Symons Corporation

What Symons Corporation does

Symons Corporation is a private, for-profit concrete formwork supplier headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1901, the company operates in the construction-materials sector with a focus on concrete forming equipment and related shoring/scaffolding products used by contractors on commercial, infrastructure, and industrial building projects. The short_description field characterizes the firm as "a concrete formwork supplier servicing," indicating a B2B go-to-market serving construction trades, though the target customer sentence is truncated in the source data.

The firm's public web presence points to the domain ssfi.org, which corresponds to the Scaffolding, Shoring & Forming Institute — an industry body within the Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) — suggesting Symons Corporation either operates or is closely affiliated with the institute. This implies involvement in standards development, technical guidance, and member services for the concrete forming, shoring, and scaffolding trade, in addition to any direct product supply activity. The firm does not disclose a public stock ticker, parent company, or subsidiaries in the source material, and is categorized as private.

No details on product catalog, proprietary technology, pricing model, distribution channels, leadership, certifications, or specific customer accounts are available in the provided data. Operating geographies beyond the US headquarters, current revenue, and headcount are also unspecified. As a result, the business-model mechanics — whether revenue is driven by equipment sales, rental fleet utilization, re-sale of consumables, membership dues, or a mix — cannot be determined from the input.

Name

Symons Corporation

Website

https://ssfi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Symons Corporation is a private, US-based concrete formwork supplier founded in 1901 and headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, serving construction contractors with forming, shoring, and scaffolding products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concrete Formwork Systems

NAICS

Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (23811), Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (238110)

SIC

Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Concrete Cutting, Coring & Sawing (IMAFAKAL)

Keywords

• Concrete formwork systems
• Concrete forming equipment
• Construction forming supplies
• Concrete construction products
• Formwork rental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Elk Grove Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Symons Corporation supplies concrete formwork products used in concrete construction projects. The company operates as a for-profit, privately held supplier headquartered in Elk Grove Village, United States, and was founded in 1901. Limited product-level detail is available in the supplied source material beyond the core formwork supplier positioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Others

• Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA): SAIA is the trade association of which SSFI (Symons' listed website host) is a council; it is an ecosystem/standards body rather than a direct competitor but is relevant as the industry infrastructure connecting Symons to the channel.

Broad incumbents

• Doka: Doka is a global leader in formwork technology serving concrete contractors on commercial, infrastructure, and high-rise projects - directly comparable to Symons as a concrete formwork supplier.
• Dayton Superior: Dayton Superior is a major U.S. supplier of concrete construction accessories and formwork; it has historically been the consolidated home of several legacy formwork brands and overlaps directly with Symons' concrete formwork offering.
• PERI Group: PERI is one of the world's largest manufacturers of formwork and scaffolding systems for the concrete construction industry, with a significant U.S. presence - a direct comparable to Symons' formwork supplier profile.
• ULMA Construction: ULMA supplies formwork, scaffolding, and shoring systems for concrete construction worldwide, with strong U.S. activity; it is a direct peer in concrete formwork.
• BrandSafway: BrandSafway is a major provider of scaffolding, shoring, and formwork access solutions across industrial and commercial construction, and is affiliated with the SSFI - directly comparable in the shoring-and-forming channel.

Direct peers

• MEVA Formwork Systems: MEVA is a specialist manufacturer of wall and slab formwork systems serving concrete contractors globally, including the U.S. market - a direct peer in modular concrete formwork.
• Aluma Systems: Aluma Systems designs and rents concrete formwork and shoring for high-rise and infrastructure projects across North America, making it a direct peer in the U.S. concrete formwork market.
• EFCO (Economy Forms Corporation): EFCO designs and supplies concrete forming and shoring systems for commercial and infrastructure construction in the Americas - a directly comparable U.S.-focused formwork specialist.

Emerging players

• Acrow Group of Companies: Acrow supplies formwork, scaffolding, and shoring products globally including the U.S., with a developing footprint in concrete formwork - a partially overlapping peer in the same channel.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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