What Scanning America does

Scanning America, Inc. is a privately held document imaging services provider headquartered in Lawrence, Kansas, with regional offices in Miami, Florida; Marietta, Georgia; and Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1990 and led by CEO Tim Hunsinger, the company operates a four-office U.S. service network with mobile on-site teams and a privately owned fleet executing document conversion projects across more than 300 cities. The firm has scanned more than one billion images cumulatively and runs a production capacity exceeding one million pages per week. Its customer base spans government agencies, healthcare systems, financial institutions, insurance carriers, educational institutions, manufacturers, transportation companies, and pension administrators.

Core service lines include paper document scanning, microfilm and microfiche digitization, large-format scanning, aperture card scanning, X-ray film scanning (including non-destructive testing applications), books and newspapers, and photographic media. The technical stack features proprietary OCR and ICR algorithms tuned for unstructured and legacy document formats, alongside vendor-agnostic indexing that integrates with multiple enterprise content management platforms—the longest-tenured alignment being a 20-plus-year partnership with Perceptive Software around the ImageNow platform. The firm holds SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA/HITECH, and SSAE 18 Type II compliance posture, satisfying procurement requirements in regulated verticals. Extended offerings include ImageNow AP Mailroom workflow services, electronic-to-archival microfilm conversion using Kodak Archive Writers, and industrial non-destructive testing X-ray scanning.

Commercial model combines project-based direct engagements with a partner/reseller channel through which ECM vendors and integrators purchase wholesale digitization capacity at sub-cent per-image pricing. Pricing is tiered, with quote-based custom pricing for specialized media (X-ray, microfilm, large-format) and volume-based discounts for high-volume paper scanning accounts. Distribution emphasizes on-site project teams plus a multi-region mail-in operation, with no disclosed subscription or recurring SaaS revenue layer. The firm operates without disclosed outside funding, M&A activity, or headcount figures, and self-describes its competitive position around its audited compliance posture, 25-year operating track record, and owned logistics footprint.

Name

Scanning America

Legal name

Scanning America, Inc.

Website

https://scanningamerica.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Scanning America, founded in 1990, provides document imaging and digitization services—including paper, microfilm, microfiche, and X-ray scanning—to government, healthcare, financial, and enterprise clients across the United States via four regional offices and mobile on-site teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Document Imaging Services

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Document Scanning & Imaging (Paper-to-Digital Conversion) (BPAAAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Image/Document Quality Assurance (QC), Redaction & Compliance Prep (BPAAAKAK)

Keywords

• Document scanning services
• Document imaging services
• Microfilm digitization
• Records conversion services
• Microfiche scanning

Headquarters

HQ city

Lawrence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Document Scanning Services: Professional document scanning services for paper documents, performed either on-site at customer facilities or at the company's conversion facilities. Includes high-volume scanning with millions of pages per week capability.
2. Microfilm/Microfiche Scanning: Conversion of legacy microfilm and microfiche to digital images using state-of-the-art scanners. Services include indexing, OCR, and preparation for ECM import.
3. Specialized Scanning Services: Includes X-ray scanning (medical and NDT), aperture card scanning, large format/map scanning, newspaper digitization, book digitization, and slide/photo scanning.
4. Partner/Reseller Services: Wholesale scanning services offered to ECM vendors, software resellers, system integrators, and conversion providers who need to complement their offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Scanning America provides professional document scanning and imaging services that convert paper, microfilm, microfiche, aperture cards, large format drawings, books, newspapers, slides, photos, and X-ray films into digital images. Services are delivered either through mobile on-site teams at customer facilities or at the company's state-of-the-art conversion facilities, with capacity of millions of pages per week, and include indexing (OCR/ICR, keying, barcodes) plus integration with Enterprise Content Management systems such as Perceptive Content/ImageNow.

Product overview

Scanning America is a document imaging services provider offering a comprehensive suite of digitization services. The core offerings include Document Scanning and Document Conversion services as foundational offerings, supported by specialized services including Microfilm Scanning, Microfiche Scanning, Large Format/Map Scanning, Aperture Card Scanning, Book Digitization, Newspaper Digitization, Slides/Photos Scanning, X-ray Scanning, and NDT X-ray Scanning. Supporting services include Indexing (OCR, keying, barcodes) and Electronic to Archival Microfilm Conversion. Deployment options include On-Site Scanning services (mobile teams deployed to customer locations) and central facility-based scanning. For Perceptive Content/ImageNow ECM users, the company offers specialized ImageNow AP Mailroom Service and Custom ImageNow Linking Services. The company serves multiple industries including government, healthcare, financial, insurance, education, transportation, and manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Document Scanning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Millions of pages per week scanning capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Perceptive Software / ImageNowcoreTechnology or IntegrationOver twenty years of partnership with the developers of Perceptive Content/ImageNow ECM software. Scanning America provides scanning services to hundreds of organizations nationwide that use ImageNow. Their project managers have extensive experience designing index structures for backfile scanning in ImageNow and can seamlessly import scanned images through ImageNow's import agent.
• ECM/Document Management CompaniescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorScanning America partners with conversion providers, software vendors, resellers, and system integrators in the ECM and document management marketplace. Partners can expand their service offerings without assuming risk or adding staff and equipment. Scanning America provides wholesale pricing, often under a penny per image.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Iron Mountain: The largest records management and document scanning services provider in North America, offering enterprise-scale digitization, secure storage, and ECM integration — directly overlapping Scanning America's core offering but at much greater scale.
• Access Information Management: Privately held records management and document imaging company serving regulated industries (financial, healthcare, legal) across the US with scanning, indexing, and secure shredding services — comparable vertical focus and SMB-to-enterprise mix.
• Digiscribe: Document scanning, indexing, and ECM implementation services company with cloud hosting and records-management offerings — closely comparable service stack and customer base to Scanning America.
• Cintas Document Management: Division of Cintas Corporation providing document imaging, secure shredding, and records storage to SMB and enterprise customers nationwide — competes on the same on-site / off-site scanning model.
• ScanCafe: Consumer-focused photo, slide, and film digitization service — comparable scanning operations for slides/photos segment but oriented toward retail/B2C rather than Scanning America's enterprise/government base.

Broad incumbents

• Ricoh USA (Document Services): Diversified office technology and document services arm of Ricoh, offering enterprise document scanning, workflow automation, and managed print services — broader portfolio but overlaps with Scanning America's enterprise digitization work.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions: Global imaging and document solutions company offering managed print, scanning services, and ECM-adjacent workflow software — competes with Scanning America for enterprise digitization RFPs from a hardware-plus-services base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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