Texas Shred

What Texas Shred does

Texas Shred is a privately held, Texas-headquartered secure information management and disposal company offering document shredding, IT asset disposition (ITAD), hard drive destruction, secure document storage, e-waste recycling, and a set of specialized destruction services. Founded in 2019 with a headcount of 1-10 employees, the company operates a mobile on-site shredding model where technicians travel to customer locations for one-time purges or recurring scheduled service, alongside a plant-based drop-off option. The company holds NAID AAA and R2v3 certifications, enabling it to serve customers subject to HIPAA, FACTA, PCI DSS, and similar data-handling regulations.

The product portfolio spans ten distinct service lines, including core ITAD, on-site document shredding, hard drive and media destruction, secure climate-controlled document storage, e-waste removal, X-ray film recycling, branded goods and IP destruction, robotics and drone recycling, on-demand storage cleanouts, and file document purges. The underlying technology is operational and compliance-driven: cross-cut shredding, degaussing, secure wipe standards, chain-of-custody tracking, and certificates of destruction backed by third-party-audited certifications. The company is led by co-founder Justin Smith and operates from Dallas, Texas.

The business model is predominantly professional services with a quote-based pricing structure, supplemented by a recurring subscription-style component in secure document storage. The go-to-market is direct sales via a website quote form and phone (866-985-8470), with the company claiming nationwide US coverage from its Texas base. Customer segments target regulated verticals including data centers, healthcare, financial and banking, and government/defense, with additional exposure to education, insurance, industrial, media, and individual homeowners. No funding rounds, institutional investors, or parent entities are disclosed.

Name

Texas Shred

Legal name

Texas Shred

Website

https://texasshred.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texas Shred is a Texas-based, NAID AAA and R2v3 certified secure information management company providing on-site document shredding, IT asset disposition, hard drive destruction, secure storage, and specialized recycling services to regulated US businesses and consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secure Document Destruction & IT Asset Disposition

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Confidential Document & Media Destruction (On-site Shredding Programs) (BPABALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Confidential Document Destruction & Secure Recycling (Shredding) (IMAIAFAO), Data Destruction Services (On-site/Off-site, Media Sanitization) (BPALAIAC), IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) & Secure Data Erasure (BPAEAOAK)

Keywords

• Secure document shredding
• IT asset disposition
• Hard drive destruction
• Electronic waste recycling
• Branded goods destruction

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Shredding Services: Professional shredding services for documents and media, available as one-time purge or recurring scheduled services (daily, weekly, monthly). Pricing is quote-based and competitive.
2. IT Asset Disposition (ITAD): End-of-life IT asset management including data destruction, asset recovery, and responsible recycling. May include value recovery through resale of working equipment.
3. Secure Document Storage: Secure physical document storage with climate control, surveillance, and access controls. Flexible storage options from few boxes to large volumes with convenient retrieval services.
4. X-Ray Recycling: Non-recurring service for X-ray film disposal. Compliant with HIPAA regulations while responsibly recycling materials containing silver.
5. Robotics and Drone Recycling: Certified destruction and recycling services for end-of-life robots, drones, and autonomous systems. Eliminates data exposure risks from navigation history, visual recordings, and network credentials.
6. Branded Goods and IP Destruction: Certified destruction of recalled products, defective inventory, and obsolete branded materials to protect brand reputation and prevent counterfeiting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Texas Shred provides certified secure destruction and disposal services for sensitive information, including on-site document shredding, hard drive and media destruction, IT asset disposition (ITAD), branded goods and IP destruction, secure document storage, X-ray recycling, robotics and drone recycling, and e-waste removal. The company is NAID AAA and R2v3 certified and offers both one-time purge services and recurring scheduled service contracts nationwide from Texas.

Product overview

Texas Shred is a secure information management and disposal company offering a comprehensive portfolio of destruction and recycling services. The core offerings include IT Asset Disposition (ITAD), On Site Shredding, HDD Shredding, Branded Goods and Property Destruction, On Demand Services, Robotics and Drone Recycling, Secure Document Storage, X-Ray Recycling, File Document Purge, and E-Waste Removal and Recycling. Services operate nationwide from Texas with NAID AAA and R2V3 certifications ensuring secure chain of custody, certificates of destruction, and responsible recycling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)

Quantifiable outcome

• Complete data destruction that is impossible to reconstruct
• +2 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ProShred Security: ProShred is a franchise-based mobile document destruction company with on-site shredding routes across the U.S. and Canada. Like Texas Shred, it leads with on-site shredding, certificate-of-destruction compliance reporting, and recurring scheduled service — making it a like-for-like competitive comparable.
• Shred-It (Stericycle): Stericycle acquired Shred-It in 2022 to form the largest North American secure information destruction provider. Operates mobile on-site shredding fleets, plant-based shredding, and hard-drive destruction under NAID AAA — directly mirroring Texas Shred's core paper and media service line at a vastly larger scale.
• CompuCycle: Houston-based ITAD and e-waste recycling company, R2-certified, offering on-site hard-drive destruction, IT asset recovery, and downstream recycling. CompuCycle is a particularly apt Texas-region comparable given its overlapping ITAD focus and similar customer verticals.
• Vangel CMS: Vangel CMS specializes in secure destruction of medical records, X-rays, and confidential healthcare documents, with a strong HIPAA-compliance orientation. It is a directly comparable specialist in healthcare-focused confidential destruction, a primary vertical for Texas Shred.
• eLoop: eLoop is an R2v3-certified ITAD company providing on-site hard-drive shredding, data sanitization, and IT asset recovery with resale of working equipment. Its service mix and value-recovery model closely parallel Texas Shred's ITAD offering.
• Reclamere: Reclamere is an NAID AAA and R2-certified provider focused on IT asset disposition, data destruction, and e-waste recycling for healthcare, financial, and government clients. The certification profile and vertical mix closely mirror Texas Shred's positioning.
• Corodata: Corodata provides records management, secure shredding, and document storage primarily in the western U.S. Its bundled storage-plus-shredding model closely parallels Texas Shred's subscription document storage plus destruction offering, serving similar regulated SMB and mid-market clients.

Regional players

• DataShield: DataShield (formerly DocuShield) operates a regional network of secure shredding and records storage facilities primarily in California and the western U.S. It is a closely analogous on-site shredding and storage service, though concentrated in different geographies than Texas Shred.

Broad incumbents

• Iron Mountain: Iron Mountain is the dominant records-management and secure destruction provider globally, combining long-term records storage, secure shredding, and IT asset disposition. Texas Shred's combined shredding-plus-storage-plus-ITAD offering maps closely to Iron Mountain's integrated portfolio, making it a broad incumbent reference point for size and capability.

Emerging players

• Cobalt Iron: Cobalt Iron focuses on enterprise data protection and secure IT asset lifecycle management. It overlaps Texas Shred in data sanitization, IT asset decommissioning, and compliance reporting, though with more of a software/managed-services orientation than pure destruction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-shred

Compliance5 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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