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Selling an ITAD company?
A permanent home for your ITAD business
Every organization eventually retires its laptops, servers, and drives, and every one of those devices carries data that has to be handled right. If you've built an IT asset disposition company that customers trust with that job, we'd like to talk.
Why we like it
Why we buy ITAD businesses
Howler Mountain is a family-owned holding company that buys essential service businesses in the Southeast and holds them for good. IT asset disposition (ITAD) fits what we look for: recurring, route-based work that customers can't skip.
Hardware never stops aging out
Companies, schools, hospitals, and governments refresh their equipment on a cycle. That creates steady, repeat demand for pickup, processing, and disposition, not a one-time sale.
Data security makes it essential
Privacy and data-protection rules such as HIPAA and GLBA, along with state data-disposal laws, put the burden on organizations to destroy data properly. Documented chain of custody and media sanitization aligned with guidelines like NIST SP 800-88 are what customers are really buying.
Trust is a moat
Certifications such as R2, e-Stewards, and NAID AAA take real time and discipline to earn and keep. Customers rarely switch a vendor that protects them from a data breach.
More than one way to create value
Many ITAD businesses pair secure destruction services with remarketing and responsible recycling, so the same pickup can earn revenue more than once.
What we look for
What stands out to us
No business checks every box. These are the strengths we get excited about.
- Repeat relationships with enterprise, healthcare, education, or public-sector customers
- Documented chain of custody, serialized asset tracking, and certificates of destruction
- Industry certifications (R2, e-Stewards, NAID AAA) or a clear path to them
- Onsite and offsite data destruction capabilities
- Remarketing, resale, and responsible recycling channels
- An experienced team that customers know by name
Our criteria
- Geography
- Across the Southeast, with deeper interest in Atlanta and Georgia. We love investing in our community.
- Revenue
- $2.5 – $50 million, typically recurring (smaller for add-ons)
- Cash flow
- $0.5 – $5 million (smaller for add-ons)
- Ownership
- Founder owned or long-time owner
- Structure
- Majority to full buyout, including partnerships with management
For owners
What happens after you sell
We're not private equity. We fund acquisitions with our own capital and are built to hold businesses for decades, not flip them in a few years.
At Howler Mountain, people come first: customers and employees. We invest in teams, infrastructure, and technology, and build on the foundation you established. Deals range from majority to full buyouts, including partnerships with management.
Confidential from the first conversation. We know how sensitive a potential sale is for your employees and customers. What you share with us stays between us.
Know a ITAD business owner?
If you introduce us to the owner and we go on to buy the company, we'll pay you $10,000 in cash at close. (Not available to brokers, investment bankers, or other financial intermediaries.)
Contact
Let's talk about your company
Whether you're ready to sell or just starting to think about the future of your ITAD business, a conversation costs nothing and stays confidential.
Questions owners ask
Is Howler Mountain a private equity firm?
No. We're a family-owned holding company based in Atlanta. We fund acquisitions with internal capital and are structured to hold businesses for the long term, not to flip them.
Will our conversations stay confidential?
Yes. We know how sensitive a potential sale is for your employees and customers, and we treat every conversation with discretion.
My business is smaller than your criteria. Should I still reach out?
Yes. Smaller companies can be a great fit as add-ons to businesses we already own, so it's worth a conversation.
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