Mangum Brick

What Mangum Brick does

Mangum Brick Company is a U.S. manufacturer of brick and clay building products founded in 1902 and headquartered in Mangum, Oklahoma, where it operates a single integrated manufacturing facility on a long-amortized site adjacent to original shale deposits. The company produces a diversified portfolio spanning 12+ brick SKUs across standard face brick, antiqued "true tumbled" brick (its signature product line enabled by a proprietary green-tumbling process performed before firing), thin brick for space-limited applications, and roughly 10 stone SKUs including locally sourced Oklahoma stone and Lueders limestone. Its core technical differentiator is the pre-firing tumbling process, which produces a non-repetitive distressed appearance without the water-absorption and spalling problems of reclaimed brick.

The company sells exclusively through a direct sales force to a horizontal mix of residential homeowners, contractors, builders, and architects, with primary geographic concentration in Oklahoma, Texas, and surrounding Southwest U.S. markets. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with project-driven specification sales rather than commodity catalog distribution. The company also offers custom brick manufacturing to match discontinued or unique specifications, a service that doubles as both a customer-acquisition tool and a defensive moat against substitution.

Mangum Brick is privately held by MB Holdings LLC, which acquired the company on December 31, 2009 from the Jewett Scott family. It is positioned as the oldest continuously operated brick plant in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River and as Greer County's largest private employer, with 11–50 total employees. The business carries no institutional or venture capital ownership and discloses no revenue figures; its growth posture is sustained primarily through continuous product-line extension (most recently Nottingham in 2011 and Smokey Mountain and Old Mangum in 2014) rather than through geographic or channel expansion at scale.

Name

Mangum Brick

Legal name

Mangum Brick Company

Website

https://mangumbrick.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mangum Brick is a 1902-founded Oklahoma manufacturer of brick and clay products, including its signature true-tumbled antique brick and a full stone line, selling directly to residential and commercial construction customers across Oklahoma, Texas, and surrounding Southwest U.S. markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Manufacturing

NAICS

Concrete Pipe, Brick, and Block Manufacturing (32733), Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing (327991)

SIC

Structural Clay Products (3250), Cut Stone & Stone Products (3281)

akta.pro primary industry

Clay Bricks (Facing & Common) (IMADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Masonry Veneer Units (Thin Brick, Stone Veneer) (IMADABAI)

Keywords

• Brick manufacturing
• Clay products
• Tumbled brick
• Thin brick
• Stone masonry

Headquarters

HQ city

Mangum

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mangum Brick manufactures and sells a diversified portfolio of brick and stone masonry products for residential and commercial construction, including standard full-size brick, true-tumbled antique brick, thin brick for space-limited applications, and a range of locally sourced stone products. Customers can purchase named brick color/style SKUs, request custom brick runs to match discontinued or unique specifications, and select from multiple stone varieties. Sales are handled directly through the company's in-house sales staff across Oklahoma, Texas, and surrounding areas.

Product overview

Mangum Brick is a brick and clay products manufacturer serving residential and commercial construction since 1902. The company offers a diversified portfolio of building materials organized into two main categories: brick products and stone products. The brick lineup includes 12 distinct colors and styles across standard brick, True Tumbled Brick (antiqued distressed appearance), and Thin Brick (space-saving format). Stone products include 10 varieties including Oklahoma Chop, Lueders limestone, Austin stone, and boulder products. The company is noted as the oldest continuously operated brick plant west of the Mississippi River, offering custom brick manufacturing capabilities for projects requiring specific sizes, colors, or discontinued patterns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Burgundy Flash An elegant burgundy colored tumbled brick with deep purple hearts and cross sets creating a uniquely antiqued appearance, sold for residential and commercial masonry.
• 1920 A red brick representing an old used brick with mortar left on it, featuring subtle frost effect and cross sets that give it a colonial appearance, sold for residential and commercial masonry.
• Charleston An earth tone brick with medium brown transitioning to darker tan and muted undertones of black, reminiscent of old southern charm, sold for residential and commercial masonry.
• New Timer The flagship antique brick featuring subtle whites, burgundies, and blacks on a native red body with unequaled curb appeal and authentic used qualities, introduced in the 1980s as the original Mangum tumbled antique.
• Nottingham A darker earth tone brick ranging in color from deep rich browns to lighter brown and soft black shades in a distressed, antiqued style, introduced in April 2011.
• Old English The lightest shade of tumbled antiques with weathered white tones and soft grey, evoking an English country cottage aesthetic, sold for residential and commercial masonry.
• Old St. Louis Blend A blend of three popular colors creating a range from greys through reds and browns, offering versatile design possibilities for residential and commercial masonry.
• Smokey Mountain A dark grey brick with subtle whites and blacks, featuring a dual-sided design allowing a customizable look based on which face is shown, released in fall 2014.
• Old Mangum An antiqued brick designed to blend well with a wide range of colors and match almost anything, released in fall 2014 with over 200,000 units sold prior to first kiln production.
• Country Bayou A unique color creating the classic beauty of an old Chicago used brick with lighter pastel shades for an authentic old world look, sold for residential and commercial masonry.
• Country French A blended brick embodying understated elegance that evokes old world French country living with graceful, inviting atmosphere, sold for residential and commercial masonry.
• Greystone A monochromatic mid-tone grey brick developed for commercial and residential projects, positioned as a standout in the tumbled brick lineup.
• True Tumbled Brick A collection of distressed, old world style brick achieved through Mangum Brick's proprietary green tumbling of brick before firing, producing authentic used appearance with the structural integrity of new brick and without the water absorption and spalling problems of reclaimed brick.
• Thin Brick A full range of thin brick colors matching the full-size face brick line, enabling masonry applications in space-limited areas such as gables, arches, columns, interior walls, backsplashes, and floors where traditional brick cannot be used.
• Oklahoma Squares & Recs Locally sourced Oklahoma stone available in square and rectangular formats, sold for residential and commercial construction applications.
• Buff Lueders Buff colored Lueders limestone for traditional to contemporary construction applications, sold for residential and commercial stone masonry.
• Austin Cream Cream colored Austin stone providing warm tones for various residential and commercial construction projects.
• Austin White White Austin stone offering a clean, bright aesthetic for residential and commercial construction applications.
• Rustic Lueders Rustic finish Lueders limestone with natural texture variations, sold for residential and commercial stone masonry applications.
• Oklahoma Chop Chopped Oklahoma stone with natural rugged appearance, sold for residential and commercial stone masonry and landscape applications.
• Oklahoma Chopped Brown Brown chopped Oklahoma stone with natural color variations, sold for outdoor, landscape, and construction applications.
• Oklahoma Chopped Blue Blue-toned chopped Oklahoma stone for distinctive residential and commercial construction applications.
• Oklahoma Boulders Large natural boulders from Oklahoma sold for landscape and accent applications.
• Tumbled Buckskin Tumbled stone with buckskin coloring and weathered appearance, sold for residential and commercial stone masonry applications.
• Custom Brick Manufacturing Custom brick manufacturing service that produces brick to match discontinued patterns or to satisfy unique project specifications, offered to builders, contractors, architects, and homeowners who cannot find an off-the-shelf match.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• General Shale: General Shale is a major U.S. manufacturer of brick, masonry and building solutions with a wide product line including face brick, thin brick and stone veneer. Overlaps with Mangum Brick's brick and stone categories and serves similar residential and commercial construction customers, but operates nationally with multiple plants.
• Acme Brick Company: Acme Brick, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, is one of the largest clay brick manufacturers in the U.S., serving residential and commercial construction across multiple states. Directly comparable product (clay brick) and customer overlap (builders, contractors, homeowners), but at much broader geographic and operational scale than Mangum Brick.
• Boral (now part of Seven Group Holdings): Boral's Building Products business (acquired by Seven Group) historically manufactured clay brick, cultured stone veneer and masonry products, directly overlapping with Mangum Brick's brick and stone lines before the divestiture; relevant for category benchmarking and competitive overlap in manufactured stone and thin brick.
• Glen-Gery Corporation: Glen-Gery is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of brick and masonry products with a broad portfolio of face brick, thin brick, and stone products. Comparable catalog breadth and customer base to Mangum Brick, but with multi-region manufacturing footprint.

Emerging players

• Eldorado Stone: Eldorado Stone is a leading manufacturer of architectural stone veneer and complementary masonry products used in residential and commercial construction. Comparable to Mangum Brick's stone division and tumbled brick lines where architects want authentic, distressed masonry aesthetics.
• Ironrock (Metropolitan Ceramics): Ironrock/Metropolitan Ceramics produces thin brick and ceramic tile products for interior and exterior architectural applications. Comparable to Mangum Brick's thin brick product line targeting space-limited and architectural interior uses.

Direct peers

• Belden Brick Company: Belden Brick is a long-established U.S. clay brick manufacturer (founded 1885) producing face brick, thin brick and pavers. Highly comparable to Mangum Brick on product (clay brick in multiple colors/textures) and target customers (residential and commercial masonry), though larger in scale.
• Brickworks Limited: Brickworks is an Australia-listed building products group operating masonry, brick and pre-cast concrete businesses. Most comparable to Mangum Brick as a long-established clay brick manufacturer serving residential and commercial construction, useful as a category comp for product breadth and margin profile (though geographically distant).

Others

• StoneCo (Manufactured Stone Veneer peer): StoneCo is a manufactured stone veneer and masonry accessory supplier serving builders and homeowners. Adjacent to Mangum Brick's stone product line and useful as a reference for distribution models and architectural-stone pricing.

Regional players

• Cherokee Brick & Tile Company: Cherokee Brick is a regional U.S. clay brick manufacturer (Georgia-based, founded 1900s) producing face brick and thin brick for residential and commercial construction. Highly comparable as a regional clay brick producer with multi-generational history, though serving the Southeast rather than the Southwest U.S.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

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