Heinrich Schütt KG GmbH & Co. Stahl-Servicecenter

What Heinrich Schütt KG GmbH & Co. Stahl-Servicecenter does

Heinrich Schütt KG GmbH & Co. Stahl-Servicecenter is a privately held, independent German steel trading and service company founded in 1871, originally in wood and ironware trade before concentrating on steel. From three owned facilities in Hamburg (north), Gelsenkirchen (central-west) and Neubrandenburg (east), the company sells flat and long products, pipes, special materials, reinforcing steel, and fence/gate systems, and offers value-added processing including fine sheets, fixed-size cuts, slit strip, coils, and thermal cutting. Its Hamburg site covers approximately 25,000m² of modernized warehouse capacity and its Gelsenkirchen site operates a GEORG cross-cutting line commissioned in 2021 to support faster, more flexible service-center output.

The company serves industrial buyers, steel construction firms, and manufacturing customers through a sales-led, direct-distribution model with no public pricing and quote-based, project-driven transactions. Its stated positioning is as a corporate-independent (konzernunabhängiger) partner offering personal consulting, high product availability, and partnership-based collaboration, supported by ISO 9001 certification. Revenue streams are one-time transactional across steel trading, service-center processing, and thermal cutting, with product breadth periodically expanded through line additions such as bluemint pladur coated steel (2023) and Balak Deco mesh panels (2024), and a refreshed online catalog published in July 2025. Headcount is reported at approximately 15 employees and no funding, parent company, or acquisition activity is disclosed.

Name

Heinrich Schütt KG GmbH & Co. Stahl-Servicecenter

Legal name

Heinrich Schütt KG GmbH & Co.

Website

https://schuett-stahlservice.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1871

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Heinrich Schütt is a privately held German steel trading and service company founded in 1871, operating three facilities in Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen, and Neubrandenburg to sell and process steel products for industrial, construction, and manufacturing customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Trading and Processing

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Steel trading services
• Steel service center
• Thermal cutting services
• Reinforcing steel supply
• Steel product processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Steel Trading: Sale of steel products including flat products, long products, pipes, special materials, reinforcing steel, and fences/gates. Revenue generated from one-time product transactions.
2. Steel Service Center: Processing services including fine sheets, fixed-size cuts, slit strip, and coils. Value-added processing services generating revenue.
3. Thermal Cutting (Anarbeitung): Thermal cutting services as part of the value-added processing offering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Heinrich Schütt is a steel trading and service company that sells steel products (flat products, long products, pipes, special materials, reinforcing steel, fences and gates) and delivers value-added processing services including fine sheets, fixed-size cuts, slit strip, coils, and thermal cutting to industrial customers, construction companies, and manufacturing businesses. The company operates from three German locations (Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen, Neubrandenburg) and has a 25,000m² warehouse at Hamburg.

Product overview

Heinrich Schütt is a steel trading and service company operating as a platform of interconnected divisions. The core offerings include: (1) Stahl-Service-Center providing fine sheets, fixed-size cuts, slit strip, and coils processing; (2) Stahlhandel (Steel Trading) offering flat products, long products, pipes, special materials, reinforcing steel, and fences/gates; and (3) Anarbeitung (Processing Services) including thermal cutting and other fabrication services. The company operates three locations in Germany (Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen, Neubrandenburg) as an independent steel trading partner, providing customer-oriented service and highest quality since 1871.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stahl-Service-Center (Steel Service Center) Core steel service center offering processing capabilities including fine sheets (Feinbleche), fixed-size cuts (Fixmaßzuschnitte), slit strip (Spaltband), and coils, with personal service and high quality standards for industrial customers.
• Stahlhandel (Steel Trading) Steel trading division offering flat products (Flachprodukte), long products (Langprodukte), pipes (Rohre), special materials (Sonderwerkstoffe), reinforcing steel (Betonstahl), and fences and gates (Zäune und Tore) for industrial, construction, and manufacturing customers.
• Feinbleche (Fine Sheets) Fine sheet steel products offered through the steel service center for industrial and manufacturing applications.
• Fixmaßzuschnitte (Fixed-Dimension Cuts) Fixed-dimension cut steel products customized to specific customer measurements.
• Spaltband (Slit Strip) Slit strip steel products from the service center, produced to customer specifications.
• Coils Steel coils available through the service center for industrial customers.
• Flachprodukte (Flat Products) Flat steel products in the trading portfolio for industrial buyers.
• Langprodukte (Long Products) Long steel products in the trading portfolio for industrial and construction buyers.
• Rohre (Steel Pipes) Steel pipes offered in the trading portfolio for industrial applications.
• Sonderwerkstoffe (Special Materials) Special steel materials in the trading portfolio for specialized industrial applications.
• Betonstahl (Reinforcing Steel) Reinforcing steel for construction applications.
• Zäune und Tore (Fences and Gates) Fences and gates product line including Balak Deco double-wire mesh panels for perimeter and property applications.
• Anarbeitung - Thermisches Schneiden (Thermal Cutting) Thermal cutting processing services including laser cutting capabilities for custom steel work.
• Sonstige Anarbeitung (Other Processing Services) Additional steel processing and fabrication services beyond thermal cutting.
• Balak Deco Doppelstabmatte (Double-Wire Mesh Panel) Robust double-wire mesh fencing panels available in two wire thicknesses and colors (Green RAL 6005 and Anthracite RAL 7016), featuring innovative zinc alloy coating, for fencing and perimeter applications.
• bluemint pladur (Organic-Coated Steel) Organically coated steel product line featuring diverse surface finishes designed for sustainable and aesthetic architectural applications.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Salzgitter AG: Major German steel producer and processor with integrated distribution and service center operations through its Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel division. Significantly larger and vertically integrated but operates in the same steel trading and processing space serving similar customers.
• Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe: One of Europe's largest flat steel producers with downstream processing and distribution capabilities. Competes with Heinrich Schütt at the mill-direct and service-center level, but operates at vastly larger scale as an integrated steel major.
• ArcelorMittal Europe: World's largest steel producer with significant German operations (including Bremen, Eisenhüttenstadt, Duisburg). Competes with independent service centers via mill-direct sales and own distribution networks serving the same industrial/construction customer base.

Direct peers

• Wuppermann Group: German family-owned steel processing company operating service centers across Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Hungary. Comparable in flat steel processing (slitting, cut-to-length, leveling), independent ownership structure, and customer base in industrial/construction segments.
• BILSTEIN GROUP: German family-owned steel service center group specializing in cold-rolled steel strip processing and distribution. Closely comparable to Heinrich Schütt's steel service center offering (slit strip, cut-to-length, coils) with similar Mittelstand independence positioning.
• Klöckner & Co (Kloeckner Metals): One of Europe's largest independent steel and metal distribution and service center networks, headquartered in Germany. Directly comparable business model: steel service center operations, flat/long product distribution, processing services, and multi-site European footprint serving industrial customers.

Regional players

• Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke: German heavy plate producer (Saarland) with downstream processing. While focused on heavy plate rather than the flat/long products Heinrich Schütt distributes, Dillinger serves overlapping German industrial/construction customers and represents a comparable German regional steel player with value-added processing.
• Voestalpine AG: Austrian-headquartered integrated steel producer and processor with extensive German operations in steel processing and service centers. Comparable processing capabilities (cutting, slitting, special surface treatments) and serves similar industrial customers, though headquartered outside Germany.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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