Steel manufacturers in Kentucky
Kentucky has 31 steel makers in EPA records, facilities that list codes for iron and steel mill products, pipe, tube and wire. The most are in Ghent, Ashland and Calvert City. That is 3% of the 1,202 such facilities nationwide, and Kentucky ranks #10 of 44 states.
- Product
- Steel manufacturers
- Facilities
- 31
- State rank
- #10
- NAICS
- 331110 and 3 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in Kentucky
These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for iron and steel mill products, pipe, tube and wire.
| Facility | City | What EPA lists |
|---|---|---|
| Cc Metals and Alloys LLC | Calvert City | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| North American Stainless | Ghent | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Nucor Steel - Warsaw Faciility | Warsaw | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Eckart Effect Pigments | Louisville | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Calvert Steel LLC - Portable Plant | Ghent | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| Nucor Steel Brandenburg | Brandenburg | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Taubensee Steel & Wire Co | Henderson | Steel Wire Drawing |
| Ipsco Tubulars Ky Inc | Newport | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Felker Brothers Corp | Glasgow | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Plymouth Engineered Shapes | Hopkinsville | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Ak Steel Corp | Ashland | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Felker Brothers Corp Plant II | Glasgow | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Nucor Tubular Products - Gallatin | Ghent | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel LP | Bowling Green | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Kentucky Electric Steel Company | Ashland | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Nucor Gallatin Steel LLC | Ghent | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Special Metals | Princeton | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Ak Steel Ashland Works - Coke Plant | Ashland | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Alabama Wire Prod | Elizabethtown | Steel Wire Drawing |
| Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc | Calvert City | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Insteel Wire Products Co | Hickman | Steel Wire Drawing |
| Ironton Enterprises LLC | West Paducah | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Mubea Inc. | Florence | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| Pilot Steel, Inc. | Owensboro | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| Ptc Seamless Tube Corp | Hopkinsville | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Tarter Tube | Dunnville | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| The Worthington Steel Co | Louisville | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| Gwicc Ellis Smeathers | Owensboro | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
| Steel Technologies LLC | Eminence | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| Steel Technologies LLC | Ghent | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| Tarter Industries | Liberty | Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.
Where they are
- Ghent: 5
- Ashland: 3
- Calvert City: 2
- Louisville: 2
- Glasgow: 2
- Hopkinsville: 2
By product code
- Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing (NAICS 331110): 13
- Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (NAICS 331210): 9
- Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing (NAICS 331221): 6
- Steel Wire Drawing (NAICS 331222): 3
All primary metals manufacturing in Kentucky: 92 facilities and Census job counts.