Pick and Pull Auto Dismantling

What Pick and Pull Auto Dismantling does

Pick and Pull Auto Dismantling, operating under the trade name Pick-n-Pull, is a self-service auto salvage and used-parts retailer with 48 retail locations across the United States and Canada, open seven days a week. The company's core operating model lets customers physically enter the yard and remove used parts themselves from a broad catalog of more than 1,000 car and truck parts, eliminating part-removal labor costs and enabling materially lower pricing than dealership or full-service dismantler alternatives. Three integrated revenue streams underpin the business: unit-priced used auto parts sales, whole-vehicle sales from yard inventory, and a cash-for-junk-cars vehicle acquisition pipeline that feeds the parts inventory loop.

The technology layer consists of Row52, a digital vehicle inventory search platform (operationally integrated with Hollander's parts ecosystem) that allows customers to query vehicle availability by make, model, and proximity (10–500 miles) before traveling to a yard. The website also exposes per-part pricing, store hours, loyalty program enrollment (Toolkit Rewards), and a 4-step vehicle-selling quote flow. Marketing reaches customers through the corporate site, Facebook, and Twitter, plus Spanish-language localization. Customer segments span DIY individual vehicle owners and restoration hobbyists (primary), professional mechanics and auto repair shops, and vehicle sellers disposing of end-of-life cars. The careers URL routes to radiusrecycling.com, suggesting an organizational relationship with Radius Recycling, though no explicit ownership or parent-company structure is disclosed in the available data.

Name

Pick and Pull Auto Dismantling

Legal name

Pick-n-Pull

Website

http://www.picknpull.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Pick-n-Pull operates 48 self-service auto salvage yards across the U.S. and Canada, selling 1,000+ used auto parts at retail, buying end-of-life vehicles for cash, and offering digital inventory lookup via the Row52 platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Used Auto Parts Retail

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers (42314), Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers (44133), Used Car Dealers (44112)

SIC

Wholesale-Motor Vehicles & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies (5010)

akta.pro primary industry

Used Auto Parts Recovery & Resale (Salvage/Yard Parts, Rebuilders) (EUAIAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling, Dismantling & Parts Recovery (TLABAKAI)

Keywords

• Self-service auto salvage
• Used auto parts
• Junk car buying
• Vehicle recycling services
• Salvage yard retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Rancho Cordova

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Used Auto Parts Sales: Self-service salvage yard model where customers remove parts from vehicles themselves, with pricing on over 1000 car and truck parts
2. Whole Vehicle Sales: Selling complete vehicles to customers from inventory
3. Car Buying/Cash for Junk Cars: Purchasing end-of-life vehicles from individuals for cash, then dismantling for parts or resale

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pick-n-Pull operates 48 self-service auto salvage yards across the United States and Canada, selling more than 1,000 used car and truck parts that customers pull directly from vehicles on the lot. The company also sells complete vehicles from inventory and purchases end-of-life or unwanted cars from consumers for cash through a 4-step quote process, using the acquired vehicles as ongoing parts inventory.

Product overview

Pick-n-Pull is an auto dismantling and used parts retailer operating 48 stores across the U.S. and Canada. The company operates as a single unified offering centered on used auto parts retail, supported by several integrated service modules: Check Inventory (vehicle inventory search by make/model/location), Part Pricing (pricing for 1,000+ car and truck parts), Cars For Sale (complete vehicle sales), Sell My Car/Cash for Junk Cars (vehicle purchasing), Toolkit Rewards (loyalty program), and Engines and Transmissions (powertrain components).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Self-Service Used Auto Parts

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Copart: Copart operates the largest online salvage auction platform and now owns Pull-A-Part, making it both a competitor for end-of-life vehicle supply and a broader incumbent in vehicle remarketing that competes with Pick-n-Pull for inbound inventory.
• eBay Motors: eBay Motors is a broad online marketplace where individual salvage yards and dismantlers list used parts and vehicles, and is the channel many Pick-n-Pull alternative-yard competitors use to reach buyers remotely.
• LKQ Corporation: LKQ is North America's largest auto parts recycler and distributor, combining wholesale recycled parts, self-service (Pick Your Part), and new-parts distribution. Comparable to Pick-n-Pull in core dismantling and parts resale, but with far broader B2B distribution and installed-parts reach.
• IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions): IAA is a leading salvage auctioneer for total-loss vehicles, owned by RB Global. It controls a large share of the inbound end-of-life vehicle pipeline that Pick-n-Pull depends on for inventory, and competes indirectly through its buyers.

Others

• Hollander (HollanderParts): Hollander provides the parts interchange catalog and inventory management platform that Pick-n-Pull's Row52 search runs on. It is an ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor, but its broader marketplace and integrations set the standard Pick-n-Pull is benchmarked against.

Direct peers

• RockAuto: RockAuto is a leading online retailer of new and used auto parts across nearly all makes and models, serving the same DIY mechanics and small shops Pick-n-Pull targets, but with a pure e-commerce, ship-to-door model instead of self-service yard pickup.
• Car-Part.com: Car-Part.com aggregates inventory from thousands of salvage yards and dealers into a searchable marketplace for used auto parts. It is the dominant online channel competing with Pick-n-Pull's Row52 for digital parts shoppers.
• Pull-A-Part: Pull-A-Part operates a U.S. chain of self-service auto salvage yards where customers remove their own used parts, the same operating model Pick-n-Pull runs across its 48 locations. Direct head-to-head competitor for parts shoppers, car sellers, and yard-level volume.
• Pull-N-Save: Pull-N-Save operates self-service auto recycling yards in the U.S. Southwest where customers pull their own used parts, directly competing with Pick-n-Pull for DIY shoppers and inventory in the same geographic regions.
• U-Pull-It: U-Pull-It runs self-service salvage yards in the U.S. and Canada where customers dismantle and purchase parts themselves, mirroring Pick-n-Pull's yard model, customer journey, and parts-by-vehicle pricing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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