Methodology

Who is in the table

30 companies, each with a data center or server-room decommissioning service on its own site, or an ITAD service that covers data center de-installation. Coverage is strongest in North America (24 companies), then Europe (10) and APAC (8). We add companies as we verify them, and any company can ask to be listed at hello@decommissioningcompanies.com.

Where each value comes from

We read each company’s own decommissioning, certification, location and about pages, last on 9 Nov 2026. Each company page links every value to the page it came from, with the date we read it. A dash means the company does not state it on those pages. Yes is recorded only when the company says so, and a gap stays a gap.

How certifications are checked

Registry-checked: e-Stewards. We looked up every company in the e-Stewards current processors list on 9 Nov 2026. Apto Solutions, Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations, ERI, Iron Mountain Asset Lifecycle Management and SEAM are on it; Iron Mountain through Regency Technologies and Wisetek, both listed as Iron Mountain ALM companies. These show as a solid yellow e-Stewardsregistry chip linking to the registry.

Registry-checked: NAID AAA. We searched the i-SIGMA NAID AAA Certification Directory for every company that states NAID AAA on 9 Nov 2026. All 12 are listed: Apto Solutions, CDR Global, DMD Systems Recovery, Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations, ERI, Guardian Data Destruction, HOBI International, Liquid Technology, Maxxum, Quantum Lifecycle Partners, SEAM and Securis. The job card names the certified locations.

Company-stated: R2v3, ISO, ADISA, WEEE AATF. These come from the company’s own certification pages and show as a dashed R2v3 chip linking to that page. Confirm R2v3 in the SERI R2 directory before you sign.

Exactly as written. Reconext writes “R2” without a version, so the table shows R2, not R2v3. Where certificates differ by site (Sims, CXtec, ERI, Evernex, Procurri), the company page names the site that holds each one. A company that says it is “aligned with” or “downstream compliant” with a standard is not listed as certified.

Headquarters

Headquarters come from the company’s own contact, about or location pages, or for Iron Mountain its SEC filings. Where a company names no head office, the field stays empty.

Ordering

The home table opens ordered by scope: one point each for on-site destruction, facility plant removal, NIST 800-88, chain-of-custody reports and an R2 or e-Stewards certification, then by name. Every column re-sorts on click. Featured placement is paid, labelled, and never changes a row’s data or its place in the table.

Corrections

Send a correction with a public source to hello@decommissioningcompanies.com. We check it, update the row and its date.