Below is a list of companies around the world who either sells shipping containers, sell pre-built shipping container homes, builds homes out of shipping containers, or a combination of all three. This list will continue to grow. So, check back often.
The companies on the list have not been fully verified. We are not recommending any of them. If you have experience from using any of them, please let us know of your opinion of their services by emailing us at liveinacontainer@gmail.com.
If you have a company name to add to the list, email information to me at liveinacontainer@gmail.com. Be sure to let me know if they sell shipping containers, build with shipping containers, or both. If you have any brochures, website addresses, or video clips that I can use here and/or at the our YouTube channel (youtube.com/liveinacontainer), please include that too.
Some of the companies that are listed to not sell containers and only builds shipping container homes might also find shipping containers to convert into homes by reselling the containers to you. Others only sell pre-built shipping container homes. because each business is different, please visit their websites, email and call them to learn more about what they have to offer.
There are a lot of different types of shipping containers available on the market. Be sure to know which type of shipping container is best for your use from this comprehensive list of shipping container types.
To better plan how to design and build your own shipping container house, check out this article to learn all of the steps to follow when building a shipping container house.
USA Companies That Sell Shipping Containers or Build Homes With Them
| COMPANY NAME | SELLS CONTAINERS | BUILDS HOMES |
| USA Container Co. 722 N Main St, Suite 253 Tooele, UT 84074 Phone: 1-800-304-0981 Web: www.usacontainers.co Email: info@usacontainers.co. | YES | NO |
| Broadway Shipping Containers Homes Phone: (805) 530-8018 Email: infobroadwayshippingcontainers@gmail.com | NO | YES |
| Integrated Equipment Sales New Jersey Location 1 Pennval Road Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Office: (732) 831-7431 Chicago Location 4201 West 36th Street Chicago, Illinois, 60632 Office: (815) 280-7970 Cell: (331) 262-5355 Sean Connolly Email: sconnolly@amsiic.com Savannah Location 487 Bourne Ave Garden City, Georgia, 31408 Office: (732) 831-7431 Contact: Karen Sweeney; Director of Sales Office: (732) 831-7431 E-mail: ksweeney@amsiic.com Web: integratedequipmentsales.com | NO | YES |
| Global Container Services Los Angeles, CA Phone: (734) 589-0281 Email: gcc51954@gmail.com | YES | NO |
| Snap Space Solutions Home office: Brewer, ME Other Offices: Daytona Beach, FL; Smyrna, DE Manufacturing facilities: Brewer, ME Limestone, ME Plainville, CT Providence, RI Charleston, SC Phone: 207-907-7851 Web: www.snapspacesolutions.com Email: info@snapspacesolutions.com | NO | YES |
| Interport New Jersey Phone: 973-589-2329 Web: iport.com | YES | NO |
| Portable Container Services 101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 300 Roseland, NJ 07068 NJ, NY, PA, DE areas Phone: 973-520-0352 Web: www.portablecontainerservcies.com | YES | NO |
| Eveon Delivers within a 350 mile radius around Cleveland, OH; Delivers within a 300 mile radius around Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Oakland, CA; and Savannah, GE Customer Service: 888-489-7585 Sven Vlasblom: Supply Chain Manager, sven.vlasblom@eveoncontainers.com, 973-566-4501 Aad Storm, CEO, add.storm@eveoncontainers.com, 973-680-2151 Web: evoncontainers.com | YES | NO |
| Conexwest HQ in Oakland, CA Serves most of the continental US Phone: 415-900-3552 Web: conexwest.com | YES | NO |
| Container Discounts.com Web: containerdiscounts.com Phone: 888-259-3082 | YES | NO |
| US Container Sales Web: uscontainersales.com Website has hyperlink to virtually all US states | YES | NO |
| Western Container Sales US and Canada areas Web: westerncontainersales.com Website has hyperlink to virtually all US states and parts of Canada | YES | NO |
| Container Sales Group 6880 River road, Hodgkins, IL 60525 4479 Lawn Ave. #300, Western Springs, IL 60558 Phone: 708-639-4783 Email: info@containersalesgroup.com Web: containersalesgroup.com | YES | NO |
| Titan Containers 220 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97209 USA and Canada areas Phone: 971-303-4541 Email: na@titancontainers.com Web: titancontainers.com/us | YES | NO |
| Jake Containers 90 Jacobus Avenue, South Kearny, NJ 07032 Phone: 973-554-3492 Email: sales@jakecontainers.com Web: www.jakecontainers.com | YES | NO |
South African Companies That Sell Shipping Containers or Build Homes With Them
| COMPANY NAME | SELLS CONTAINERS | BUILDS HOMES |
| Geldcon Services Lanseria, South Africa Phone: 832720781 Email: info@geldcon.co.za Contact: Marlene | NO | YES |
| Boxhaus Container Living Email: media@boxtown.co.za Areas: Gauteng, NW and Witbank, NS Contact: Tshepo | YES | YES |
| Loritype (PTY) Ltd t/a Container Home Cape Town Web: containerhome.co.za Email: deon@containerhome.co.za; werner@container.co.za Contact: Deon and Werner | NO | YES |
| Elementary Services Area: Gauteng Web: elementarygroup.co.za Email: mafu@elementarygroup.co.za Contact: Bongani | NO | YES |
| Wilco Containers FS area Email: stephan@wilco-containers.co.za Contact: Stephan | YES | NO |
| Containa Tech West Cape area Web: containatech.co.za Email: info@containatech.co.za Contact: Jacques Olivier | YES | YES |
| CNUR KZN area Email: glen@cnur.co.za Contact: Glenn | YES | NO |
| Plastico Group Northern FS area Web: plasticogroup.co.za Email: plasticogroupsa@gmail.com | YES | YES |
| J2 Projects Gauteng area Web: j2projects.co.za Email: gordon@j2projects.co.za Contact: Gordon | NO | YES |
| DanEm Projects WC area Email: danemprojects@gmail.com Contact: Danie | NO | YES |
| Omega Container KZN area Web: omegacontainer.co.za Email: operations@omegacontainer.co.za Contact: Chaz | YES | NO |
| Mobile Home Supply Gauteng area Phone: 27 11 412 1330 Web: mobilehomesa.co.za Email: stanley@mobilehomesa.co.za; info@mobilehomesa.co.za Contact: Stanley | NO | YES |
| Medpro 4 Project and Consulting Southern Africa area Email: frannk@medpro-4.co.za Contact: Frank | NO | YES |
| Container Worx WC area Web: containerworx.co.za Email: neil@containerworx.co.za; duncan@containerworx.co.za Contact: Neil | YES | YES |
| Moduplan WC area Email: byron@moduplan.co.za Contact: Byron | NO | YES |
| Boxed Micro Living WC area Email: boxedmicroliving@gmail.com Contact: Romy | NO | YES |
| AMPM Projects SA area Web: takeawayspaces.co.za Email: info@takeawayspaces.co.za Contact: Zakiyyah | NO | YES |
| Design Cube GP area Web: designcube.co.za Email: sales@designcube.co.za; victor@designcube.co.za Contacts: Bernice and Victor | NO | YES |
| KwaZulu Natal Container King KZN area Email: info@kzncontaienrkings.co.za Contact: Que | YES | NO |
| Absolute Containers GP area Web: absolutecontainers.co.za Email: sales@acontainer.co.za Contact: Jemma | YES | YES |
| Smart Mod WC area Web: smartmod.co.za Email: slaes@liveinacontainer Contact: Gary | YES | YES |
| Elite Container Structures Pty Ltd KZN, WC, EC areas Email: info@elitecontainerstructure.co.za Contact: Nikita | NO | YES |
| Wolf Pack GP, WC areas Web: wolf-pack.co.za Email: justin@wolf-pack.co.za Contact: Justine | YES | NO |
| CP Container projects GP area Email: sithembiso387@liveinacontainer Contact: Sithembiso | YES | NO |
| Indemand Trading Dail – a – Shade SA area Web: indemandtrading.co.za; dialashade.co.za Email: brahm@indemandtrading.co.za Contact: Brahm | YES | NO |
Asian Companies That Sell Shipping Containers or Build Homes With Them
| COMPANY NAME | SELLS CONTAINERS | BUILDS HOMES |
| C-Box HQ in Singapore; Other locations at Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand; Indonesia; Factory in China Phone: 86 13539903254 Web: cbox.sg Email: Service@cbox.sg | YES | YES |
| Shanghai Metal 738 Dongfang Road 20th floor of Yuan Mansion Shanghai, China 200122 Phone: 86-21-5830-9368; 86-21-6876-0737; 86-21-5081-9492 Web: shanghaimetal.com Business Emails: sales@shanghaimetal.com; shanghaimetal@QQ.com shanghaimetal@163.com Office Email: office@shanghaimetal.com Purchasing Dept. email: buy@shanghaimetal.com | YES | NO |
Australian Companies That Sell Shipping Containers or Build Homes With Them
| COMPANY NAME | SELLS CONTAINERS | BUILDS HOMES |
| Premier Box Shipping Container Sales and Hire 1 Naunton Road, Burpengary QLD 4505 Locations: Brisbane & Sunshine coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth Web: premiershippingcontainers.com.au Phone: (07) 3888-3751 | YES | YES |
| Shanghai Metal (see Asian list above) Web: shanghaimetal.com Australian Branch: AU@shanghaimetal.com | YES | NO |
The list above was compiled after combing through hundreds of posts by other shipping container enthusiasts who share their experiences and discoveries on various Facebook Groups such as “Container and Tiny Homes South Africa” and from my own personal directory and research.
Here is a great website that lists shipping container homes for sell from all over the world at https://www.prefabcontainerhomes.org/
Design the dream shipping container home that matches the blueprint of your life by following the easy steps revealed in the article about being your own architect.
