About Beyel Brothers, Inc.

Beyel Brothers, headquartered in Cocoa, is one of the largest crane rental companies in Florida. Beyel also provides maritime services (primarily at their Port Canaveral facility) and heavy hauling. Beyel’s crane fleet consists predominately of mobile cranes, such as hydraulic, crawlers and lattice truck cranes and marine vehicles like tugboats, barges and barge/derrick cranes. The company has a large group of heavy haul trucks and trailers for transportation, including a custom built trailer to handle “superload plus” loads weighing over 800,000 lbs. For a detailed look at Beyel’s highway safety record, see our new Beyel Brothers Highway Safety page.

Beyel Corporation was founded in the early 1900s. Currently, the company is owned by five brothers, who took over the business in 1989 from their father, Dan Sr. According to Beyel’s website, “the five brothers decided to join their assets together and buy out their fathers [sic] organization after an illness had befallen him.”

Several companies controlled by Dan Sr. went out of business around 1989, but lawsuits involving these companies dragged on for several years. Dan Sr. eventually filed for bankruptcy in 1998, and was hit with a $78,163 federal tax lien, which was finally released in 2003.

Beyel Brothers has steadily expanded in the 20 years since the five brothers took over the business (with father Dan Sr. remaining active in the maritime side of the company). With long standing facilities in Cocoa and Port Canaveral, the company first expanded along the east coast of Florida, adding yards in Ft. Pierce and West Palm Beach. Most recently, Beyel has expanded to central Florida and the east coast, adding yards in Orlando and Lakeland (near Tampa).

The Brothers

Joseph D. Beyel

• President of Beyel Brothers, Inc., Cocoa headquarters.
• A former member of IUOE Local 487
• He was hit with a $14,914 federal tax lien in January 1995, which was released in November 1996.

Daniel P. Beyel, Jr.

• Vice-President of Beyel Brothers, West Palm Beach branch.
• Learn more about Danny in a 61-page deposition given June 30, 2009.

Phillip S. Beyel

• Vice-President of Beyel Brothers, Cocoa headquarters.
• He made a quick profit by purchasing another Cocoa residence for $83,500 in January 2009, then selling in August 2009 for $123,000. The purchase was classified by the Brevard County Property Appraiser as a “Sale Under Extreme Circumstances (Forced/Duress).”

Steven M. Beyel

• Vice-President of Beyel Brothers, Cocoa headquarters.
• Shortly after co-founding Beyel Brothers Inc., he bought a timeshare lot for $29,400 at the Vacation Inn Resort in West Palm Beach. But in 1992 and 1993 he was slapped with liens for various unpaid fees, and lost the lot in an August 1993 foreclosure.
• He was the registered agent for Environmental Tree and Design Inc., a Texas-based tree transplanting company registered to do business in Florida from 2001-2005.

Mark J. Beyel

• Chief Financial Officer of Beyel Brothers, Cocoa headquarters.
• Fidelity Bank of Florida filed a foreclosure lawsuit against him in 2002 and dropped the case in 2005.
• The IRS filed a federal tax lien for over $22K against him in August 1997. The lien was released in September 1997.
• He has extensive real estate interests, although public records do not always indicate whether he is acting on behalf of Beyel Brothers, or as an individual investor. See Property for details.
• He is at the center of all Beyel Brothers affiliated companies (see below). For example, Beyel Family Partnership, LTD, LLLP is registered at Mark’s home address, and Mark is the only listed officer of Beyel Family GP, Inc.

Affiliated Entities

Ongoing Investments, Inc. – Incorporated in 1990, the officers of Ongoing Investments are Dan Jr., Mark and Steve Beyel. The company owns real estate in Brevard County (see Property for details).

Beyel Family GP, Inc. and Beyel Family Partnership, LTD, LLLP – Beyel Family GP, incorporated in 1998, lists only Mark as a corporate officer. This corporation itself is the general partner in Beyel Family Partnership, LTD.

Beyel Brothers Crane and Rigging of South Florida, Inc. - Incorporated in 1990 and headquartered at Beyel Brothers’ West Palm Beach yard, this corporation lists all five brothers as officers.

Port Canaveral Maintenance & Fabrication, Inc. – Incorporated in 2001, this corporation is the leaseholder for Beyel’s facility at Port Canaveral.

Leased Employees

Technically Beyel Brothers has few, if any, employees. The vast majority of Beyel “employees” are actually leased from “Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs)” such as Frank Crum and, more recently, Howard Leasing.

When asked in a deposition (page 26) why Beyel leases employees, Danny Beyel said, “I’m not really sure… (Mark Beyel) tells us to.”

Generally companies lease employees so they can outsource human resources functions to the PEO, which usually also provides workers compensation coverage and claims processing. See the For Workers and Area Standards sections for more about Beyel employees.

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