Best Dumpster Rental in Atlanta, GA
26 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Atlanta, ranked by Index Score (4 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 4,949 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $379. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
26 dumpster rental companies in Atlanta, GA, ranked by Index Score
4,949 Google reviews across the 26, and 4 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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98 | $39020 yd | 4.8★ (166) | |
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96 | $63220 yd | 5.0★ (67) | |
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92 | — | 5.0★ (1,480) | |
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91 | — | 5.0★ (206) | |
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91 | $37920 yd | 5.0★ (42) | |
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91 | $50020 yd | 5.0★ (33) | |
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90 | — | 4.5★ (1,830) | |
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88 | — | 4.8★ (107) | |
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88 | — | 4.7★ (60) | |
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87 | — | 4.4★ (154) | |
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87 | — | 4.9★ (46) | |
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87 | — | 4.9★ (33) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (31) | |
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86 | — | 5.0★ (74) | |
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86 | — | 4.8★ (59) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (14) | |
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82 | — | 4.9★ (103) | |
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82 | — | 5.0★ (69) | |
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82 | — | 4.6★ (18) | |
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80 | — | 5.0★ (39) | |
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80 | — | 4.2★ (29) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (122) | |
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76 | — | 5.0★ (36) | |
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75 | — | 5.0★ (62) | |
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73 | — | 5.0★ (13) | |
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71 | — | 4.5★ (56) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Atlanta list
The list splits Four in town and 22 travelling in. On rating alone it is Southside Junk Removal & Dumpster Rentals at 5.0; on weight of evidence it is Arrow Waste, with 1,830 reviews. Four of the 26 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 Atlanta, GA?
Updated regularly. Based on 13 published prices from 4 of the 26 companies serving Atlanta.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
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| 20 yard | $445 | $379 to $632 | 2 tons | 7 days | 4 |
| 30 yard | $499 | $440 to $600 | 2 tons | 7 days | 3 |
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 Atlanta?
12 sizes are listed by companies serving Atlanta:
- 6 yd5 companies
- 8 yd2 companies
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd6 companies
- 12 yd4 companies
- 14 yd2 companies
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd12 companies
- 16 yd2 companies
- 18 yd3 companies
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd16 companies
- 25 yd2 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd13 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd10 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 |
$379 to $632
4 companies serving Atlanta charge that much for the same 20-yard container. The middle of that market is $500, so calling the cheapest rather than a mid-priced one saves $121 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
What are you throwing out?
- Dumpster for a deck removal 20 yd
- Dumpster for a new construction debris 30 yd
- Dumpster for a bathroom remodel 10 yd
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Atlanta is in Fulton County, GA.
What the Atlanta dumpster market looks like
The 20-yard quotes here run from $379 at Eddie's Roll Off Dumpster Rentals up to $632 at Your Junk Our Trunk. That is $253 of daylight between two companies covering the same town. 4 yards sit in Atlanta out of 26 serving it, and the widest radius reaching the town is 25 straight-line miles. Distance rarely changes the drop fee. It changes how fast anyone can come back. Arrow Waste is the most reviewed company serving Atlanta, with 1,830 of the 4,949 reviews on this page and a 4.5 rating.
4 of the 26 publish a price you can read without calling. That is 15% of the Atlanta market, and the quiet ones are not automatically dearer. A 20-yard runs $445 in the middle here against $385 across Georgia, so Atlanta prices 16% 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, the 20-yard, and the 30-yard, with 12 of the 26 carrying the 15-yard. Anything outside that is a special order somebody has to drive in.
Ratings here run from 5.0 down to 4.2. Southside Junk Removal & Dumpster Rentals is the one at the top, on 1,480 reviews rather than a handful. The usual rental window quoted around Atlanta is 7 days. Red Roll Off Containers, LLC publishes a longer one, which matters if the job slips a week. Included tonnage around Atlanta lands near 2 tons, read off 10 published rates. Going over is where a cheap quote stops being cheap, so weigh the job honestly.
21 of the 26 run a website you can check before calling. The other 5 take the job over the phone, which is common for the smaller yards and says nothing about the work: between them the 26 hold 4,949 reviews. The cheapest published anything in Atlanta is a 14-yard at $250, from Your Junk Our Trunk. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Atlanta houses are made of
259,122 housing units sit in Atlanta, median build year 1987. Stock that age is drywall and engineered lumber, light for its bulk, so volume is the constraint rather than weight. The exception is a roof: shingles are heavy enough to change the answer on their own.
What the weather adds to a Atlanta dumpster bill
Atlanta gets 51.5 inches of rain in a normal year, plus 0.4 inches of snow. None of that is your rubbish, but you pay to haul it, because the container is open to the sky and the load is weighed at the tip. Ask for a tarp if it is going to stand through a wet week. NOAA 1991–2020 normals, from a station 2.5 miles out.
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Common questions about dumpster rental in Atlanta, GA
- How much is a 20 yard dumpster in Atlanta?
- Companies serving Atlanta that publish a price list a median of $445 for a 20-yard, against $385 across Georgia. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- Who has the cheapest dumpster in Atlanta?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Atlanta is $250. Booking a size down to reach a lower price usually backfires. A second haul costs more than the size you skipped.
- Who is the best dumpster rental company in Atlanta?
- Red Roll Off Containers, LLC ranks first in Atlanta on our Index Score, at 98 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. Southside Junk Removal & Dumpster Rentals holds the highest Google rating among companies serving Atlanta, at 5.0 across 1480 reviews. Arrow Waste has the most reviews, 1,830 at 4.5. Your Junk Our Trunk lists the lowest published starting price at $250. The right yard depends on the job. A weekend cleanout and a six-week build rarely want the same company.
- Are there many dumpster companies in Atlanta?
- We list 26 independently owned companies serving Atlanta, 4 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- What size dumpsters are available in Atlanta?
- Companies serving Atlanta list 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 25, 30, 40 yard containers. The 20-yard covers the middle of the range. Go down to a 10 for heavy material, up to a 30 or 40 when the job produces bulk instead of weight.
- Is dumpster rental expensive in Atlanta?
- The median published 20-yard price in Atlanta is $445, 16% above the $385 median across Georgia. Most of the difference between towns is haul distance to the landfill and what that landfill charges per ton, so a company one town over can quote noticeably less for the same container.
- What are dumpster prices by size in Atlanta?
- In Atlanta: a 30-yard runs a median of $499 (3 companies). Ordering one size up costs less than a second haul, and far less than a swap-out halfway through the job.
- What is the standard rental period in Atlanta?
- The most common listed rental period among Atlanta companies is 7 days, from the 11 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 Atlanta?
- 4 of the 26 companies we list are based in Atlanta itself; the rest are within 25 miles and typically serve it. Companies a few towns over hold the same permits and often quote the same or less, so there is no reason to rule them out on address alone.