Commercial Dumpster Rental
A 20-yard is the size these jobs land on, a median of $419, typically $350 to $490.
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd1075 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd592 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd264 companies
| Size | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 40 yard | $600 | 264 companies |
| 30 yard | $520 | 592 companies |
| 20 yard | $419 | 1075 companies |
Where a 20-yard costs most and least
| State | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | $664 | 10 companies |
| Massachusetts | $620 | 26 companies |
| New Jersey | $597 | 28 companies |
| Connecticut | $550 | 18 companies |
| Idaho | $349 | 9 companies |
| Utah | $338 | 26 companies |
| Iowa | $335 | 19 companies |
| Nebraska | $300 | 14 companies |
A $364 difference for an identical container, which is why a national average is close to useless for budgeting.
What the price includes
| Included | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Rental period | 7 | days, median |
| Weight allowance | 2 | tons, median |
| Charged on top | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Per extra ton | $76 | 845 companies |
| Per extra day | $16 | 876 companies |
Those two lines are where a bill diverges from a quote. Put your own numbers in the calculator, or see everything that lands on an invoice.
Find companies near you
Independently owned, ranked by Index Score, showing the prices they publish themselves.
What a commercial dumpster is
Containers for businesses: a shop fit-out, an office clearance, a warehouse tidy, or ongoing waste at a site.
Who rents one
Property managers, retailers, offices and facilities teams.
The thing that catches people out
Ask whether you are being quoted a one-off roll-off or a recurring service. They are different products at different prices, and the monthly figure that looks cheaper is a subscription.
How it differs from the others
A one-off roll-off is priced per haul, like every median on this site. Recurring commercial collection is priced per month against a service schedule, and the companies listed here mostly do the former.
Choosing the size
The first question on a commercial job is not what size, it is which product. A one-off roll-off is for a project with an end: a fit-out, a clearance, a refurbishment, a move. Ongoing waste from a trading business is a front-load container on a service schedule, which is a different product priced per month against a collection frequency.
For the one-off, size the way any other job is sized. Office and retail strip-outs are bulky and light, so a 30 or 40 yard usually fits. Anything involving screed, tile or masonry drops to a 10. Where access is the constraint, and on commercial sites it often is, ask what the smallest truck they run can reach, because a container you cannot get delivered is the wrong size at any volume.
What moves the price
Access and timing drive commercial pricing more than volume does. A delivery into a loading bay with restricted hours, a lot shared with tenants, or a site where the container has to be craned or shuttled costs more than a driveway does, and it is worth describing the constraint precisely when you ask for a quote.
The part worth reading carefully is the agreement itself. Ongoing commercial waste service is frequently sold on a multi-year term with automatic renewal and a contractual right to raise the rate, and those terms are where the real cost of a commercial account sits. A one-off roll-off carries none of that, which is a good reason to keep project waste on a separate arrangement from service waste.