Best Dumpster Rental in Richmond, KY
5 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Richmond, ranked by Index Score (1 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 387 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $380. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
5 dumpster rental companies in Richmond, KY, ranked by Index Score
387 Google reviews across the 5, and 3 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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94 | $41520 yd | 5.0★ (105) | |
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91 | $42920 yd | 4.8★ (32) | |
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89 | $38020 yd | 5.0★ (47) | |
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88 | — | 5.0★ (141) | |
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78 | — | 4.9★ (62) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Richmond list
The list splits One in town and 4 travelling in. Rubble Jockey is both the best-rated and the most-reviewed of them, at 5.0 across 141 Google reviews. Three of the 5 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. The sizes advertised in Richmond are 10, 15, 20 and 30 yard. For anything outside that, ask what they can bring, or widen to the nearby towns below.
How much does a dumpster cost in Richmond, KY?
Updated regularly. Based on 8 published prices from 3 of the 5 companies serving Richmond.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 yard | $415 | $380 to $429 | 1.5 tons | 3 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 Richmond?
6 sizes are listed by companies serving Richmond:
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd1 company
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd2 companies
- 16 yd1 company
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd4 companies
- 25 yd2 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd2 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 |
$380 to $429
3 companies serving Richmond 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 $35 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
What are you throwing out?
- Dumpster for a new construction debris 30 yd
- Dumpster for a bathroom remodel 10 yd
- Dumpster for a concrete and dirt removal 10 yd
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Richmond is in Madison County, KY.
What the Richmond dumpster market looks like
The 20-yard quotes here run from $380 at Boom Operations LLC up to $429 at Big Blue Dumpster. That is $49 of daylight between two companies covering the same town. Companies with a Richmond address: 1 of 5. The rest cover the town from up to 23 miles away as the crow flies, so ask about the second trip before you book the first. The Richmond market has 387 reviews across it, and 4 companies are sitting at 4.9 or better. Rubble Jockey accounts for 141 of them.
60% of the companies here put a number on their own site. The other 2 want the call first, which is worth knowing before you plan your afternoon. A 20-yard here runs $415 at the middle of the market, which is level with Kentucky as a whole. Only one company here lists a 10-yard, Rubble Jockey. If that is the size you need, book it early or plan around 20-yard instead.
Companies here quote about 5 days in the rental before daily charges start, on the 8 rates that name a period. Ask what the extra day costs before you need one. The typical allowance quoted here is 1.5 tons before overage, across the 4 rates that state one. Roofing and concrete blow through that faster than a house cleanout does. The largest container serving Richmond is the 30-yard, and Big Blue Dumpster and Rubble Jockey list one. Book that size ahead rather than the week you need it.
The cheapest published anything in Richmond is a 15-yard at $375, from Big Blue Dumpster. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Richmond houses are made of
16,184 housing units sit in Richmond, median build year 1995. 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 Richmond dumpster bill
Richmond gets 45.1 inches of rain in a normal year, plus 3 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 1.1 miles out.
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Common questions about dumpster rental in Richmond, KY
- What is the price of a 20-yard dumpster in Richmond?
- Companies serving Richmond that publish a price list a median of $415 for a 20-yard, against $425 across Kentucky. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- What is the cheapest dumpster rental in Richmond?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Richmond is $375. The cheapest listed price is not always the cheapest job: a smaller container with less included weight can cost more once overage is added.
- Which is the best dumpster rental company in Richmond?
- Central KY Dumpster Rentals LLC ranks first in Richmond on our Index Score, at 94 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. Rubble Jockey holds the highest Google rating among companies serving Richmond, at 5.0 across 141 reviews. Big Blue Dumpster lists the lowest published starting price at $375. Review count on its own favors whoever has been trading longest, so it is only part of the score. And the cheapest listed price is not the cheapest job once weight allowance and rental period are counted.
- Who rents dumpsters in Richmond?
- We list 5 independently owned companies serving Richmond, 1 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- Which roll-off sizes do Richmond companies carry?
- Companies serving Richmond list 10, 15, 16, 20, 25, 30 yard containers. Pick by what is going in, not by the driveway: dense or small in a 10, roof and remodel debris in a 20, volume work in a 30 or 40.
- Is Richmond cheaper than the rest of Kentucky for a dumpster?
- The median published 20-yard price in Richmond is $415, essentially the same as the $425 median across Kentucky. A quote covers the round trip from the yard to your job to the landfill, so the closest company is not automatically the cheapest one.
- How many days do you get with a dumpster in Richmond?
- The most common listed rental period among Richmond companies is 7 days, from the 4 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.
- Which dumpster companies are based in Richmond?
- 1 of the 5 companies we list are based in Richmond itself; the rest are within 25 miles and typically serve it. What sets the price is the run from their yard to the landfill, not from their yard to your driveway, so an out-of-town company can still be the cheaper call.