Green Auto Parts & Recycling

What Green Auto Parts & Recycling does

Green Auto Parts & Recycling, doing business as Fenix Parts, is a privately held U.S. automotive recycling company that sells quality used auto parts sourced from foreign and domestic vehicles. According to the firmographic record the business traces to 1946, though the detailed company-history narrative does not corroborate a specific founding date and instead emphasizes growth to a national footprint. The company operates more than 30 strategically located facilities across the United States and carries an inventory of over 1 million parts spanning engines, transmissions, body panels, and interior components. It serves two primary customer segments: individual vehicle owners seeking lower-cost alternatives to dealer parts, and automotive professionals (auto body shops and repair facilities) requiring reliable, warrantied parts sourcing.

Operations are structured around a multi-channel distribution model: physical retail yards where customers purchase in person, an online inventory search platform that queries by Year, Make, Model, and Part Type across the full national network, direct phone sales, and dedicated account representatives managing B2B relationships. All parts carry a standard free 6-month warranty, with extended warranty options available up to three years, addressing the principal buyer concern with used components. The company has extended its product surface with two sub-brands — Fenix Parts U-Pull (a self-service parts removal model) and Fenix Parts Electric Vehicles (a specialized EV-salvage division) — and runs a "Sell Your Yard" program soliciting acquisition of additional salvage yards to grow the network.

The business is independent and privately held with no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing, no public listing, and no disclosed revenue. Headcount is reported at 11–50 employees, which is notably lean relative to the 30+ facility footprint and suggests either asset-light yard operations, significant use of independent operators per location, or under-reporting of location-level staff in the central headcount figure. No AI/ML capabilities, APIs, mobile applications, patents, or regulatory actions are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Green Auto Parts & Recycling

Legal name

Fenix Parts

Website

https://buygreenparts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Green Auto Parts & Recycling (DBA Fenix Parts) is a U.S. automotive recycler operating 30+ facilities with 1M+ used parts in stock, serving individual vehicle owners and auto body shops via retail yards, online inventory search, and dedicated B2B account representatives, backed by a standard 6-month warranty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Used Auto Parts & Automotive Recycling

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers (423140), Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers (42314), Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers (441330)

SIC

Wholesale-Motor Vehicles & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies (5010), Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores (5531)

akta.pro primary industry

Used Auto Parts Recovery & Resale (Salvage/Yard Parts, Rebuilders) (EUAIAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Dismantling & Auto Shredding (ASR) (IMAKAMAD), Automotive Parts & Accessories Online Retailers (CRAFADAK), Vehicle & Machinery Salvage (Heavy Equipment, Rail, Marine, Agricultural) (EUAIAJAL)

Keywords

• Used auto parts
• Automotive recycling
• Recycled engines
• Auto body panels
• Transmission parts

Headquarters

HQ city

Sun Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Used Auto Parts Sales: One-time transaction-based sales of quality used automotive parts including engines, transmissions, body panels, and interior components. Parts are sold with warranty options ranging from free 6-month standard warranty to extended options up to 3 years.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Green Auto Parts & Recycling sells quality used auto parts salvaged from foreign and domestic vehicles across 30+ strategically located facilities nationwide. The company maintains an inventory of over 1 million parts including engines, transmissions, body panels, and interior components, sold with a free 6-month standard warranty and extended warranty options up to 3 years. Customers can search inventory online by Year, Make, Model, and Part Type, purchase in-store, or call dedicated account representatives for business accounts.

Product overview

Fenix Parts operates as a single unified automotive recycling platform offering quality used auto parts. The core product encompasses a nationwide network of over 30 facilities with an inventory exceeding 1 million parts including engines, transmissions, body panels, and interior components. The company operates two specialized sub-brands: Fenix Parts U-Pull for self-service part removal, and Fenix Parts Electric Vehicles for EV-specific components. All products are backed by a free 6-month warranty with extended options up to 3 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fenix Parts U-Pull: Self-service auto parts location where customers can pull parts themselves.
• Fenix Parts Electric Vehicles

Products and services

• Used Auto Parts (Engines, Transmissions, Body Panels, Interior Components)

Quantifiable outcome

• Hybrid battery purchased at 1/6 of dealer estimate with working condition and warranty

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RockAuto: RockAuto is an online-first retailer of new and remanufactured aftermarket auto parts. While it focuses on new aftermarket parts, it competes for the same cost-sensitive DIY and professional buyer that Fenix serves with used inventory.
• Car-Part.com: Car-Part.com is a B2B marketplace that aggregates used auto parts inventory from hundreds of recyclers and surfaces it to collision shops and insurers. It is a direct channel competitor for Fenix's professional buyer inventory search.
• Pull-A-Part: Pull-A-Part operates self-service U-Pull salvage yards across the US, letting customers remove parts themselves. It directly competes with Fenix Parts U-Pull in the self-service recycled parts category.

Broad incumbents

• LKQ Corporation: LKQ is the largest US auto parts recycler and distributor, operating a nationwide network of salvage yards and recycled-parts operations. It is the dominant incumbent in the same end-of-life vehicle dismantling and used parts distribution space as Fenix Parts/Green Auto Parts & Recycling.
• AutoZone:

Emerging players

• IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions): IAA is a major salvage auction platform acquired by Ritchie Bros., supplying end-of-life vehicles to dismantlers like Fenix. It is adjacent in the ELV supply chain but increasingly competes downstream in used parts sales through partner networks.
• Copart: Copart operates salvage vehicle auctions that supply dismantlers and recyclers with end-of-life vehicles. It is upstream-adjacent to Fenix's vehicle sourcing and increasingly moves into direct parts resale, partially overlapping with the same customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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