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 miles). 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
| 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 this ranking works. Ordered by Index Score, out of 100: review volume 35, rating 25, published pricing 25, contactability 15. Publishing your rates moves you up, and that is the only way up. We don't sell placement. Distances are from each company's listed address, and service areas aren't confirmed with owners, so call to check they cover you. Full method.
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 |
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| 15 yard | $345 | $325 to $415 | 2 tons | 3 days | 5 |
| 20 yard | $415 | $325 to $485 | 2 tons | 3 days | 5 |
Weight and days are the local medians among companies publishing those terms; "ask" means fewer than two local companies state it. Over the allowance bills per ton, so the weight column is the one that separates two similar prices.
These are rates each company publishes on its own website, collected by our crawler and not confirmed with the owner. They're a starting price for the container and the haul. What lands on top of it is weight over the allowance, any permit the town requires, and days past the rental period. Ask for the all-in figure before you book.
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 against each other. Footprint stops mattering above the 20, since those sizes differ in depth alone. What limits you is usually overhead wires and the width of the approach.
| 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 |
Working backwards from what you're throwing out instead? The size guide lists it by project.
$325 to $485
That is what 5 companies serving Birmingham charge for the same 20-yard container. Calling the cheapest instead of a mid-priced one saves $90 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
The job decides the size
Before you call anyone, know roughly what it weighs. That is what decides the container and what decides whether you get an overage bill.
- 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
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Birmingham is in Jefferson County, AL.
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. The rest cover the town from up to 24 miles away, 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. 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. 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.
No single company dominates Birmingham. The biggest book of reviews is 15% of the town's total, 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.
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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 weight is what a heavy load runs out of first.
- 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.