Metal Central Competitors

Founded in 1842 in Chicago, Ryerson has grown from a small iron shop to one of North America’s leading suppliers of industrial metals, including aluminum, carbon steel, and stainless steel. With over 183 years of experience, we now operate over 100 locations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China, forming the largest interconnected metal network in North America. This network ensures we can quickly meet your needs, wherever you are. We stock more than 75,000 items and have access to over 250,000 metal SKUs in various shapes and sizes, from coil, plate, and sheet to bar, pipe and tube. Our advanced processing and contract manufacturing services cater to both simple and complex parts, supported by an extensive vendor network of over 500 approved companies, offering a complete range of metal services. Plus, with our ryerson.com e-commerce platform, you can buy metal online 24/7, making it easier than ever to access the materials you need. For investor news or information, please visit ir.ryerson.com. • 2025 Sales: $4.5B • Forbes: America’s Best Midsize Employers 2026 • U.S. News: Best Companies to Work for Manufacturing 2024 - 2025 • U.S. News: Best Companies to Work for In the Midwest 2024 - 2025 • Time: America’s Best Companies Mid-Size 2024 • Forbes: America's Best Mid-Size Employers 2024 • Fortune Rank: 594 • NYSE ticker: RYZ

Steel Dynamics is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, based on estimated annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with facilities located throughout the United States, and in Mexico. Steel Dynamics produces steel products, including hot roll, cold roll, and coated sheet steel, structural steel beams and shapes, rail, engineered special-bar-quality steel, cold finished steel, merchant bar products, specialty steel sections and steel joists and deck. In addition, the company produces liquid pig iron and processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.

Alro Steel is a distributor of metals and plastics, with over 80 locations in 16 states. We focus on being a one-stop shop for cut-to-size metals and plastics with next-day delivery to over 50,000 customers in North America. Alro was founded in 1948 in Jackson, Michigan by Al & Robert Glick. Place your order online at www.alro.com. Alro sells a broad inventory of products under the following companies: Alro Steel, Alro Metals, Alro Metals Outlet, and Alro Plastics.