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Top 25 Metal scrap processors based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,430 metal scrap processors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 17,188 professional contacts across them, including 5,345 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers metal scrap processors headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest metal scrap processors based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 829 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SA Recycling is one of the largest scrap metal recyclers in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 793 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “OmniSource, LLC is one of North America’s largest metals recyclers, specializing in the collection, processing, and distribution of ferrous and nonferrous scrap.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 657 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The David J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 539 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sims Metal, division of Sims Limited, is a global metal recycler with operations that encompass the buying, processing and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 411 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Alter Trading Corporation is one of the nation's leading scrap metal recyclers and brokers, with processing centers and offices throughout the central United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 367 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We have continued to innovate the recycling industry for four generations, while serving as an essential resource to those needing our services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 361 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “REAL ALLOY is the market leader in third-party aluminum recycling and specification alloy production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Delivering sustainable material solutions since 1968.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trademark Metals Recycling, LLC (TMR) is a wholly owned venture of Cincinnati-based, The David J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 199 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mayfran is a global leader in providing solutions for scrap and coolant management and material handling in metalworking, recycling, solid waste processing and other applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 195 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pacific Steel & Recycling was built on a strong foundation, centered around our customers – reaching out to them, identifying their needs and offering the very best in service and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 192 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “From the proud heritage of our southeastern Michigan roots, Ferrous Processing & Trading have grown into one of North America’s premier processors, sellers and recyclers of scrap…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WENDT CORPORATION is a world leading integrator and supplier of Automobile Shredding and Non-Ferrous Separation Systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quincy Recycle is in the business of solving waste stream problems for manufacturers and other industrial customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aurubis - Metals for Progress Aurubis is undertaking trailblazing work with a new recycling plant in the US: for about € 300 million, the company is building the first secondary…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “River Metals Recycling, LLC (RMR) is a wholly owned venture of Cincinnati-based, The David J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MetalX is an independent metals recycling business founded in 2012 by Danny and Neal Rifkin, third and fourth generation members of the Rifkin family, whose history in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The nearly 275 dedicated employees of Mervis Industries currently serve clients throughout North America and into the Pacific Rim.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “W Silver Recycling is one of the nation's leading recycling companies, with a presence covering the southwest United States and northern Mexico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sadoff Iron & Metal offers scrap metal recycling of non-ferrous metals and ferrous scrap, auto salvage, electronics recycling, and more from multiple convenient locations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SSI Shredding Systems designs, engineers and manufactures low-speed, high-torque industrial shredders and size reduction systems for a variety of solid waste recycling and scrap…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Venture Metals, LLC procures, processes and sells ferrous, nonferrous and alloy metals for recycling and remelting purposes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dynamic markets require dynamic thinking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Advantage Metals Recycling, LLC (AMR) is a wholly owned venture of Cincinnati-based, The David J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Family-owned since 1924, Cohen Recycling is one of the largest ferrous and non-ferrous metal, and electronics recycling companies in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: metal scrap processors. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names metal scrap processors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of metal scrap processors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name metal scrap processors. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Metal scrap processors based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,430 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among metal scrap processors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “metal scrap processors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names metal scrap processors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among metal scrap processors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,345 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Metal scrap processors by metro
- Metal scrap processors in Houston46
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names metal scrap processors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many metal scrap processors are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,430 metal scrap processors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
SA Recycling, headquartered in Orange, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most metal scrap processors?
Houston leads with 46 headquartered companies, followed by New York (20) and Chicago (18).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,345 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,430 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.