The world here is every country and territory whose business registers we hold. Our list of metal companies in the world holds companies in 198 of its countries.
List of Metal Companies Worldwide
Metal companies smelt, cast, roll and fabricate steel, aluminium, copper and other metals into parts and products. We list 3,958,996 metal companies in the world, most of them in China (30%) and India (25%). One list for the whole territory, with the register number of each country. Download it as a database or pull it through our Company Data API.
3,958,996 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies3,958,996
Countries198
Largest countryChina
Employees5-9
Revenue$500K-$1M
Email7.1%
Phone24%
Website11%
CEO name76%
Live sample of metal companies in the world
Below you see a live sample of the 3,958,996 metal companies, sorted by number of employees. Filter on country, size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a company by name.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
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| 1 | Portilla Luis Gerardo | Colombia | Nariño | Vereda Alto Pradera | Nariño | N/A | N/A | 2021 | $1,050,000 | 170,000 | N/A | 10852575653 | |
| 2 | Dell Technologies KSA LLC | Saudiarabia | Riyadh | Business Gate, Building 16, Airport Road | Riyadh | 13244 | *****.sa | 2024 | $18,932,628,000 | 130,390 | Corporation | 762 | 1010973947 |
| 3 | Steel Authority Of India LIMITED | India | Ranchi | Ispat Bhavan, Cmo Complex, | Jharkhand | 827001 | N/A | 2006 | 0 | 121,300 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 4 | Steel Authority Of India LIMITED | India | Mumbai | '9th Floor, the Metropolitian' | Maharashtra | 400051 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 121,300 | 99999 | 27AAACS7062F1ZE | |
| 5 | Steel Authority Of India LIMITED | India | Hyderabad | 9th Floor Tara Mandal Complex | Telangana | 500004 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 121,300 | 99999 | 36AAACS7062F1ZF | |
| 6 | Eaton Arabian Industrial Company | Saudiarabia | Al Khobar | Al Falak Building, P.o. Box 31952 | Eastern Region | 31952 | N/A | 2016 | $6,406,920 | 92,000 | N/A | 2050108726 | |
| 7 | Gmk Norilski Nikel, PAO | Russia | Dudinka | 1 Ul. Morozova | Krasnoyarsk | 647000 | N/A | 1997 | $11,545,814,450 | 78,700 | Corporation | 50 | 44577806 |
| 8 | Aartech GMBH | Switzerland | Böttstein | Industriestrasse 34 | Aargau | 5314 | *****.com | 2014 | $5,495,901 | 70,000 | Corporation | N/A | CHE-386.950.859 |
| 9 | Copper Refineries PTY. LTD. | Australia | Townsville | 100 Hunter St | Queensland | 4811 | *****.au | 1956 | $7,572,106,828 | 53,222 | Corporation | 193 | 009676975 |
| 10 | Olmaliq Kon-Metallurgiya Kombinati, Aksiyadorlik Jamiyati | Uzbekistan | Almalyk | 53 Amir Temur Str. | Tashkent Region | 110100 | N/A | 1949 | $4,235,761,278 | 42,000 | Corporation | 142 | 00193950 |
| 11 | Silver House Aluminium Workshop | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Mussafah, M 37, Block 197 | Abu Dhabi | N/A | N/A | N/A | $6,275,546,373 | 41,649 | Proprietorship | N/A | CN-1085937 |
| 12 | R. Bourgeois | France | Besançon | 25 Rue de Trepillot | Doubs | 25000 | *****.fr | 1956 | $192,234,542 | 40,125 | Corporation | 6 | 56282120700031 |
| 13 | Jiangxi Copper Industry Company | China | Yingtan | No.15, Yejin Ave. | Jiangxi | 335424 | N/A | 1990 | $104,823,926 | 34,000 | Corporation | 3 | 360681120002469 |
| 14 | Prysmian New Zealand LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | 30 Binsted Rd | Auckland | 0600 | *****.nz | 2001 | $60,753,775 | 30,000 | Corporation | 399 | 1144369 |
| 15 | Norsk Hydro | Angola | Luanda | Gov Eduardo Costa | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1905 | $1,240,642 | 30,000 | N/A | N/A | |
| 16 | Kone Deursystemen B.V. | Netherlands | Ede | Copernicuslaan 35 A | Gelderland | 6716 BM | *****.nl | 1987 | $2,930,407,550 | 29,407 | Corporation | 1009 | 30080679 |
| 17 | Severstal, PAO | Russia | Cherepovets | 30 Ul. Mira | Vologodskaya Oblast' | 162608 | N/A | 1993 | $7,893,249,565 | 23,703 | Corporation | 54 | 00186217 |
| 18 | Hindalco Industries LIMITED | India | Belagavi | Nehru Nagar | Karnataka | 590010 | *****.com | N/A | 0 | 22,477 | 585 | 29AAACH1201R1ZJ | |
| 19 | Dongguan Jinghua Hardware Products CO., LTD. | China | Dongguan | Room 103, No.1, Jinqianling 2nd Street, Huangjiang Town | Guangdong | 523000 | N/A | 2021 | $2,699,000 | 22,000 | Corporation | N/A | 441900008742039 |
| 20 | Camelot Return Intermediate Holdings, LLC | USA | Cary | 5020 Weston Pkwy Ste 400 | Wake | 27513-2322 | N/A | 2022 | $24,227,067 | 21,700 | Corporation | N/A | 6632938 |
| 21 | Yantai Fubo Metal Products CO., LTD. | China | Yantai | No.272, Gongjiadao Street (n), Zhifu Dist. | Shandong | 264000 | N/A | 2021 | $2,688,000 | 21,110 | Corporation | N/A | 370602200756965 |
| 22 | Lysaght John (png) PTY LTD | Papuanewguinea | Lae | Montoro St | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1968 | $3,015,620,000 | 20,000 | 135 | N/A | |
| 23 | Transnatsionalnaya Kompaniya Kazkhrom, AO | Kazakhstan | Aktobe | 4a Ulitsa M. Mametovoi | Aktobe Region | N/A | N/A | 1995 | $1,997,710,481 | 19,576 | Corporation | 7 | 30679259 |
| 24 | Hindalco Industries LIMITED | India | Belagavi | Indal, Yamnapur, | Karnataka | 591113 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 19,341 | 585 | N/A | |
| 25 | Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG | Germany | Duisburg | Kaiser-wilhelm-str. 100 | Duisburg, Stadt | 47166 | *****.com | 1984 | $3,976,082,370 | 19,270 | Corporation | 840 | 47051B9326 |
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- 1 to 100.000367,184
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Largest metal companies in the world
The biggest metal companies in the world by staff and by revenue, the largest in China, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest. Click a name for the record.
Nippon Steel CORPORATION is the largest metal company in the world by headcount. 133,104 metal companies employ 50 people or more; 52,689 employ 100 or more.
190,059 metal companies in the world turn over more than $5 million a year; 61,454 more than $10 million. Branches of foreign groups are left out: their records carry the group's turnover.
China has the most metal companies in the world: 1,170,411, or 30% of the list. These are its largest by headcount.
108,519 metal companies were entered in a register in the world so far in 2026. These are the largest of them by headcount.
1,716 metal companies in the world in our data were founded before 1900.
Most metal companies in the world are very small: 50% have 1 to 9 employees, and 54% sit between $500K and $5M in yearly revenue.
Which countries have the most metal companies?
The world here is every country and territory whose business registers we hold. Each country has its own business register and company number. The list carries them all in one file.
Metal companies per country, 198 countries
- 1China1,170,411 (30%)
- 2India976,328 (25%)
- 3Brazil307,459 (8%)
- 4The United States117,158 (3%)
- 5Italy116,856 (3%)
- 6The Czech Republic115,712 (3%)
- 7Japan101,919 (3%)
- 8Poland84,637 (2%)
- 9Spain60,567 (2%)
- 10South Korea58,776 (1%)
- 11Taiwan56,305 (1%)
- 12Germany47,794 (1%)
- 13Slovakia45,106 (1%)
- 14Vietnam42,466 (1%)
- 15Russia42,139 (1%)
China and India together hold 54% of the metal companies in the world. The list carries each country's own register number, so you can match it against the local register. The other 183 countries hold 615,352 more.
Which continents have the most metal companies?
Asia holds 62% of the metal companies in our data, Europe 19% and South America 11%.
Metal companies per continent
- 1Asia2,461,795 (62%)
- 2Europe764,099 (19%)
- 3South America427,384 (11%)
- 4North America148,146 (4%)
- 5Middle East70,013 (2%)
- 6Africa62,335 (2%)
- 7Oceania25,213 (1%)
How many metal companies started this year?
This year 108,519 new metal companies registered in the world, after 164,426 last year.
Founded per year
- 183,2002022
- 194,7902023
- 169,6382024
- 164,4262025
- 108,5192026 so far
Legal forms of metal companies in the world
44% of the metal companies in the world are sole traders.
- Sole traders1,722,936
- Corporations1,614,301
- Partnerships235,820
- Foreign companies10,089
- Cooperatives4,093
- Non-profit772
- Other or unknown370,985
Which metal companies are part of a group?
429,259 of the 3,958,996 metal companies in the world (11%) are part of a chain or group: 185,841 head offices or parent companies and 243,418 branches. The other 3,529,737 (89%) trade from a single location. All 52 of the 52 largest metal companies in the world by revenue belong to a group.
Chains and single locations
| Location | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single location | 3,529,737 | 89% | |
| Head office | 185,841 | 5% | |
| Branch | 243,418 | 6% |
Largest groups in this list
- 1Steel Authority Of India Limited99,999 in group
- 2Beijing Shougang Co.,ltd.6,096 in group
- 3Nippon Steel CORPORATION1,866 in group
- 5Jfe Steel CORPORATION1,226 in group
The groups are counted from the 52 largest companies in this list by revenue, not from all 3,958,996; our API cannot yet filter on group size. The chain count above covers the whole list.
What do metal companies do?
Metal companies run smelters, foundries, rolling mills and fabrication shops that turn ore and scrap into sheet, bars, castings, cans, fasteners and structural parts. Their buyers are builders, carmakers, machine makers, packaging firms and other manufacturers, and the trade ranges from big integrated producers to small job shops.
Our data comes from the business registers of 198 countries, where metal companies are classified under SIC major group 33 (primary metal industries) and major group 34 (fabricated metal products, except machinery and transportation equipment).
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Our data holds 3,958,996 metal companies in the world, counted on 2 November 2026.
China, with 1,170,411 metal companies or 30% of the total, followed by India (976,328) and Brazil (307,459).
Most metal companies in the world are very small: 50% have 1 to 9 employees, and 54% sit between $500K and $5M in yearly revenue. The largest by employees is Nippon Steel CORPORATION in Chiyoda-Ku with 138,453 employees.
This year 108,519 new metal companies registered in the world, after 164,426 last year.
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