ASD prides itself on the professional quality of its members. ASD members must be involved in the steel distribution industry and satisfy ASD membership requirements. There are four types of memberships: Regular, Associate, Mill Associate and Allied.

Regular
Any proprietorship, partnership or corporation whose principle business is the distribution of steel products meeting the following qualifications:

• Maintain and operate one or more fixed site distribution facilities;
  
• Purchase for their own account and own a minimum of $300,000 in inventory of steel products or in processing equipment;
  
• Have a minimum of $3,000,000 in annual sales;
  
• Utilize various material handling and/or processing equipment;
  
• Have been in the business of distributing steel products for three years; and
  
• Maintain sufficient personnel necessary to receive, warehouse and deliver or ship products from each distribution facility.
  

Associate
Any sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation whose principle business is the distribution of steel products. Associates shall include companies that do not qualify as regular members at the time of application. Associate members shall include brokers and steel distributors who do not qualify as regular members.

Mill Associate
Any corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship whose business interests are not limited to machinery and equipment manufacturers and their agents, trucking companies, and other trade organizations that can provide specific information useful to ASD or its members. Mill associates shall include domestic mills, foreign mills or trading companies.

Allied
Any corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship whose business interests are allied to the steel distribution industry and the goals of ASD, including but not limited to machinery and equipment manufacturers and their agents, trucking companies, and other trade organizations that can provide specific information useful to ASD or its members.