Reliance, Inc. RS

What this company does

Reliance operates a network of companies providing diversified metal solutions. As of December 31, 2025, it operated through a network of approximately 310 locations in 41 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries. It distributes a full line of over 100,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium and other specialty steel products. It services more than 125,000 customers across industries including consumer products, general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, and industrial machinery and heavy industry. Its primary processing services range from cutting, leveling or sawing to more complex processes such as machining or electropolishing. As of December 31, 2025, it had 15,700 employees worldwide, of which approximately 14,100 were employed in the U.S. The company has been in business over 85 years, since its original organization on February 3, 1939, when it operated a single metals service center in Los Angeles, California fabricating steel reinforcing bar. Its common stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange for over 30 years under the symbol "RS" since its September 16, 1994 initial public offering.

Written from the business description in RELIANCE, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.