tanks made of 100% high-density virgin polyethylene compounded to resist UV damage, featuring closed-lip design, tapered sides for nesting, and a three-year warranty for livestock water management.
• Automatic Waterers & Floats Automatic waterers and floats for livestock water management on farms and ranches.
• Cattle Handling Equipment Cattle handling equipment including calf tables, goat tables, palpation cages (with slam or sliding gate options), squeeze chutes, sweeps, alleys, and complete working units with hydraulic squeeze chute.
• Portable Corral Panels 70" heavy duty corral panels made from 1 3/4" galvanized tubing with welded vertical bars, featuring bent legs that resist sinking in mud and a safe design for horses and cattle.
• Corrugated Steel Culverts Corrugated steel culverts made from 16 gauge corrugated steel, available in various diameters including 36" or larger upon request, with culvert splicer bands and sloping end culverts.
• Live Traps Live animal traps including aquatic traps, bird and snake traps, and snake charmers for humane animal capture.
• Hand Tools Hand tools including T-post pullers, T-post drivers, bolt cutters, levels, sledge hammers, ratchet binders, fence stretchers, pliers, measuring tapes, shovels, and machetes.
• Chain Galvanized chain in various sizes (3/16" to 3/8"), HT G40 transport chain, and transport chain in gold finish, including associated hardware like clevis grab hooks and cold shuts.
• Fasteners and Hinges Fasteners including snaps, S hooks, turn buckles, tie down rings, latches, eye grab hooks, clevis grab hooks, pulleys, and tractor pins, plus wing hinges, flag hinges, barrel hinges, and hinge straps.
• Gloves Work gloves available in deerskin, cowhide, goatskin, welding, PVC coated, and cotton jersey materials in various styles and colors for farm, ranch, and construction work.
• Concrete Products Concrete products including Sakrete Maximizer (80 lbs.), Sakrete standard, Quick Rock Cement Accelerant, and TXI Accelerator for post-setting and repair work.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bekaert: Bekaert is a global steel wire and fencing manufacturer with significant North American fencing operations. As a much larger incumbent, it competes across fencing categories where Burly operates but with substantially broader scale and product breadth.
• Tractor Supply Company: Tractor Supply is the largest US rural-lifestyle retailer with broad assortments of fencing, T-posts, gates, and livestock equipment. It competes with Burly not as a manufacturer but as a downstream retail channel and increasingly as a sourcing platform for fencing buyers.

Direct peers

• OK Brand (Olsen's Cornerstone Group): OK Brand manufactures farm and ranch fencing products, including barbed wire, field fence, and welded wire. It is a direct peer in the agricultural fencing category with overlapping customer base of ranchers and farmers.
• Red Brand (Keystone Steel & Wire Co.): Red Brand is a leading North American manufacturer of farm and ranch fencing wire (barbed wire, field fence, horse fence, sheep and goat fence). It directly competes with Burly's Sheffield Wire Products line in agricultural and livestock fencing.
• Stay-Tuff Fence Manufacturing: Stay-Tuff manufactures fixed-knot and hinge-joint fencing wire for livestock, game, and high-tensile applications. It competes head-to-head with Burly's high game fence and field fence SKUs in the agricultural and game-ranch segment.
• Southwestern Wire Inc. Southwestern Wire is a US manufacturer of galvanized fence wire and related agricultural fencing products, comparable to Burly's Sheffield product line in markets and applications.
• Stockade (a WestRock company) / Stockade Staple & Supply: Stockade supplies fencing tools, staples, and fencing systems for agricultural and livestock applications. It is adjacent and partially overlapping with Burly's hand tools and fencing accessory offerings.
• Tornado Wire (Tornado Wire Ltd.): Tornado Wire is a UK-based manufacturer of high-tensile fencing wire and agricultural fencing products. It is a direct product peer in hinge-joint and fixed-knot fencing but operates primarily in European markets.

Regional players

• Staples & Glovers / National Wire (regional): Regional fencing and agricultural supply distributors serving the same Texas/Southwest ranch and farm customer base as Burly, competing on price, proximity, and product range.
• Atwoods Ranch & Home: Atwoods is a regional farm and ranch retail chain across the South-Central US, selling fencing, gates, livestock equipment, and agricultural supplies. It overlaps Burly's customer base and product categories as a retail channel and competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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