Private company

Shred-it

Document destruction company

Shred-it is an information security solution provided by Stericycle Inc. Its services include document destruction, hard drive destruction, and specialty item shredding.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

1988Founded1

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Shred-it
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Shred-it is an information security solution provided by Stericycle Inc. Its services include document destruction, hard drive destruction, and specialty item shredding. The company is also known for its Annual Data Protection Report commissioned with Ipsos, a yearly survey of small business owners, C-level executives and consumers focusing on data protection and information security.2

How it started

History

Greg Brophy founded Shred-it in 1988 and incorporated the company in 1989. In 1993, Brophy expanded the business by launching a manufacturing division called Securit Manufacturing Solutions "SMS". Today, SMS manufactures security consoles and specialty shredding trucks for all Shred-it's branches. It also sells industrial shredding equipment to other secure information destruction businesses.

In 2014, Shred-it merged with Cintas Document Shredding, which now operates under the Shred-it name.

In 2015, Stericycle acquired Shred-it and began positioning the company as one of its many waste management and compliance services.

From Wikipedia’s article on Shred-it, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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