Illinois · Statewide
Illinois Electrical Equipment Buyers
We purchase switchgear, generators, transformers, bus duct, panelboards, breakers, MCCs and copper cable across Illinois, and we perform the de-energized removal ourselves.
377 cities- State
- Illinois
- Cities
- 377
- Utilities
- ComEd, Ameren Illinois, MidAmerica
- Corridors
- I-90, I-94, I-55, I-80 and I-290
- Offer
- Same business day
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
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How Illinois jobs actually run
Utility territory matters here more than most owners expect: ComEd, Ameren Illinois, MidAmerican each have their own disconnect and metering process, and the sequence of who de-energizes what is usually the longest lead item on the schedule.
Freight is the other half. We route Illinois work along I-90, I-94, I-55, I-80 and I-290, which is what keeps trailer and crew cost predictable on a quote instead of padded.
Chicago-area heavy manufacturing left an enormous installed base of Square D I-Line and Westinghouse busway and bus plugs, and Cook County demolition volume means we are in the metro nearly every week.
Primary hubs
Chicago, Elk Grove Village, Aurora and Northlake — but coverage is statewide, including rural substation and mine sites.
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What we buy in Illinois
Electrical Switchgear
We buy low- and medium-voltage switchgear line-ups out of live plants, substations and buildings scheduled for demolition — metal-clad, metal-enclosed, drawout and fixed-mount.
480 V – 38 kV, up to 5,000 AGenerators
Diesel and natural-gas gensets from 100 kW through 3 MW — enclosed, open-skid, trailer-mounted and sub-base tank units, with or without their transfer switches.
100 kW – 3 MW diesel and gasTransformers
Pad-mount, dry-type, cast-coil, unit substation and liquid-filled power transformers from 75 kVA through 50 MVA, including units still energized on the pad.
75 kVA – 50 MVABus Plugs
Fusible and circuit-breaker bus plugs by the unit or by the pallet — 30 A through 1,200 A, all major busway systems, any vintage.
30 A – 1,200 A fusible and breakerBus Duct & Busway
Plug-in and feeder busway runs, elbows, tees, end boxes and cable-tap sections — copper or aluminum, 225 A through 5,000 A, removed by our own crews.
225 A – 5,000 A runsPanelboards & Switchboards
Panelboards, switchboards, distribution panels, safety switches and disconnects — loaded with breakers or empty, one panel or a whole building's worth.
100 A – 4,000 AWire & Cable
Surplus and reclaimed copper and aluminum wire and cable — full spools, partial spools, off-spool coils and cable pulled out of cancelled jobs.
#12 AWG – 1,000 MCMLoad Banks
Resistive and resistive/reactive load banks — portable, trailer-mounted, roof-top and permanently installed, 100 kW through 3 MW.
100 kW – 3 MW resistiveCircuit Breakers
Molded-case, insulated-case, low-voltage power and medium-voltage vacuum and air-magnetic breakers — single units, pallets and full sets pulled from a line-up.
15 A – 6,000 A framesMotor Control Centers
Complete MCC line-ups, individual vertical sections, starter buckets and VFD sections — low voltage and medium voltage, any generation.
MCC line-ups, buckets, VFD sectionsSubstations
Complete unit substations and outdoor station equipment — primary switch, transformer, secondary switchgear, structures, bus and relaying, bought as one lot.
Complete unit and station substationsTransfer Switches
Automatic and manual transfer switches, bypass-isolation switches and paralleling gear, 100 A through 4,000 A, pulled with or without their generators.
100 A – 4,000 A ATSCapacitors & Power Quality
Fixed and automatically switched capacitor banks, harmonic filters, reactors and power-factor correction equipment, indoor and outdoor.
50 kVAR – 10 MVARComplete Plant Lots
When a plant closes, we buy the entire electrical scope as one lot — substation to receptacle — and we do the teardown and loading at our cost.
Whole-facility electrical scopePlate 03
All 377 Illinois cities we cover
Plate 04
Buyer desks
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Illinois questions
Our electrical room is in a basement with a tight door. Is that a problem?
It is routine. Switchgear sections, transformers and gensets frequently have to be cut down or partially disassembled to clear a door width, an elevator limit or a stair turn. The access survey at your Illinois site establishes the path before we commit to a date, and that cost is already inside the offer.
Will you take the equipment we cannot sell along with the good items?
Yes, and this is usually why sellers choose us. Cherry-picking leaves you holding the leftovers of the leftovers. We price the Illinois lot as a whole — good gear, obsolete gear and the scrap fraction together — so the electrical room ends up genuinely empty.
Do you provide documentation for surplus property or audit records?
Yes. Itemized purchase agreements, weight tickets, bills of lading, oil disposal manifests and recycling documentation are standard on Illinois purchases. Public agencies and audited facilities get the paperwork their process requires without having to ask twice.
Do you actually buy electrical equipment in Illinois, or just broker it?
We buy it. Industrial Electrical Buyer is the purchaser of record — we fund the purchase, send our own crews to Illinois to disconnect and load, and take title when the equipment leaves your dock. There is no third party behind us waiting to approve the price.
What is the smallest job you will take in Illinois?
A single transformer, one switchgear section, a pallet of bus plugs or a few boxes of breakers is worth a call. Because we route crews across Illinois continuously, small Illinois pickups usually get added to an existing run rather than priced as a dedicated trip.
Form 1 — Request for Offer
Get a Written Offer
Send the asset list, or just describe what is in the room. We come back the same business day with a written, itemized offer.
Faster: call or text 954-740-1983
Email an asset list to electricalequipmentbuyers@gmail.com
Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET. We never resell your contact information.
Equipment sitting in Illinois?
Send photos or a list. We reply the same business day.