Ochoa Lacar Hermanos

What Ochoa Lacar Hermanos does

Ochoa Lacar Hermanos (legal name OCHOA LACAR HERMANOS SL, Tax ID B31001696) is a privately held, family-owned Spanish metal distribution and transformation company founded in 1894 and headquartered at Polígono de Agustinos in Pamplona, Navarra. The company sells and processes iron and metal products — structural and commercial profiles (HEA, HEB, HEM, UPN, IPE, IPN, UPE), structural and conduction tubes, sheet metal, gutters and downpipes, sandwich panels, and roof/cladding systems — all certified to UNE, EN, and DIN standards with CE marking. Its primary customers are construction firms, metalworking and metal carpentry businesses, and industrial buyers in northern Spain.

The company operates an in-house transformation service covering cut-to-measure, shot blasting and priming, sheet cutting/bending/punching, drilling/milling, and oxyfuel and laser cutting, allowing it to deliver semi-finished or finished metal parts rather than only stock products. Distribution relies on a directly managed outbound fleet providing daily scheduled deliveries to Navarra and neighboring regions (Álava, La Rioja, Zaragoza, Huesca, Guipúzcoa, and Aragón), with three physical points of sale in Pamplona (the main warehouse, the Hierro Directo retail outlet, and the IXOS plumbing and heating branch). The company is a member of the Unión de Almacenistas de Hierro de España (UAHE) and the Coferdroza purchasing cooperative, which provide collective procurement scale and industry reach.

Revenue is generated through one-time product sales, per-job professional transformation services, and bundled transport/delivery, all priced on a quote/request basis per transaction. The firm holds ISO 9001:2015 certification from Bureau Veritas — the first in the Spanish iron and metal sector — recently renewed through 2024. Headcount is reported at 101–250 employees, and ownership is managed by Gerente María Pilar Ochoa-Lácar Monterde; the company is privately held with no funding rounds, acquisitions, or external institutional investors disclosed in source materials.

Name

Ochoa Lacar Hermanos

Legal name

OCHOA LACAR HERMANOS SL

Website

https://ochoalacar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1894

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ochoa Lacar Hermanos is a family-owned Pamplona-based distributor and transformer of iron and steel products — structural profiles, tubes, sheets, sandwich panels — serving construction and metalworking firms across Navarra and neighboring Spanish regions since 1894.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel and Metal Product Distribution

akta.pro primary industry

Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking (Incl. DRI/HBI-Based) (IMAKABAB)

Keywords

• Steel distribution
• Metal processing services
• Structural profiles supply
• Iron and metal products
• Metal fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Pamplona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Iron and Metal Product Sales: Primary revenue from the sale of iron and metal products including structural profiles (HEA, HEB, HEM, UPN, IPE, IPN, UPE), commercial profiles, tubes (welded, rolled, pickled, galvanized, in round/square/rectangular/oval sections), sheets, gutters and rainwater pipes, covers and enclosures, and sandwich panels. Products are sold directly from warehouse stock.
2. Metal Transformation and Processing Services: Value-added services including cut-to-measure, shot blasting, priming, sheet cutting/bending/punching, drilling/milling, and oxycutting/laser cutting. These services complement product sales and generate additional revenue per job.
3. Transport/Delivery Services: Own transport fleet providing daily delivery to Navarra and neighboring regions (Álava, La Rioja, Zaragoza, Huesca). Delivery service supports product and service sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ochoa Lacar Hermanos is a specialist distributor and transformer of iron and metal products serving the construction and metalworking sectors since 1894. The company sells structural profiles (HEA, HEB, HEM, UPN, IPE, IPN, UPE), commercial profiles, structural and conduction tubes, metal sheets, gutters, downspouts, sandwich panels, and cladding systems, all supplied under UNE, EN, and DIN standards with CE marking. It complements its product offering with in-house metal transformation and processing services (custom cutting, bending, drilling, shot blasting, priming, oxyfuel and laser cutting) and operates its own transport fleet for daily deliveries.

Product overview

Ochoa-Lácar Hnos. is a specialist distributor and transformer of iron and metal products serving the construction and metalworking sectors since 1894. The core product portfolio comprises structural profiles (HEA, HEB, HEM, UPN, IPE, IPN, UPE), commercial profiles, structural and conduction tubes (round, square, rectangular, oval, curved), metal sheets and plates, gutters and downspouts, and roof/cladding systems. All products are supplied under UNE, EN, and DIN standards with CE marking. The company complements its product offering with metal transformation and processing services (cutting, bending, drilling, shot blasting, laser and oxyfuel cutting), and operates its own transport fleet for daily deliveries across Navarra and neighboring regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural profiles (Perfiles estructurales) Structural steel profiles including HEA, HEB, HEM, UPN, IPE, IPN, and UPE beams supplied under UNE, EN, and DIN standards with CE marking, intended for structural construction and metalworking applications.
• Commercial profiles (Perfiles comerciales) Commercial steel profiles for general construction and metalworking applications, supplied under UNE, EN, and DIN standards.
• Structural tubes (Tubos estructurales) Welded structural tubes in hot-rolled, cold-rolled, pickled, and galvanized finishes, available in round, square, rectangular, oval, and curved sections, manufactured under UNE-19-011-86, UNE-36-595-97, and UNE-EN-10219-97.
• Conduction tubes (Tubos de conducción) Conduction tubes, welded or seamless, with or without threading, in black and galvanized finish, manufactured under UNE-19040 and DIN-2440 standards, ranging from 3/8 to 6 inches.
• Gutters and downspouts (Canalones y bajantes) Gutters and downspouts in steel, aluminum, zinc, and copper for rainwater management in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.
• Roof and cladding systems (Cubiertas y cerramientos) Roof panels, sandwich panels, and metal cladding systems for industrial and commercial building envelopes.
• Metal sheets and plates (Chapas) Metal sheets including hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, galvanized, and stainless steel plates for construction and industrial applications, available in various thicknesses and finishes.
• Round steel bars (Redondos) Round steel bars supplied under standard dimensional and quality specifications.
• Metal transformation and processing services (Transformado y manipulado) Value-added metal processing services including custom cut-to-measure, shot blasting and priming, sheet metal cutting/bending/punching, drilling and milling, oxyfuel cutting, and laser cutting, delivered via own transport fleet.
• Stainless steel and galvanized products (Acero inoxidable y galvanizado) Stainless steel and galvanized steel products offering corrosion resistance for demanding applications, supplied with CE marking and compliance with applicable UNE-EN standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• First company in the iron and metal sector in Spain to achieve Bureau Veritas ISO 9001 quality certification

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Unión de Almacenistas de Hierro de España (UAHE / AUHE)minorOthersOchoa Lacar Hermanos is a member of the Union of Steel Warehouse Operators of Spain (UAHE), a professional association of entrepreneurs dedicated to the trade of steel products created in 1910. The association comprises the main steel distribution and transformation companies in Spain, which together have more than 170 warehouses and points of sale.
• CoferdrozaminorOthersOchoa Lacar Hermanos is a member of Coferdroza, a service cooperative created in Zaragoza in 1965 as a purchasing group. Today, Coferdroza is a leading service center in the distribution of hardware, DIY, and industrial supplies, integrated by more than 340 partners with more than 400 points of sale.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SSAB: Swedish-headquartered specialty steel producer with a Nordic and European distribution footprint serving construction and industrial customers — comparable European steel incumbent with construction-grade and processed products, though focused on high-strength/specialty grades rather than commodity structural distribution.
• thyssenkrupp Materials Services: European metals distribution and service-center arm of the thyssenkrupp group, combining warehousing, processing, and supply-chain services for steel and metals across many industries — overlaps with the subject company's distribution-plus-processing proposition but operates at continental scale across adjacent vertical end-markets.
• Salzgitter AG: German steel producer group with the Mannesmann trading and distribution division handling steel products and processed services for industrial customers — comparable as an integrated steel-manufacturing-plus-distribution incumbent, though vertically upstream of a pure distributor.
• Tata Steel Europe: European arm of Tata Steel operating integrated mills and downstream service centers supplying construction and industrial steel products across the EU — comparable broad incumbent selling structural and processed steel into the same European construction value chain as the subject company.
• Voestalpine: Austrian-headquartered European steel major with a dedicated Metal Forming division supplying processed steel products to construction and industrial customers across Europe — comparable broad incumbent in European metal products and processing for the construction value chain.
• ArcelorMittal: World's largest integrated steel producer with significant Spanish operations (former Aceralia plants) and downstream distribution presence — comparable only at the level of a steel-industry incumbent supplying the same Spanish construction end-market, although it is a manufacturer rather than a pure service-center distributor.

Emerging players

• Xometry: Digital marketplace aggregating on-demand metal fabrication and machining services from a distributed supplier network — represents the digitally-enabled transformation services model that could compete with traditional service-center transformation revenue by displacing customer relationships onto a marketplace.

Direct peers

• Klöckner & Co: One of Europe's largest independent steel and metal distribution and service-center groups, operating across multiple European countries with warehousing, cutting, and processing services — directly comparable business model of multi-product metal distribution plus value-added processing, albeit at substantially larger scale and broader geography than the Spanish regional player.
• Metal Supermarkets: Franchise-based retail and small-quantity metal distributor serving trade and prosumer customers with cut-to-size steel, aluminum, and stainless products in North America and the UK — comparable model of combining retail storefronts, cut-to-measure processing, and small/medium-buyer service.

Regional players

• Aceralia / ArcelorMittal España: Spanish steel-making and distribution operations of ArcelorMittal, with historical market leadership in Spanish steel products and downstream service-center activities — overlapping regional Spanish presence with the subject company's customer base, although the model is mill-anchored rather than pure distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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