Best Dumpster Rental in Birmingham, AL
21 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Birmingham, ranked by Index Score (5 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 1,483 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $325. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
21 dumpster rental companies in Birmingham, AL, ranked by Index Score
1,483 Google reviews across the 21, and 5 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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98 | $48520 yd | 5.0★ (223) | |
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96 | $37520 yd | 5.0★ (152) | |
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93 | $42520 yd | 5.0★ (212) | |
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92 | $41520 yd | 5.0★ (53) | |
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91 | — | 5.0★ (122) | |
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91 | $32520 yd | 4.9★ (53) | |
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87 | — | 4.9★ (34) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (31) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (185) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (33) | |
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83 | — | 4.4★ (50) | |
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82 | — | 3.9★ (65) | |
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80 | — | 5.0★ (13) | |
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79 | — | 4.8★ (22) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (29) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (21) | |
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77 | — | 4.3★ (17) | |
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75 | — | 5.0★ (67) | |
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75 | — | 5.0★ (61) | |
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72 | — | 4.7★ (25) | |
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70 | — | 5.0★ (15) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Birmingham list
Five of the 21 are based in Birmingham itself and the other 16 run out to it from nearby towns. Alabama Junk is both the best-rated and the most-reviewed of them, at 5.0 across 223 Google reviews. Five of the 21 publish a rate on their own site; the rest quote by phone. That split is typical, and it is why the medians here are worth having.
How much does a dumpster cost in Birmingham, AL?
Updated regularly. Based on 12 published prices from 5 of the 21 companies serving Birmingham.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 yard | $345 | $325 to $415 | 2 tons | 3 days | 5 |
| 20 yard | $415 | $325 to $485 | 2 tons | 3 days | 5 |
How the weight and day columns are calculated
How these prices were collected, and what they leave out
What dumpster sizes can you rent in Birmingham?
10 sizes are listed by companies serving Birmingham:
- 6 yd1 company
- 8 yd1 company
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd7 companies
- 12 yd1 company
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd10 companies
- 18 yd1 company
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd11 companies
- 25 yd2 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd5 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd5 companies
Drawn to scale. How the footprints actually compare
| Size | Typical job |
|---|---|
| 10–15 yard | Household cleanout, single-room remodel, small yard job |
| 20 yard | Roofing tear-off, whole-home cleanout, small construction |
| 30–40 yard | New build and commercial work. Many residential streets can't take one |
$325 to $485
5 companies serving Birmingham charge that much for the same 20-yard container. The middle of that market is $415, so calling the cheapest rather than a mid-priced one saves $90 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
The job decides the size
- Dumpster for a kitchen remodel 20 yd
- Dumpster for a garage cleanout 15 yd
- Dumpster for a basement cleanout 20 yd
Every job we cover · Compare container sizes
Get quotesGet quotes from Birmingham companies
One number reaches all 21 companies on this page, between them holding 1,483 Google reviews, and they call you back with a price for your job. What you send is used for nothing else. What we do with it, and how to have it deleted.
Birmingham is in Jefferson County. See Dumpster Rental in Jefferson County, AL for the county median and every other town we cover there.
What the Birmingham dumpster market looks like
The 15-yard quotes here run from $325 at Junk Father Dumpster Rentals & Junk Removal up to $415 at Alabama Junk. That is $90 of daylight between two companies covering the same town. Companies with a Birmingham address: 5 of 21. The rest cover the town from up to 24 miles away as the crow flies, so ask about the second trip before you book the first. Between them these companies carry 1,483 Google reviews. Alabama Junk holds the biggest book at 223, rated 5.0.
24% of the companies here put a number on their own site. The other 16 want the call first, which is worth knowing before you plan your afternoon. A 20-yard runs $415 in the middle here against $399 across Alabama, so Birmingham prices 4% above the state. Tipping fees and haul distance are usually what is behind a gap like that. The sizes this town actually stocks are the 15-yard and the 20-yard, with 10 of the 21 carrying the 15-yard. Anything outside that is a special order somebody has to drive in.
Ratings here run from 5.0 down to 3.9. Alabama Junk is the one at the top, on 223 reviews rather than a handful. The usual rental window quoted around Birmingham is 5 days. Vulcan Waste LLC/Dumpsters publishes a longer one, which matters if the job slips a week. Included tonnage around Birmingham lands near 2 tons, read off 4 published rates. Going over is where a cheap quote stops being cheap, so weigh the job honestly.
17 of the 21 run a website you can check before calling. The other 4 take the job over the phone, which is common for the smaller yards and says nothing about the work: between them the 21 hold 1,483 reviews. No single company dominates Birmingham. The biggest book of reviews is 15% of the town's 1,483, so there is genuine choice here rather than one name and a queue. The cheapest published anything in Birmingham is a 10-yard at $324, from Alabama Junk. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Birmingham houses are made of
Birmingham has 108,903 housing units with a median build year of 1965, 45% of them owner-occupied. Older stock is the harder kind to size for, because plaster and cast iron weigh far more per cubic yard than anything built since. Weight will cap the load before volume does.
What the weather adds to a Birmingham dumpster bill
Birmingham gets 53.7 inches of rain in a normal year, plus 1.6 inches of snow. A roll-off sits open, so that lands in the container and the truck weighs it on the way to the tip. You pay for the water by the ton along with everything you meant to throw out. 47 days a year drop below freezing, and a wet load that freezes is heavier and harder to tip. Tell the hauler if the container has frozen to the driveway before they send a truck. Ask for a tarp if it is going to stand through a wet week. NOAA 1991–2020 normals, from a station 3.9 miles out.
Dumpster rental companies near Birmingham, AL
Common questions about dumpster rental in Birmingham, AL
- How much does a 20-yard dumpster cost in Birmingham?
- Companies serving Birmingham that publish a price list a median of $415 for a 20-yard, against $399 across Alabama. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- How cheap can a dumpster rental in Birmingham get?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Birmingham is $324. Check what the rate covers before booking on it. A low base price on a three-day period costs more than a higher one on fourteen if the work runs long.
- Which dumpster company should I use in Birmingham?
- Alabama Junk ranks first in Birmingham on our Index Score, at 98 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. Ratings settle as review counts climb, so a 5.0 from a dozen reviews carries less weight here than a 4.7 from three hundred.
- How many dumpster rental companies are in Birmingham?
- We list 21 independently owned companies serving Birmingham, 5 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- What size dumpster can you rent in Birmingham?
- Companies serving Birmingham list 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30, 40 yard containers. Most household jobs here end up in a 20; a 10 is the answer for concrete or a small cleanout, and construction debris takes a 30 or 40.
- Why do dumpsters cost what they do in Birmingham?
- The median published 20-yard price in Birmingham is $415, 4% above the $399 median across Alabama. Local competition moves the number as much as distance does. Towns with several yards in range price tighter than towns served by one.
- What are dumpster prices by size in Birmingham?
- In Birmingham: a 15-yard runs a median of $345 (5 companies). Most of what you buy stepping up a size is extra included weight, and a heavy load runs out of weight before it runs out of room.
- How many days do you get with a dumpster in Birmingham?
- The most common listed rental period among Birmingham companies is 3 days, from the 9 that publish one. Extra days are usually billed at a daily rate. Most companies will collect early at no extra charge, so book the shorter period and call when you finish.
- Are there dumpster companies based in Birmingham?
- 5 of the 21 companies we list are based in Birmingham itself; the rest are within 25 miles and typically serve it. Being based in town often means a shorter haul and a cheaper quote, but not always, since what matters is the distance from their yard to the landfill, not the distance to you. Call one of each and compare.