C&D Scrap Metal

What C&D Scrap Metal does

C&D Scrap Metal is a privately held, Houston-based scrap metal recycler founded in 1979 that purchases, processes, and resells ferrous and non-ferrous metals including copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, steel, and iron. The company operates four fully concreted scrap yards across the greater Houston metropolitan area — NW Houston (Bingle Road), Southwest Houston/Stafford (SW Plaza Drive), Sugar Land (McKaskle Road in Fort Bend County), and South Houston/Almeda (Almeda Rd) — using certified, audited scales with visible weight read-out monitors to provide transparent, real-time weighing for every transaction.

The business operates on a transaction-based revenue model: customers deliver scrap to a C&D yard where it is weighed and graded, and C&D pays immediately in cash (with a trademark $2 bill included). Revenue is derived from the spread between purchase and downstream resale prices, which fluctuate daily with global commodity markets. The company serves three primary customer segments — residential homeowners clearing household metal items, licensed contractors generating scrap from job sites, and commercial/industrial businesses with ongoing or high-volume needs. For commercial accounts, C&D layers in a consultative field-sales motion offering complimentary facility assessments, customized recycling programs, roll-off container and dump-truck pickup for loads over 5,000 lbs, volume-based pricing, and an interactive supplier portal.

C&D is a member of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and operates under Texas Department of Public Safety metal-recycling compliance requirements (valid ID, fingerprint, photo, and signature for first-time visitors). Ownership appears to be founder- or family-held with no disclosed venture, private equity, or institutional backing; the company has expanded its footprint gradually over four decades without acquisitions, leadership turnover, or external capital events disclosed in the available data.

Name

C&D Scrap Metal

Legal name

C&D Scrap Metal

Website

https://cdscrapmetal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C&D Scrap Metal is a privately held Houston-area scrap metal recycler founded in 1979, operating four yards that purchase ferrous and non-ferrous metals from residential, contractor, and commercial/industrial customers for immediate cash payment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scrap Metal Recycling Services

NAICS

Other Waste Collection (562119), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050), Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Scrap Collection, Brokerage & Trading (Dealers, Aggregators, Exporters) (EUAIAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Recycling (Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Lead, Zinc) (EUAIAJAB), Scrap Metal Collection, Logistics & Aggregation (Yards, Roll-off, Container Programs) (IMAKAMAK), Metals Recovery & Scrap Processing (from C&D) (BPALAJAF)

Keywords

• Scrap metal recycling
• Ferrous metal processing
• Non-ferrous metal buying
• Commercial recycling programs
• Scrap yard services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Scrap Metal Purchase (Transaction-Based): C&D purchases scrap metal from residential, contractor, and commercial customers at market-based prices. Customers bring materials to a C&D location where the scrap is weighed in real time on certified scales; the customer receives immediate cash payment based on weight and metal type. Prices fluctuate daily with global market supply and demand.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

C&D Scrap Metal purchases, processes, and resells ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal (copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, iron, steel) through four Houston-area scrap yards, paying residential, contractor, and commercial/industrial customers on the spot in cash for delivered scrap. The company supplements walk-in dropoff with customized commercial recycling programs that include complimentary facility assessments, roll-off containers, dump truck services, volume-based pricing, and an interactive supplier portal.

Product overview

C&D Scrap Metal operates as a scrap metal recycling company offering three primary service lines: Residential, Contractor, and Commercial metal recycling. The company accepts ferrous and non-ferrous metals (copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, steel, iron) and processes them through inspection, sorting, cleaning, shredding, and purification. They operate four locations in the Houston, Texas area and pay customers in cash ($2 bills) for their scrap materials. Commercial accounts receive customized recycling programs with services including roll-off containers, dump trucks, volume-based pricing, and a supplier portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Metal Recycling Services Walk-in recycling service for homeowners and individuals to sell household scrap (appliances, car batteries, window frames, brass fixtures, outdoor metal furniture) for immediate cash payment at any of the four Houston-area locations.
• Contractor Metal Recycling Services Recycling service targeted at licensed contractors and construction professionals generating ferrous and non-ferrous scrap from job sites, with fast turnaround, top prices, and transparent certified scale weighing at four locations.
• Commercial Metal Recycling Services Customized recycling programs for commercial and industrial businesses, including complimentary facility assessments, roll-off containers, dump truck services, volume-based pricing, and an interactive supplier portal.
• Scrap Metal Processing Acceptance and processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals (copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, steel, iron) through inspection, sorting, cleaning, shredding, and purification at the four yard locations.
• Scrap Car Recycling Cash payment for junk cars and vehicles, including towing coordination and assistance with title-transfer documentation in Texas.
• Roll-Off Container and Dump Truck Pickup Service Delivery and scheduled pick-up of roll-off containers and dump trucks for commercial and industrial accounts needing bulk scrap removal, available for loads over 5,000 lbs.

Named customers1 record

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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)minorOthersC&D Scrap Metal is a member of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the trade association representing the scrap recycling industry. Membership indicates compliance with industry standards and best practices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management: Largest U.S. waste services company with extensive recycling infrastructure including metals; broadly comparable commercial/industrial recycling-program offering, though not a specialized scrap-yard operator.
• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries): Large publicly traded scrap metal aggregator and processor with extensive yard footprint; demonstrates the scaled end-state of a yard-aggregation rollup strategy that a smaller operator like C&D could potentially plug into.
• Sims Metal Management: Global scrap metal collector and processor with both ferrous and non-ferrous operations; comparable in core activity (buying and processing scrap metal for resale to mills/foundries) at much larger scale.
• EMR Group: Major international metal recycler with extensive yard network and downstream processing; a benchmark end-state of the same scrap-collection and aggregation business that C&D operates locally.
• Metalico: Regional U.S. scrap metal recycler with yards across multiple states; directly comparable operating model (yard-based ferrous and non-ferrous collection and processing) at broader regional scale.
• PSC Metals: Regional scrap processor operating multiple yards with shredding and shearing capability; comparable yard-aggregation model with deeper downstream-processing infrastructure.
• David J. Joseph Company: Major U.S. scrap iron and steel broker/trader and processor; comparable role as aggregator between scrap generators and downstream mills, but at materially larger scale.
• Republic Services: Large publicly traded solid waste and recycling services company with metals-recycling lines; adjacent competitor for commercial recycling programs rather than direct scrap-yard competition.

Direct peers

• Texas Iron & Metal: Long-standing Houston-based scrap metal yard serving residential, contractor, and industrial customers; directly comparable multi-yard, mid-scale scrap aggregator in the same metro as C&D.
• Cohen Metal: Texas-based scrap metal dealer; comparable local/regional aggregator operating in adjacent geography to C&D with overlapping customer segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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