Rheingold AKTEX / Archivservice

What Rheingold AKTEX / Archivservice does

Rheingold AKTEX Bonn GmbH is a privately held German limited liability company (GmbH) headquartered in Wachtberg near Bonn, with operational service points in Köln, Bonn, and Saarbrücken. The company provides document lifecycle services spanning secure destruction (Aktenvernichtung and Datenvernichtung, covering paper and electronic media), physical archiving, and digitization, primarily to enterprises in healthcare, financial services, legal, and industrial sectors, as well as to private individuals via self-drop-off. Operations are concentrated in the North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland regions of Germany and the company cites more than 35 years of industry experience, with over 300 kilometers of documents held in its physical archive as evidence of cumulative scale.

The company's technology stack centers on a proprietary web-based archive management software called file-x, which lets customers request archived files, manage access rights, and order destruction through a portal. It also integrates DocuSign for legally binding e-signatures compliant with eIDAS and EU-GDPR, and operates a GPS-monitored vehicle fleet with sealed cargo areas for secure transport between customer premises and destruction or archive facilities. Digitization is supported by industrial-scale scanning capability rated at up to 350,000 sheets per day. The company holds ISO/IEC 21964 (formerly DIN 66399) for destruction, ISO 9001:2015 for quality management, and Entsorgungsfachbetrieb and ElektroG certifications, positioning compliance and chain-of-custody as its primary technical differentiators.

Rheingold AKTEX generates revenue through a mix of recurring and transactional streams: monthly rental of secure containers in 240L, 350L, and 500L sizes (€12.95–€14.95/month plus per-event destruction fees of €85–€105), large-container and archive dissolution projects billed on multi-year contracts, ongoing physical archive storage fees, and per-project digitization and scan-on-demand services. Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales with self-service online ordering and three physical drop-off locations. Three managing directors — Stefan Jerger, Patrick Lenz, and Michael Wiegmann — lead the company, which operates with approximately 12 employees and no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, or parent company.

Name

Rheingold AKTEX / Archivservice

Legal name

Rheingold AKTEX Bonn GmbH

Website

https://rheingold-aktex.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rheingold AKTEX is a German document lifecycle services provider offering secure destruction, physical archiving, and digitization to healthcare, finance, legal, and industrial enterprises, plus private individuals, across the Bonn, Cologne, and Saarbrücken region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secure Document Management Services

NAICS

General Warehousing and Storage (493110), Libraries and Archives (519210)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTLALALAI

Secure & Vital Records Storage (Fireproof, Disaster-Recovery, Chain-of-Custody)

Transportation & Logistics/Warehousing & Storage (Cold Chain, Fulfillment, Depots)/Document & Records Storage (Physical Archives)

SECONDARYTLALAAAK

Document & Records Storage (Physical Archives)

Transportation & Logistics/Warehousing & Storage (Cold Chain, Fulfillment, Depots)/General Warehousing & Storage (Dry/Non-Temperature Controlled)

SECONDARYFSAFAOAK

Recordkeeping, Archiving & Audit Trail (WORM/SEC 17a-4)

Financial & Insurance/Financial Exchanges & Market Infrastructure/Regulatory Technology (RegTech) Solutions

Keywords

• Secure document destruction
• Document archiving services
• Document digitization scanning
• Data carrier destruction
• GDPR compliant records management

Headquarters

HQ city

Wachtberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Document Destruction Services: Charges for secure document destruction using safety containers. Customers rent containers and pay per destruction event. Includes container rental fees and per-use destruction fees. Pricing based on container size (240L, 350L, 500L) and includes transport and certificate.
2. Container Rental: Monthly rental of secure document containers delivered to customer premises. Containers available in 70L, 240L, 350L, and 500L sizes, plus large containers (7m³, 12-16m³, 28m³) for archive dissolution projects.
3. Physical Archiving: Secure storage of physical documents in certified German archives. Clients access and manage archives through file-x web portal. Services include data takeover, storage, access requests, and destruction ordering.
4. Digitization Services: Professional scanning and digital conversion of physical documents. Includes scan-on-demand services, full archive digitization, and document processing for target IT systems. No minimum quantity requirement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rheingold AKTEX provides secure physical document destruction, electronic data carrier destruction, physical document archiving, and document digitization services for businesses and private individuals in Germany. Customers use rented security containers (70L–28m³) for scheduled or on-demand collection via GPS-monitored vehicles, self-drop-off at sites in Köln, Bonn, or Saarbrücken, and manage archives, access requests, and destruction orders through the proprietary file-x web portal. The integrated offering covers the full document lifecycle from pickup to compliant destruction or digital conversion, with capacity to scan up to 350,000 sheets per day.

Product overview

Rheingold AKTEX operates as a document lifecycle management service provider offering four interconnected core services: Aktenvernichtung (document destruction), Datenvernichtung (electronic data destruction), Archivierung (document archiving), and Digitalisierung (digitization). The company supplements these services with proprietary software file-x, a web-based archive management portal that enables customers to request materials, create destruction orders, and manage access permissions. The service portfolio follows a full-service model, with options for pickup, secure transport, storage, on-demand scanning, and compliant destruction, all coordinated through the file-x platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aktenvernichtung (Document Destruction) Secure destruction of paper documents compliant with ISO/IEC 21964 (equivalent to DIN 66399). Customers rent security containers (240L, 350L, 500L, 7m³, 12–16m³, 28m³) that are collected via GPS-monitored vehicles; on-site shredding is available with destruction certificates issued for compliance.
• Datenvernichtung (Electronic Data Carrier Destruction) Certified destruction of electronic data carriers including CDs, DVDs, hard drives, USB sticks, mobile phones, and chip cards, compliant with ISO/IEC 21964 security levels P-1 through P-7.
• Archivierung (Document Archiving) Secure physical archiving of business documents in certified German archives, including pickup via GPS-monitored vehicles, secure storage, and options for retrieval, further archiving, or destruction managed through the file-x portal.
• Digitalisierung (Document Digitization) Professional scanning and digital conversion of physical documents including scan-on-demand, full archive digitization, and integration with DocuSign for legally binding electronic signatures compliant with eIDAS and EU-GDPR. No minimum quantity requirement.
• file-x Archive Management Software Proprietary web portal enabling customers to request archive boxes, submit access or destruction requests, schedule pickups, and manage user permissions and rights for their archived materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 350,000 sheets can be digitized per day under maximum security conditions.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DocuSigncoreTechnology or IntegrationDocuSign integration enables customers to execute legally binding electronic signatures compliant with eIDAS and EU-GDPR regulations. This cloud-based digital signature solution allows businesses to complete approval workflows entirely digitally without physical documents, integrated into Rheingold AKTEX's document management ecosystem.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• KRAUSE Datenraum: German document and archive management specialist offering secure storage, digitization, and destruction. Directly comparable service portfolio and enterprise customer base in Germany.
• Rhenus Office Systems: German market leader in secure document destruction, archiving, and digitization. Rheingold AKTEX's data protection officer contact uses a rhenus.com email, suggesting operational affiliation, and both firms offer the same core service mix across German enterprises.
• Heydt-Gruppe: German provider of archive logistics, document management, and secure destruction services. Comparable target verticals and service scope, operating regionally in Germany with a similar B2B sales motion.
• Ziemann Sicherheit: German security and value-logistics company offering secure document destruction and cash/valuables transport. Overlaps with Rheingold AKTEX on certified destruction and chain-of-custody transport.
• Reisswolf: Major German secure document destruction and archiving specialist operating across multiple sites in Germany and Europe. Closely comparable in service portfolio (destruction, archiving, data carrier handling) and customer verticals (healthcare, finance, legal).
• Certify Data: German secure document and data destruction provider with mobile shredding and certified compliance. Comparable destruction-focused offering and target customers.

Broad incumbents

• Iron Mountain: Global leader in records storage, secure shredding, and digitization. Overlaps with Rheingold AKTEX across all core services but operates at massive scale and offers cloud and digital workflow tools well beyond a regional German specialist.
• Shred-it (Stericycle): Global secure information destruction provider, now part of Stericycle. Directly comparable on document destruction services and adjacent on records management, but with a national multi-country footprint and broader waste services portfolio.
• Arvato (Bertelsmann): Large German BPO and document services provider within the Bertelsmann group, offering secure document processing, digitization, and customer data management at enterprise scale across multiple countries.

Others

• Bundesdruckerei: German state-affiliated secure document and identity solutions provider. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but relevant as a high-trust German counterpart in secure document handling, e-signature, and identity infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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