What Lakin Tire does

Lakin Tire is a privately held, family-owned scrap tire collection and recycling company founded in 1918 and headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California. It operates through two corporate entities — Lakin Tire West, Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, CA) and Lakin Tire East, Inc. (West Haven, CT) — and runs an asset-heavy, logistics-intensive national operation that processes roughly 30 million tires annually, equivalent to about 1 in every 5 US passenger tires.

The company provides three integrated core services: (i) nationwide scrap tire collection for tire retailers, using its own GPS-equipped fleet with predictive scheduling and digital receipt generation; (ii) smart tire recycling, converting scrap tires into Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA), Tire Derived Fuel (TDF), and Crumb Rubber Feedstock for civil engineering, energy, and industrial customers; and (iii) wholesale sales of inspected used tires and tire casings to retread manufacturers and global retailers/wholesalers. Lakin reports exclusive-partner relationships with more than 6,500 individual tire retailers across the US, ranging from national chains to small local shops.

Revenue is generated primarily through B2B service contracts for scrap tire pickup (quote-based pricing not publicly disclosed), complemented by transactional revenue from used tire and casing sales, and commodity-style revenue from downstream recycled materials. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: enterprise field sales for national chains, direct phone/online scheduling for independents, supplemented by a website and social channels for top-of-funnel awareness. The operating technology stack is functional — GPS fleet tracking, predictive scheduling, digital receipts, advanced recycling equipment — but does not include disclosed AI/ML capabilities, data products, or software platforms sold externally.

Name

Lakin Tire

Legal name

Lakin Tire

Website

https://lakintire.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1918

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lakin Tire is a family-owned US tire recycling company, founded in 1918, that collects, recycles, and resells scrap tires nationally. It processes about 30 million tires per year, serving over 6,500 tire retailers and selling downstream recycled materials and used tires.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tire Recycling and Collection Services

NAICS

Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers (42313), All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing (326299)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Tire Recycling, Disposal & Sustainability Services (TLAKADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tire Recycling & Processing (Shredding, TDF, Pyrolysis Feedstock) (IMANAMAF), Tire Distribution & Wholesale (Regional/Local Supply) (TLAKADAH)

Keywords

• Scrap tire collection
• Tire recycling services
• Used tire wholesale
• Tire derived aggregate
• Tire casings supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Scrap Tire Collection Services: B2B tire collection services for tire retailers, providing consistent, assured, on-time, nationwide pickup and removal of scrap tires
2. Used Tire Sales: Sale of high-quality used tires to retailers and wholesalers worldwide, with different tread levels available (Ultra High, High, Medium, Limited)
3. Tire Casings Sales: Sale of quality tire casings to retread manufacturers for the tire retreading industry
4. Recycled Tire Materials: Processing and sale of recycled tire materials including Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA), Tire Derived Fuel (TDF), and Crumb Rubber Feedstock for various industrial applications

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lakin Tire provides nationwide scrap tire pickup and recycling services for tire retailers of all sizes, from large national chains to small local shops. The company operates its own GPS-tracked collection fleet and processing facilities, converting scrap tires into tire-derived aggregate, tire-derived fuel, crumb rubber feedstock, and reusable products. It also sells quality-inspected used tires and retread casings to wholesalers and retread manufacturers worldwide.

Product overview

Lakin Tire offers three interconnected core services: Scrap Tire Collection Services (nationwide pickup and removal using advanced logistics and GPS tracking), Smart Tire Recycling (environmentally-friendly processing into tire-derived aggregate, fuel, and crumb rubber), and Used Tires & Tire Casings (wholesale sales with quality inspection). The services are integrated to provide end-to-end tire lifecycle management from collection through recycling and resale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scrap Tire Collection Services Nationwide scrap tire pickup and removal service for tire retailers, using company-owned GPS-tracked collection trucks, predictive scheduling, and digital receipts. Custom collection programs are built for each customer from large national chains to small local tire shops, with capacity to process over 38 million tires annually.
• Smart Tire Recycling

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes over 30 million tires per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Over 6,500 Individual Tire RetailerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLakin Tire serves as the exclusive tire removal and recycling partner for more than 6,500 individual tire retailers across the country, including major national chains. This partnership network represents the company's primary customer base and core business relationship.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Liberty Tire Recycling: Largest scrap tire collection and recycling company in North America. Operates the same end-to-end model — national tire collection, processing into TDA/TDF/crumb rubber, and resale — competing directly with Lakin Tire for retailer contracts and downstream recycled-materials customers.
• Genan: Global tire recycling company headquartered in Europe with US operations. Runs large-scale tire-to-product processing (crumb rubber, rubber granulates, steel and textile recovery) — directly comparable technology and end-market footprint to Lakin's recycling business.

Others

• Eldan Recycling: Danish manufacturer of tire and rubber recycling equipment (shredders, granulators, separators). While not a service competitor, Eldan is the key enabling-technology supplier to the tire-recycling industry, making it the most relevant technology counterpart to Lakin's processing operations.

Broad incumbents

• Rubberlite: US manufacturer of recycled and specialty rubber products (closed-cell sponge, vibration control, gaskets). Operates further downstream in the recycled-rubber value chain than Lakin, but consumes similar recycled feedstock (crumb rubber) and competes for the same sustainable-materials customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lakintire
• Facebookfacebook.com/lakintire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lakin-tire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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