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Top 25 Auto salvage yards based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 753 auto salvage yards headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,151 professional contacts across them, including 2,434 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers auto salvage yards headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest auto salvage yards based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,852 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LKQ Corporation (Nasdaq: LKQ), a Fortune 500 company, is North America’s largest provider of alternative collision auto parts, and a leading provider of recycled and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 793 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OmniSource, LLC is one of North America’s largest metals recyclers, specializing in the collection, processing, and distribution of ferrous and nonferrous scrap.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 539 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sims Metal, division of Sims Limited, is a global metal recycler with operations that encompass the buying, processing and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 481 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1986, the Pick-n-Pull chain of self-service auto parts stores is one of the largest recyclers of end-of-life vehicles in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fenix Parts is a leading automotive recycler and reseller of original equipment automotive products in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Voted a "Cincinnati Top Workplaces" in 2024 & 2025 & "Best Places To Work In Kentucky" winner in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recognized as an industry leader in metal recycling, we operate over more than 130 recycling centers located throughout Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “River Metals Recycling, LLC (RMR) is a wholly owned venture of Cincinnati-based, The David J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sadoff Iron & Metal offers scrap metal recycling of non-ferrous metals and ferrous scrap, auto salvage, electronics recycling, and more from multiple convenient locations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aesop is a growing family of customer-centric, leading auto recycling businesses that provide high quality recycled parts enabling repair shops and customers to lower their repair…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Instrument Sales and Service, Inc.is a global product and services provider that develops comprehensive lifecycle solutions for electronic and mechatronic component parts in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Western Metals Recycling, LLC (WMR) is a wholly owned venture of Cincinnati-based, The David J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Benzeen Auto Parts, our mission is to revolutionize the auto recycling industry through innovation, technology, and exceptional service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ALL RECYCLING INC- DENVER, CO Founded in 1993 All Recycling originally began as a nonferrous recycler, and gradually expanded into ferrous materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Allied Alloys is a full-service scrap metal recycling company headquartered in Houston, TX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Based in Camden NJ, My Auto Store is one of the country’s largest automobile recyclers and your go-to source for recycled original equipment manufacturer (OEM) auto parts – any…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Buffalo Engine Components Inc (BEC) is a multi-faceted family owned and operated corporation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2016, BYOT Auto Parts, a premier Texas & Louisiana auto recycler, provides a wide range of used automotive commodities to the value conscious public.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “C&K Auto Parts, a division of Marubeni Corporation, is a value-added distributor of remanufactured, recycled, OEM and aftermarket parts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chuck and Eddies Auto Parts has been in operation since 1949.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Weitsman Recycling generates sales of approximately $750 million dollars per year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Ace Auto Parts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wilbert’s started as a one man collision shop founded in 1952 by the late Arthur Wilbert.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: auto salvage yards. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names auto salvage yards.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of auto salvage yards, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name auto salvage yards. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Auto salvage yards based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 753 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among auto salvage yards, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “auto salvage yards”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names auto salvage yards), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among auto salvage yards, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,434 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names auto salvage yards, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many auto salvage yards are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 753 auto salvage yards headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
LKQ Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most auto salvage yards?
Houston leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (10) and Rancho Cordova (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,434 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 753 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.