Ohio Transformer Buyers
Direct buyer of surplus, used and failed transformers throughout Ohio. 15 kVA to 100 MVA, any condition, same-day nameplate pricing — payment upfront before loading and all freight and rigging at our cost.

| Cities covered | 331 |
|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Buying Transformers in Ohio
Utility territory and equipment supply
Distribution equipment in Ohio comes off systems operated by AEP Ohio, FirstEnergy, Duke Energy Ohio, AES Ohio, Cleveland Public Power and their municipal and cooperative neighbours, which means most of what we see here is standard-voltage, well-documented and genuinely resaleable. central Ohio's data center corridor and the northeast Ohio steel and polymer base together make Ohio one of our highest-volume purchase states
What generates surplus equipment here
steel and metals production in the northeast, automotive and aerospace manufacturing, chemical and polymer plants in Akron, and the very large central Ohio data center cluster around New Albany and Dublin Each of those situations releases transformers on a schedule that has nothing to do with the equipment market — a demolition mobilization, a service upgrade, an outage window — which is exactly when a buyer who can commit to a date matters more than one who can quibble over a price.
Freight lanes across Ohio
I-70, I-71, I-75 and I-80 all cross Ohio, making Columbus and Cleveland two of our most efficient consolidation points in the country We build routes rather than sending a truck for a single item, so a pickup in a remote part of the state is combined with other regional freight instead of being discounted for distance. Distance does not reduce your offer and the haul never appears on your invoice, because there is no invoice — you are paid, in full, before we load.
Removal scope in every county
Crane or boom truck, rigging crew, spill containment sized to the unit's oil volume, oversize and street-occupancy permits, escorts and heavy-haul trucking are all our cost. Conduit cut and capped, anchor bolts cut flush, pad left broom-clean. Nights, weekends and planned outage windows are available.
Equipment We Buy in Ohio
Padmount Transformers
Pad-mounted distribution transformers are the single most liquid item we buy. A dead-front loop-feed unit in the 75 to 2500 kVA range with a legible nameplate and a sound tank can be priced from photographs the same day.
75 kVA – 5000 kVA300+ oil-filled units purchased annuallyOil-Filled Transformers
Liquid-filled units — mineral oil, silicone or ester — from 25 kVA pole-mounts up to 20 MVA power transformers. Oil is not a problem for us; containment, testing and disposal are part of what we do.
25 kVA – 20 MVA120–160 dry-type units handled per yearDry-Type Transformers
Ventilated, sealed and cast-coil dry-type units from 15 kVA control transformers up to 5000 kVA unit substation sections. Copper-wound units carry a materially higher offer than aluminum.
15 kVA – 5000 kVA40–60 substation-class units per yearSubstation Transformers
Station-class and power transformers from 1 MVA to 100 MVA, including units with load tap changers, radiator banks and conservator tanks. These are heavy-haul projects and we run them end to end.
1 MVA – 100 MVALots of 10 to 400 units purchased at a timePole-Mount Transformers
Single-phase and three-phase overhead distribution transformers, 5 kVA to 500 kVA. This is a volume item — we buy them by the pallet and by the trailer load out of utility and co-op surplus programs.
5 kVA – 500 kVA25–40 complete lineups per yearUnit Substations
Complete primary-transformer-secondary lineups: incoming section, transformer, and low-voltage switchgear or switchboard bolted as one assembly. We buy them whole and we buy them by the section.
300 kVA – 5000 kVAOhio Cities We Cover
We purchase throughout Ohio — all 331 communities below, plus the unincorporated areas between them. Pick the nearest city for local utility context, access notes and freight detail.
- Ada
- Akron 537,241
- Alliance
- Amelia
- Amherst
- Apple Valley
- Archbold
- Ashland
- Ashtabula
- Ashville
- Athens
- Aurora
- Austintown
- Avon
- Avon Lake
- Bainbridge
- Barberton
- Bay Village
- Beachwood
- Beavercreek
- Beckett Ridge
- Bedford
- Bedford Heights
- Bellbrook
- Bellefontaine
- Bellevue
- Belpre
- Berea
- Bexley
- Blacklick Estates
- Blanchester
- Blue Ash
- Bowling Green
- Brecksville
- Bridgetown
- Broadview Heights
- Brook Park
- Brooklyn
- Brookville
- Brunswick
- Bryan
- Bucyrus
- Calcutta
- Cambridge
- Campbell
- Canal Fulton
- Canal Winchester
- Canfield
- Canton 287,351
- Carlisle
- Cedarville
- Celina
- Centerville
- Chagrin Falls
- Champion Heights
- Chardon
- Cherry Grove
- Chesterland
- Cheviot
- Chillicothe
- Cincinnati 1,726,642
- Circleville
- Clayton
- Cleveland 1,695,555
- Cleveland Heights
- Clyde
- Coldwater
- Columbiana
- Columbus 1,635,039
- Conneaut
- Cortland
- Coshocton
- Covedale
- Crestline
- Cuyahoga Falls 50,909
- Dayton 672,634
- Deer Park
- Defiance
- Delaware
- Delhi Hills
- Delphos
- Dent
- Dover
- Dry Run
- Dublin
- East Cleveland
- East Liverpool
- East Palestine
- Eastlake
- Eaton
- Edgewood
- Elyria 53,035
- Englewood
- Euclid
- Fairborn
- Fairfield
- Fairlawn
- Fairview Park
- Findlay
- Finneytown
- Forest Park
- Forestville
- Fort Shawnee
- Fostoria
- Franklin
- Fremont
- Fruit Hill
- Gahanna
- Galion
- Garfield Heights
- Geneva
- Germantown
- Girard
- Grafton
- Grandview Heights
- Granville
- Green
- Greenville
- Groesbeck
- Grove City
- Groveport
- Hamilton 63,468
- Harrison
- Heath
- Highland Heights
- Hilliard
- Hillsboro
- Howland Center
- Hubbard
- Huber Heights
- Huber Ridge
- Hudson
- Huron
- Independence
- Ironton
- Jackson
- Johnstown
- Kent
- Kenton
- Kenwood
- Kettering 57,206
- Kirtland
- Lake Darby
- Lakewood 50,007
- Lancaster
- Landen
- Lebanon
- Lexington
- Lima 66,412
- Lincoln Village
- Logan
- London
- Lorain 201,994
- Louisville
- Loveland
- Lyndhurst
- Macedonia
- Mack
- Madeira
- Mansfield 75,233
- Maple Heights
- Marietta
- Marion
- Martins Ferry
- Marysville
- Mason
- Massillon
- Maumee
- Mayfield Heights
- Medina
- Mentor
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
- Miami Heights
- Miamisburg
- Middleburg Heights
- Middletown 97,529
- Milford
- Monfort Heights
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Montrose-Ghent
- Moraine
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Healthy
- Mount Orab
- Mount Vernon
- Munroe Falls
- Napoleon
- Nelsonville
- New Albany
- New Burlington
- New Carlisle
- New Franklin
- New Lebanon
- New Lexington
- New Philadelphia
- Newark 82,292
- Newton Falls
- Niles
- North Canton
- North College Hill
- North Madison
- North Olmsted
- North Ridgeville
- North Royalton
- Northbrook
- Northgate
- Northridge
- Northwood
- Norton
- Norwalk
- Norwood
- Oakwood
- Oberlin
- Obetz
- Olmsted Falls
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Orrville
- Ottawa
- Ottawa Hills
- Oxford
- Painesville
- Park Layne
- Parma 79,870
- Parma Heights
- Pataskala
- Pepper Pike
- Perry Heights
- Perrysburg
- Pickerington
- Piqua
- Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Run Farm
- Port Clinton
- Portage Lakes
- Portsmouth
- Powell
- Ravenna
- Reading
- Reedurban
- Reminderville
- Reynoldsburg
- Richmond Heights
- Rittman
- Riverside
- Rocky River
- Rossford
- Salem
- Sandusky
- Sebring
- Seven Hills
- Shaker Heights
- Sharonville
- Sheffield
- Sheffield Lake
- Shelby
- Shiloh
- Sidney
- Silverton
- Solon
- South Euclid
- South Lebanon
- Springboro
- Springdale
- Springfield 80,812
- St. Clairsville
- St. Marys
- Steubenville
- Stow
- Streetsboro
- Strongsville
- Struthers
- Summerside
- Sunbury
- Swanton
- Sylvania
- Tallmadge
- Taylor Creek
- The Village of Indian Hill
- Tiffin
- Tipp City
- Toledo 494,010
- Toronto
- Trenton
- Trotwood
- Troy
- Turpin Hills
- Twinsburg
- Uhrichsville
- Union
- Uniontown
- University Heights
- Upper Arlington
- Upper Sandusky
- Urbana
- Van Wert
- Vandalia
- Vermilion
- Wadsworth
- Wapakoneta
- Warren
- Warrensville Heights
- Washington Court House
- Waterville
- Wauseon
- Waverly
- Wellington
- Wellston
- West Carrollton
- West Jefferson
- West Milton
- Westerville
- Westlake
- Wheelersburg
- White Oak
- Whitehall
- Whitehouse
- Wickliffe
- Willard
- Willoughby
- Willoughby Hills
- Willowick
- Wilmington
- Withamsville
- Wooster
- Worthington
- Wyoming
- Xenia
- Youngstown 313,898
- Zanesville
Tell us what you have and where it is in Ohio. Firm number, usually the same business day.
Transformer to move in Ohio?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, all freight and rigging covered.