March 26, 2020

Document Shredding Service Market Witness Excellent Revenue Growth, Emerging Trends & Forecast

Document Shredding Service: Introduction

  • Document shredding is a safe solution to securely dispose old and unwanted confidential documents at home or in the office. Document shredding service providers shred confidential and unwanted documents for various end-use industries. Professional shredder service providers shred all types of documents into unreadable pieces with the help of industrial shredders.
  • Document shredding services help in saving time, especially when the quantity of documents for shredding is high. These services are ideal for commercial businesses that have bulk quantities of documents.

Key Drivers of the Global Document Shredding Service Market

  • Increasing privacy concerns is one of the main reasons for the growth of the document shredding service market. Growing awareness among individuals about the danger of theft has resulted in the growth of document shredding services. Additionally, regulations such as FACTA, GLB, and HIPAA are making document shredding compulsory for businesses across various end-use industries.
  • The residential market for document shredding is another growth driver for the document shredding service industry. Advanced technologies coupled with strong internet penetration helps many well established companies to offer work from home to employees. These employees need to maintain confidentiality of documents even at home. Work from home professionals are not required to spend their own money for document shredding services and this service is provided by the company. This has also resulted in the growth of the document shredding service market.

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Increasing Digitization to Hamper the Growth of the Document Shredding Service Market

  • A major share of documents in the document shredding service industry is due to the heavy usage of paper. Paper is the most common form of printing many confidential as well as unwanted information. However, the recent drive to increase digitization and make paperless work popular worldwide is anticipated to highly impact the growth of the document shredding service market. Demand for paper in various end-use industries is experiencing a decline in share especially in mature markets such as North America and Europe. This decline is driven by individuals and businesses increasingly turning to digital alternatives, which is anticipated to hamper the growth of the document shredding service market to a great extent.

Increasing Awareness about Proper Policies for Secure Destruction of Confidential and Unwanted Documents to Offer Attractive Opportunities for the Growth of the market

  • One of the key challenges for document shredding service providers is the lack of proper policies for document shredding in many small and medium sized enterprises. Lack of awareness within organizations coupled with the cost associated with the process are some of the key factors for the lack of such practices. This hampers the growth of document shredding services worldwide. However, rising awareness about the importance of document shredding and implementation of such policies is anticipated to offer attractive opportunities for the growth of the document shredding service market.