The Formetal Company

What The Formetal Company does

The Formetal Company, LLC is a Forest Park, Georgia-based manufacturer of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing products, founded in 1959 and operating as a privately held LLC. The company produces precision cold-formed steel studs, track, and a complementary line of framing accessories (furring channel, Z furring, cold rolled channel, slotted deflection track, flat strap, and clip angles) in gauges from 25 (15 mil) through 14 (68 mil), with custom lengths up to 56 feet. Manufacturing is performed at a single facility in Forest Park, GA, with full mill traceability via heat numbers and LEED- and Georgia Peach Points-compliant galvanized coatings (G40, G60, G90). The asset base is deliberately lean: Formetal sells directly to contractors from one site with a fleet-based regional delivery operation and nationwide hotshot freight shipping, rather than through a distributor network.

The company's go-to-market is direct-to-contractor, with per-linear-foot pricing published on the website for customer pickup, same-day pickup at the Forest Park facility, and 1-3 day stock shipping / 5-10 day custom fabrication lead times. Revenue is generated through one-time sales of manufactured steel (studs, track, deep structural C studs, deep leg deflection track) and complementary accessories, including third-party-branded clips and fasteners (Simpson Strong-Tie, ClarkDietrich, TSN, MarinoWARE) resold through the clipstore.theformetal.com storefront. Customers are primarily SMB specialty contractors (framers, drywall subcontractors) across commercial, multi-family, storage facility, data center, and residential construction in the Southeast and nationwide, with no disclosed enterprise anchor contracts. The company has added digital tools (online pricing calculator, submittal builder) and vertical content marketing to extend beyond its traditional regional footprint without significant capital expenditure.

Name

The Formetal Company

Legal name

The Formetal Company, LLC

Website

https://theformetal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Formetal Company is a Forest Park, Georgia-based manufacturer of cold-formed steel studs, track, and framing accessories, selling direct to contractors across the Southeast and nationwide since 1959.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold-formed steel framing manufacturing

NAICS

Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing (33231), Custom Roll Forming (332114), Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (332)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444), Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold-Formed Steel Framing & Studs (IMADACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Steel Service Centers & Processing (Slitting, Cut-to-Length, Blanking, Leveling) (IMAKABAL)

Keywords

• Cold-formed steel framing
• Metal studs and track
• Steel framing accessories
• Manufacturer direct supply
• Custom length steel studs

Headquarters

HQ city

Forest Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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. Steel Stud and Track Sales: One-time sale of cold-formed steel framing materials including studs, track, and accessories. Direct sales to contractors with pickup and delivery options.
2. Framing Accessories Sales: Sale of angle, furring channel, RC1 channel, cold roll channel, slotted track, and flat strap products
3. Clips and Fasteners Sales: Sale of framing clips including curtain wall clips, bridging clips, utility clips, rigid connector angles, knee wall clips, holdowns, and joist hangers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Formetal Company manufactures and directly supplies cold-formed steel framing products — steel studs, track, deep structural C studs, deflection track, framing accessories (angle, furring channel, slotted track, flat strap, Z-furring channel, cold-rolled channel), and related clips and fasteners — to specialty contractors, framers, and drywall companies from its Forest Park, Georgia facility. Products are sold per linear foot, with custom lengths up to 56 feet, G40/G60/G90 galvanized coatings, and pre-punched knockouts, supported by fleet job-site delivery in the Southeast and nationwide shipping.

Product overview

The Formetal Company is a manufacturer and direct supplier of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing products, operating as a single unified product portfolio centered on metal studs and track, supplemented by a comprehensive range of framing accessories. The core offering consists of steel studs and track available in gauges from 25 to 10 (15 to 118 mils) in standard widths (1-5/8" to 16"), complemented by deep structural C studs and deep leg deflection track for load-bearing applications. Supporting products include hat/furring channel, Z furring channel, cold rolled channel, angle/clip angles, slotted deflection track, and flat strapping for bracing. The accessory line features framing clips (curtain wall, bridging, utility, knee wall) and fasteners sourced from third-party manufacturers (Simpson Strong-Tie, ClarkDietrich, etc.). Digital tools include an online pricing calculator and submittal builder. The company sells directly to contractors nationwide from its Forest Park, GA facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steel Stud & Track Precision cold-formed steel studs and track available in 25, 20, 18, 16, and 14 gauge (15 to 118 mils), in widths from 1-5/8" to 16", with G40/G60/G90 galvanized coatings, pre-punched knockouts, and full heat-number/mill-certification traceability. Sold per linear foot to contractors for commercial, multi-family, storage, and residential framing.
• Framing Accessories (Angle, Furring Channel, Slotted Track, Flat Strap)

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day or next-day delivery to Atlanta metro area
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SCAFCO Steel Stud Company: SCAFCO produces a comparable cold-formed steel framing portfolio including studs, track, joists and accessories, and is regularly bid against regional roll formers like Formetal on Southeast and national non-residential projects.
• Steel Network (TSN): Steel Network produces cold-formed steel connectors, clips, and structural framing components—exactly the accessory category Formetal resells alongside its manufactured studs and track—making it both a competitor on connectors and a sourcing alternative for those SKUs.
• Cemco Steel Framing and Metal Lath: Cemco manufactures cold-formed steel framing products including studs, track, and connectors for commercial and residential builders, directly competing with Formetal on similar CFS SKUs and similar specialty contractor customers.
• Telling Industries: Telling Industries operates multi-plant cold-formed steel manufacturing serving commercial construction with studs, track and framing accessories, overlapping Formetal in product mix, customer base and project types.
• MarinoWARE: MarinoWARE manufactures cold-formed steel studs, track, joists and connectors for commercial and residential construction, competing head-to-head with Formetal on the same stud/track SKUs and serving similar specialty contractor and GC customers.
• ClarkDietrich: ClarkDietrich is the largest US manufacturer of cold-formed steel framing, offering a full line of steel studs, track, joists, and accessories that directly overlap Formetal's product catalog across commercial, multi-family and data center construction.
• Custom Stud: Custom Stud is a regional cold-formed steel manufacturer offering custom-length studs and track to contractors, mirroring Formetal's core value proposition of cut-to-length and direct-to-contractor service.

Broad incumbents

• Allied Steel Buildings: Allied Steel supplies pre-engineered metal buildings and steel framing components for commercial, storage and industrial projects—overlapping Formetal's end markets (storage facilities, data centers, commercial) while operating at a broader building-system scale.
• Simpson Strong-Tie: Simpson Strong-Tie is a broad structural connector and fastener incumbent whose framing clips, holdowns, and joist hangers Formetal explicitly resells, making it a partial competitor on the accessory line and a complementary upstream brand on the rest.

Regional players

• MBA Building Supplies: MBA Building Supplies is a regional Southeast-based steel stud and track distributor with comparable SKU breadth, serving many of the same specialty contractors in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas that Formetal targets.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/theformetalco
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• Instagraminstagram.com/theformetal

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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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