ROWE GmbH

Name

ROWE GmbH

Legal name

ROWE GmbH

Website

https://rowe-recycling.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ROWE GmbH is a 13-employee German recycling and secure document destruction service provider based in Nürnberg, serving B2B customers with paper recycling and certified Akten- und Datenträgervernichtung. The company is merging with Veolia Paper Germany GmbH effective August 1, 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management and Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Recovered Paper Collection & Sorting (OCC, ONP, Mixed Paper) (IMAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commercial & Institutional MSW Collection (BPALAAAB)

Keywords

• Paper recycling services
• Document destruction services
• Data carrier destruction
• Waste management logistics
• Secure disposal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nürnberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycling Services: ROWE GmbH generates revenue through collection and processing fees for paper recycling and secure document/data carrier destruction services. The company serves businesses and organizations requiring compliant disposal of sensitive documents and data storage media.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ROWE GmbH operates as a local recycling and waste management service provider in Nürnberg, Germany. The company offers paper recycling collection and processing, secure destruction of documents (Aktenvernichtung) and data storage carriers (Datenträgervernichtung), and supporting logistics services for material collection and transport. Customers deliver paper and sensitive materials directly to the operational facility at Duisburger Str. 120 in Nürnberg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Papier-Recycling (Paper Recycling) Paper recycling service involving collection, processing, and reuse of paper materials. Customers deliver paper directly to the Nürnberg facility for compliant recycling.
• Akten- und Datenträgervernichtung (Document and Data Carrier Destruction) Secure destruction of confidential business documents (Aktenvernichtung) and data storage media such as hard drives and other data carriers (Datenträgervernichtung). Targeted at businesses needing compliant disposal of sensitive materials under data protection regulations.
• Logistik (Logistics) Logistics support services for the collection, transport, and delivery of recyclable materials and materials destined for secure destruction at the Nürnberg facility.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Veolia Paper Germany GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025ROWE GmbH and Veolia Paper Germany GmbH have agreed to merge into a single legal entity. The fusion represents a significant strategic consolidation in the German paper recycling and document destruction market. ROWE GmbH's former headquarters at Duisburger Str. 120 in Nürnberg becomes the operational site for the merged entity. The merger enables synergies and optimized resource utilization between the two companies.

Broad incumbents

• Shred-it (Stericycle): International secure information destruction provider operating across multiple geographies; comparable as a broad incumbent in document/data carrier destruction with route-based collection that ROWE's drop-off model cannot match.
• REMONDIS: One of Germany's largest recycling and waste management companies with broad paper, commercial, and industrial waste capabilities; comparable as a diversified incumbent whose paper recycling and commercial collection overlap with ROWE's offerings.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): Environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group operating across recycling, waste collection, and materials recovery in Germany and Europe; comparable for its paper recycling and commercial waste collection activities competing for similar B2B customers.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services parent group; ROWE is merging into its German subsidiary, and Veolia's broader commercial waste, recycling, and document destruction footprint frames the strategic and competitive context for the Nürnberg operation.
• Veolia Paper Germany GmbH: The merging entity and larger parent-aligned player; operates a national German paper recycling and waste services infrastructure, providing the direct scale benchmark and strategic context for ROWE's operations.
• ALBA Group: German-headquartered recycling, environmental services, and raw materials provider with significant paper and commercial waste streams; competes with ROWE in regional paper collection and recycling supply.
• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery Deutschland: German arm of the international environmental services group (now part of Veolia's competitor landscape), operating recycling and waste collection infrastructure; comparable as a broad incumbent in paper and commercial waste services.

Regional players

• Stricker GmbH & Co. KG: Regional German player providing recycling, document destruction, and related waste services; comparable as a similarly sized multi-service operator competing in local markets for the same B2B paper and destruction customers.

Direct peers

• Zentek GmbH: Specialist German provider of secure document and data carrier destruction services; closely comparable to ROWE's Akten- und Datenträgervernichtung offering with a similar B2B compliance focus.
• Reisswolf Akten- und Datenträgervernichtung: A leading German provider of secure document and data carrier destruction with a national collection network; directly comparable to ROWE's Akten- und Datenträgervernichtung service and a primary competitor for B2B compliance-driven destruction contracts.

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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