What Cedar Grove does

Cedar Grove Composting Inc. operates a vertically integrated organics recycling and composting platform in the Puget Sound region of Washington State, diverting approximately 350,000 tons of yard and food waste annually from landfills into finished compost, soil blends, mulches, and topsoil products. The company operates six permitted processing, recycling, and landscape yard facilities spanning Seattle, Maple Valley, Everett, Woodinville, Bellevue, and Tacoma, and distributes finished products through its own yards plus an extensive retail partner network that includes Home Depot, Lowe's, Fred Meyer, Dunn Lumber, and 50+ independent garden and hardware stores. Its product portfolio spans three pillars: (1) bagged and bulk soil/compost SKUs for residential and landscape customers priced $31.50-$70/yard; (2) a CMA-approved compostable packaging line covering cold and hot cups, clamshells, cutlery, soup containers, plates, portion cups, salad bowls, and compostable bag liners; and (3) commercial organics collection services with container sizes from 64-gallons to 40-yards sold on subscription with dedicated account management, plus VIS Systems® — a proprietary compost-based stormwater filtration technology developed with Washington State University's Stormwater Center and designated functionally equivalent to traditional bioretention by the Washington Department of Ecology. The company is privately held and serves commercial businesses, residential consumers, municipalities and tribal stakeholders, and schools and non-profits across the Puget Sound region.

Name

Cedar Grove

Legal name

Cedar Grove Composting Inc.

Website

https://cedar-grove.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cedar Grove is a privately held organics recycling company in Washington's Puget Sound region that diverts 350,000 tons of yard and food waste annually into compost, soil blends, compostable packaging, commercial collection services, and proprietary VIS Systems® stormwater filtration for commercial, residential, municipal, and institutional customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Composting and Organic Recycling Services

NAICS

Compost Manufacturing (325315), Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Yard Waste, Land Clearing & Green Waste Processing (Mulch/Compost Feedstock) (BPALAEAG), Compost Product Distribution, Retail & Landscape Supply (Bulk/Bagged) (BPALAEAI), Organics (Food/Yard) Collection (Residential & Commercial) (EUAIAAAO)

Keywords

• Organic recycling
• Compost production
• Landscape supplies
• Stormwater management
• Commercial organics collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commercial Organics Collection Services: Recurring collection services for commercial customers including food waste, yard waste, and approved compostable packaging. Provides personalized collection schedules, container sizes from 64-gallons to 40-yards, with dedicated account management and diversion reporting.
2. Compost and Soil Products: Sale of finished compost, soil blends, mulch, topsoil, and landscaping materials. Products sold in bags at retail and in bulk for delivery. Made from locally sourced recycled organics including garden prunings, food products, and vegetable trimmings.
3. Compostable Packaging: Commercial-grade compostable food service packaging including cups, containers, utensils, straws, plates, and compostable bags. Products are CMA (Compostable Manufacturing Alliance) approved.
4. Construction & Debris Recycling: Recycling services for construction debris including concrete disposal and dirt disposal at select locations.
5. VIS Systems Products and Services: Design and installation services for VIS Systems stormwater filtration products, including BURito compost sock filtration systems and mobile containerized filtration units.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cedar Grove operates in the Pacific Northwest (Puget Sound region of Washington) collecting and processing organic waste into compost and engineered soil products. The company recycles approximately 350,000 tons of organic materials annually, supplying compost, blended soils, mulches, and compostable packaging products to retailers, landscapers, and municipalities. It also provides commercial organics collection services and proprietary bioretention/soil systems for stormwater management.

Product overview

Cedar Grove is an organics recycling and composting company operating in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. The company operates as a unified product-and-service portfolio consisting of three core offerings: (1) Finished compost and soil products including Compost, Booster Blend Garden Soil, Landscape Mulch, Lawn Performance Soil, 2-Way Topsoil, Potting Soil, Vegetable Garden Mix, Pro Mulch, 3-Way Topsoil, Winter Mix, 60/40 Lawn Mix, and 80/20 Topdress; (2) Compostable packaging including Cold & Hot Cups, Clamshells & Boxes, Straws/Utensils/Napkins, Soup Containers, Plates, Portion Cups, Containers & Salad Bowls, and Compostable Bag Liners; and (3) Commercial services including Organics Collection Service with container options from 64-gallons to 40-yards, and VIS Systems® for Storm Water Management using compost-based filtration. The company recycles 350,000 tons of yard and food waste into compost from landfills annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Compost Products

Quantifiable outcome

• 350,000 tons of yard and food waste recycled from landfills annually

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Washington State University (WSU) Stormwater CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with WSU's Stormwater Center to develop and validate compost-based filtration media for treating Vehicle Impacted Stormwater (VIS). WSU research demonstrated that running stormwater through certain compost-based filtration media reverses toxic effects, reducing developmental impacts and eliminating lethal impacts on local salmon populations.
• City of BellevuecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner on the BURito project implementing VIS Systems® Sock filtration application to laterally filter stormwater entering and exiting retention ponds. City of Bellevue is the lead on this compost sock filtration application project.
• Municipal and Tribal StakeholdersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking alongside municipal and tribal stakeholders to implement compost-based filtration in areas most impacted by vehicle impacted stormwater.
• Sound Sustainable FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership offering wholesale pricing on certified organic produce from Sound Sustainable Farms to Cedar Grove organics collection customers. Also offers educational opportunities at the farm for school customers.
• Compostable Manufacturing Alliance (CMA)coreTechnology or IntegrationCMA is the industry organization that approves and lists compostable products. Cedar Grove offers CMA-approved compostable packaging products and directs customers to the CMA accepted products list.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Recology: Employee-owned organics collection and composting company operating across the Western U.S. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated organics recycler that processes food and yard waste into compost products and offers collection services to commercial and residential customers.
• Filtrexx International: Manufacturer of compost-based filtration socks, stormwater management products, and erosion control solutions. Directly comparable to Cedar Grove's VIS Systems® compost sock (BURito) and bioretention-equivalent stormwater filtration products.
• Barr-Tech LLC: Washington-based composting and wood recycling facility processing yard debris and food waste into compost products. Directly comparable as a regional organics recycler operating permitted composting facilities with finished-product distribution.
• Soil3 Organic Compost: Bagged organic compost brand sold through retail channels in the Southeastern U.S. Directly comparable as a premium bagged compost product competing on quality and convenience with Cedar Grove's bagged retail SKUs.
• Lenz Enterprises: Pacific Northwest composting and organics recycling company serving Oregon and Washington. Closely comparable to Cedar Grove as a regional organics processor producing compost, soil blends, and mulch with commercial collection services.

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: One of the largest U.S. waste management companies with a growing organics recycling and composting portfolio. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes with Cedar Grove for commercial organics collection contracts while operating across many waste streams.
• Waste Management Inc. North America's largest waste services company with an expanding organics processing footprint. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose organic solutions and gro compost products overlap with Cedar Grove's collection and compost offerings at national scale.
• Kellogg Garden Products: Large branded soil and compost manufacturer distributing bagged gardening products across the Western U.S. Comparable as a broader incumbent competing with Cedar Grove on retail shelves for bagged compost, mulch, and soil amendment SKUs.

Regional players

• Whittaker Fertilizer & Compost: Pacific Northwest fertilizer and compost producer selling soil products through agricultural and retail channels. Comparable as a regional compost product peer in adjacent Pacific Northwest geographies.
• Natural Upcycling: Organics recycling and composting company operating in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Comparable as a regional organics recycler producing compost and soil products from food and yard waste, though operating across the U.S.-Canada border.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cedar-grove-composting
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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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