Best Dumpster Rental in Detroit, MI
50 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Detroit, ranked by Index Score (12 based in town, the rest within 25 miles). Published 20-yard prices start at $335. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
50 dumpster rental companies in Detroit, MI, ranked by Index Score
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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99 | $39520 yd | 5.0★ (185) | |
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97 | $49520 yd | 5.0★ (490) | |
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97 | $34520 yd | 5.0★ (403) | |
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94 | $40020 yd | 5.0★ (75) | |
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94 | $40020 yd | 5.0★ (46) | |
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92 | — | 5.0★ (803) | |
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92 | — | 4.9★ (551) | |
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92 | $45020 yd | 4.9★ (37) | |
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91 | — | 4.9★ (229) | |
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91 | — | 4.9★ (173) | |
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91 | — | 5.0★ (128) | |
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89 | — | 5.0★ (389) | |
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89 | — | 4.9★ (117) | |
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89 | — | 5.0★ (80) | |
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89 | — | 4.9★ (68) | |
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89 | $40020 yd | 5.0★ (59) | |
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88 | — | 4.8★ (822) | |
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88 | — | 5.0★ (202) | |
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87 | — | 4.8★ (127) | |
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87 | — | 4.6★ (113) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (34) | |
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87 | — | 4.9★ (30) | |
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86 | — | 4.7★ (168) | |
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85 | — | 5.0★ (71) | |
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85 | — | 5.0★ (65) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (32) | |
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84 | — | 4.9★ (29) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (26) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (20) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (19) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (16) | |
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83 | — | 4.7★ (43) | |
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83 | — | 4.3★ (35) | |
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82 | — | 5.0★ (105) | |
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82 | — | 5.0★ (68) | |
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81 | — | 5.0★ (22) | |
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81 | — | 5.0★ (16) | |
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81 | — | 5.0★ (13) | |
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79 | — | 4.8★ (26) | |
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79 | — | 4.6★ (20) | |
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79 | $33520 yd | 3.5★ (15) | |
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78 | — | 5.0★ (110) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (16) | |
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73 | — | 4.9★ (40) | |
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73 | — | 5.0★ (29) | |
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73 | — | 4.1★ (13) | |
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72 | — | 4.7★ (16) | |
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71 | — | 3.7★ (18) | |
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70 | — | 5.0★ (23) | |
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68 | — | 5.0★ (16) |
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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 Detroit list
12 have a yard in Detroit; the remaining 38 cover it from somewhere else. On rating alone it is Blu Dumpster Rental at 5.0; on weight of evidence it is Dumpster 4 Less, with 822 reviews. Eight of the 50 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 Detroit, MI?
Updated regularly. Based on 21 published prices from 8 of the 50 companies serving Detroit.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 yard | $300 | $295 to $395 | 1.5 tons | 5 days | 7 |
| 15 yard | $350 | $345 to $425 | 1.25 tons | 4 days | 4 |
| 20 yard | $400 | $335 to $495 | 1.5 tons | 5 days | 8 |
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 Detroit?
10 sizes are listed by companies serving Detroit:
- 6 yd3 companies
- 8 yd2 companies
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd27 companies
- 12 yd3 companies
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd19 companies
- 16 yd1 company
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd32 companies
- 25 yd4 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd20 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd12 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.
$335 to $495
That is what 8 companies serving Detroit charge for the same 20-yard container. Calling the cheapest instead of a mid-priced one saves $65 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
Renting for a job in Detroit?
A hauler in Detroit will ask what the debris is before it quotes, because the size and the weight allowance both hang on the answer. These pages work it out first.
- Dumpster for a roof tear-off 20 yd
- Dumpster for a whole-house cleanout 30 yd
- Dumpster for a deck removal 20 yd
Every job we cover · Compare container sizes
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Detroit is in Wayne County, MI.
What the Detroit dumpster market looks like
On a 20-yard, Rent-A-Dumpster publishes $335 and Motor City Disposal publishes $495. Same size, $160 apart, and both of them serve Detroit.
Companies with a Detroit address: 12. The rest cover the town from up to 23 miles away, so ask about the second trip before you book the first.
Between them these companies carry 6,251 Google reviews. Dumpster 4 Less holds the biggest book at 822, rated 4.8.
You can price 8 of these 50 companies without picking up the phone. The rest quote on the call, so have your size and your dates ready.
A 20-yard here runs $400 at the middle of the market, which is level with Michigan as a whole.
The sizes this town actually stocks are the 10-yard, the 20-yard, and the 30-yard. Anything outside that is a special order somebody has to drive in.
Ratings here run from 5.0 down to 3.5. Blu Dumpster Rental is the one at the top, on 803 reviews rather than a handful.
Companies here quote about 5 days in the rental before daily charges start. Ask what the extra day costs before you need one.
Included tonnage around Detroit lands near 1.5 tons. Going over is where a cheap quote stops being cheap, so weigh the job honestly.
44 of the 50 run a website you can check before calling. The other 6 take the job over the phone, which is common for the smaller yards and says nothing about the work.
No single company dominates Detroit. The biggest book of reviews is 13% of the town's total, so there is genuine choice here rather than one name and a queue.
The cheapest published anything in Detroit is a 10-yard at $295, from Junk Sharks Dumpster Rentals. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
Running a job site or an event in Detroit? We index the independent porta potty companies here too, with the units each one actually rents: porta potty rental in Detroit, MI.
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Common questions about dumpster rental in Detroit, MI
- How much does a 20-yard dumpster cost in Detroit?
- Companies serving Detroit that publish a price list a median of $400 for a 20-yard, against $403 across Michigan. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- How cheap can a dumpster rental in Detroit get?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Detroit is $295. 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 Detroit?
- Empire Dumpster Rental Services ranks first in Detroit on our Index Score, at 99 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. On other measures: Blu Dumpster Rental holds the highest Google rating among companies serving Detroit, at 5.0 across 803 reviews. Dumpster 4 Less has the most reviews, 822 at 4.8. Junk Sharks Dumpster Rentals lists the lowest published starting price at $295. 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 Detroit?
- We list 50 independently owned companies serving Detroit, 12 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- What size dumpster can you rent in Detroit?
- Companies serving Detroit list 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 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 Detroit?
- The median published 20-yard price in Detroit is $400, essentially the same as the $403 median across Michigan. 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 Detroit?
- In Detroit: a 10-yard runs a median of $300 (7 companies), a 15-yard runs a median of $350 (4 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 long can you keep a dumpster in Detroit?
- The most common listed rental period among Detroit companies is 7 days, from the 20 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.
- Do I have to use a company from outside Detroit?
- 12 of the 50 companies we list are based in Detroit 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.