K & S Tire Recycling

What K & S Tire Recycling does

K&S Tire Recycling, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned tire recycling company headquartered in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Founded in 2010 as a retail tire outlet, it pivoted to scrap tire hauling in 2011 and now describes itself as the largest independent tire recycler in the Midwest, operating across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa with a fleet of trucks, trailers, and vans.

The company operates four integrated service pillars: Tire Collection (Live Load, Container, Trailer, and Drop Off options with no minimum volume requirements and tipping-fee pricing), Tire Remediation (cleanup projects for government and private entities), Tire Processing (a proprietary state-of-the-art zero-waste system operational in 2025 that yields TDA, TDF, crumb rubber, wire, commercial landscaping, and playground materials), and Tire Sales (graded used tires to retail and wholesale customers worldwide with a multilingual English/Spanish/Arabic sales team and delivery). In 2024 it achieved 100% landfill diversion of scrap tires collected, and processing outputs are shipped globally.

The business model combines transaction-fee revenue (collection tipping fees), hardware/commodity sales (processed raw materials and used tires), and project-based professional services (remediation and government cleanup contracts). K&S is licensed and compliant with city, state, and county environmental agencies in each operating state and holds memberships in SWANA, the Recycled Materials Association, the Tire Industry Association, and the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association. Headcount is reported at 11–50 employees; revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

K & S Tire Recycling

Legal name

K&S Tire Recycling, Inc.

Website

https://kandstirerecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

K&S Tire Recycling is a family-owned, independent tire recycler headquartered in Chicago Heights, Illinois, collecting, processing, and reselling scrap tires across five Midwestern states and globally via a proprietary zero-waste processing system introduced in 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tire Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Tire Retreading (326212), Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers (42313)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories (3714)

akta.pro primary industry

Tire Recycling, Disposal & Sustainability Services (TLAKADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tire Recycling & Processing (Shredding, TDF, Pyrolysis Feedstock) (IMANAMAF), Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG)

Keywords

• Tire recycling services
• Scrap tire collection
• Tire remediation cleanup
• Used tire sales
• Crumb rubber processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago Heights

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tire Collection Services: Collection of scrap tires from various locations with multiple service types (Live Load, Container, Trailer, Drop Off) generating revenue through tipping fees. Fully insured and bonded, takes title of tires upon pickup.
2. Tire Processing: Processing tires into raw materials sold to various industries worldwide. Products include Commercial Landscaping, Commercial Playground materials, TDA, TDF, Crumb Rubber, and Wire.
3. Tire Sales: Sales of high quality used tires to retail and wholesale customers worldwide including Passenger/Light Truck, OTR, Truck, and Agricultural/Heavy Equipment tires. Multilingual sales team with delivery available.
4. Tire Remediation Services: Remediation and cleanup services for scrap tires working with government agencies at all levels as well as private entities and community cleanup events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

K&S Tire Recycling collects scrap tires from businesses, governments, and individuals across five Midwest states using live load, container, trailer, and drop-off services; remediates illegal scrap tire piles and runs community cleanup projects; processes those tires through a zero-waste system into commercial landscaping mulch, playground materials, Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA), Tire Derived Fuel (TDF), crumb rubber, and steel wire sold to global industrial buyers; and resells graded used passenger, light truck, OTR, truck, and agricultural/heavy equipment tires to retail and wholesale customers worldwide.

Product overview

K&S Tire Recycling operates a comprehensive tire recycling ecosystem with four integrated service pillars: Tire Collection (offering Live Load, Container, Trailer, and Drop-Off options), Tire Remediation for clean-up projects, Tire Processing using a state-of-the-art zero waste system that converts tires into raw materials (Commercial Landscaping products, Commercial Playground materials, Tire Derived Fuel, Tire Derived Aggregate, Crumb Rubber, and Wire), and Tire Sales of graded used tires. The company is the largest independent tire recycler in the Midwest, servicing Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio with a fleet of trucks, trailers, and vans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tire Collection Collection service for scrap tires of any size or quantity from businesses, governments, and individuals across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa, with live load (hand loading into K&S truck), 20-foot container placement, 48/53-foot drop-and-hook trailer, and discounted drop-off at the Chicago Heights facility.
• Tire Remediation Expert scrap tire cleanup and remediation for any size project, delivered in partnership with government agencies at all levels, private entities, and community neighborhood clean-up events.
• Tire Processing State-of-the-art zero-waste processing system that converts end-of-life tires into raw materials, including commercial landscaping products (rubber mulch, rubber retaining walls), commercial playground materials, Tire Derived Fuel (TDF), Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA), crumb rubber, and wire, shipped to industrial buyers worldwide.
• Tire Sales Sale of graded, high-quality used tires to retail and wholesale customers worldwide, including passenger/light truck tires, OTR tires, truck tires, and agricultural and heavy equipment tires, with multilingual sales support (English, Spanish, Arabic) and delivery available.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Landfill Diversion achieved
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record.

• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)OthersIndustry membership affiliation supporting solid waste management professionals. Listed as a membership affiliation on company website.
• Recycled Materials AssociationOthersIndustry membership affiliation supporting recycled materials industry. Listed as a membership affiliation on company website.
• Tire Industry AssociationOthersIndustry membership affiliation supporting tire industry professionals. Listed as a membership affiliation on company website.
• U.S. Tire Manufacturers AssociationOthersIndustry membership affiliation supporting U.S. tire manufacturers. Listed as a membership affiliation on company website.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• TBC Corporation: Major tire and automotive service retailer and wholesaler (Tire Kingdom, NTB, Big O Tires); overlaps with K&S on the used-tire retail and wholesale sales side as well as downstream demand for recycled rubber.
• American Tire Distributors (ATD): Large wholesale distributor of tires with growing investments in tire processing and recycling; relevant peer given K&S's used-tire wholesale business and indirect overlap in scrap-tire management.

Direct peers

• West Coast Rubber Recycling: Regional full-service tire recycling company that processes scrap tires into crumb rubber, TDA and other end products; comparable operating model to K&S across collection, processing and end-product sales.
• Liberty Tire Recycling: The largest tire recycler in North America, operating collection, processing and end-product (TDA, TDF, crumb rubber) businesses across multiple U.S. regions — directly comparable to K&S across the full recycling value chain.
• Lakin Tire: Family-run independent tire recycler and used-tire wholesaler operating multiple processing facilities; competes head-to-head with K&S in collecting scrap tires and reselling graded used tires to retail and wholesale buyers.

Regional players

• North Texas Tire Recycling: Texas-based independent tire recycler offering scrap-tire collection and processing services with end-product sales; same business model as K&S but operating in a different regional market.

Emerging players

• CRM (Crumb Rubber Manufacturing): Specialized producer of crumb rubber and rubber products from recycled tires; downstream buyer comparable to K&S's processed-materials customers and an emerging buyer competitor for collected scrap tires.
• GreenFiber / International Recycling Industries: Recycled-materials manufacturers operating in adjacent waste-to-product value chains; comparable to K&S in the 'tire-derived end product' go-to-market and customer mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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