Best Dumpster Rental in Charlotte, NC
48 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Charlotte, ranked by Index Score (17 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 3,635 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $335. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
48 dumpster rental companies in Charlotte, NC, ranked by Index Score
3,635 Google reviews across the 48, and 11 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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96 | $33520 yd | 5.0★ (118) | |
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96 | $39920 yd | 5.0★ (110) | |
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96 | $45020 yd | 4.9★ (98) | |
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95 | $40020 yd | 5.0★ (46) | |
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94 | $47520 yd | 4.9★ (42) | |
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93 | $49020 yd | 4.8★ (49) | |
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93 | $34020 yd | 4.6★ (32) | |
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92 | — | 4.9★ (270) | |
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91 | $30015 yd | 5.0★ (61) | |
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91 | $38520 yd | 5.0★ (34) | |
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90 | — | 4.8★ (189) | |
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90 | — | 4.8★ (147) | |
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90 | $40020 yd | 5.0★ (59) | |
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90 | $49020 yd | 4.3★ (32) | |
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89 | — | 5.0★ (116) | |
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89 | — | 5.0★ (101) | |
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89 | — | 5.0★ (84) | |
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89 | — | 5.0★ (60) | |
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88 | — | 5.0★ (552) | |
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88 | — | 5.0★ (155) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (59) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (43) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (39) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (33) | |
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86 | — | 5.0★ (100) | |
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86 | — | 5.0★ (90) | |
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85 | — | 5.0★ (71) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (52) | |
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84 | — | 4.9★ (40) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (36) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (26) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (26) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (24) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (23) | |
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84 | — | 4.9★ (16) | |
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83 | — | 4.5★ (119) | |
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83 | — | 5.0★ (54) | |
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83 | — | 4.7★ (12) | |
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82 | — | 4.1★ (117) | |
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81 | — | 5.0★ (21) | |
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80 | — | 5.0★ (17) | |
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79 | — | 4.1★ (116) | |
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77 | — | 1.9★ (42) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (17) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (12) | |
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76 | — | 4.8★ (19) | |
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73 | — | 5.0★ (30) | |
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73 | — | 4.0★ (26) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Charlotte list
17 have a yard in Charlotte; the remaining 31 cover it from somewhere else. Queen City Hauling LLC is both the best-rated and the most-reviewed of them, at 5.0 across 552 Google reviews. 11 of the 48 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 Charlotte, NC?
Updated regularly. Based on 35 published prices from 11 of the 48 companies serving Charlotte.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 yard | $320 | $270 to $415 | 3 tons | 7 days | 6 |
| 15 yard | $388 | $290 to $440 | 3 tons | 7 days | 8 |
| 20 yard | $400 | $335 to $490 | 3 tons | 7 days | 10 |
| 30 yard | $520 | $340 to $595 | 1.5 tons | 7 days | 5 |
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 Charlotte?
13 sizes are listed by companies serving Charlotte:
- 6 yd3 companies
- 8 yd3 companies
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd24 companies
- 12 yd5 companies
- 14 yd1 company
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd27 companies
- 16 yd1 company
- 18 yd2 companies
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd32 companies
- 22 yd1 company
- 25 yd3 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd25 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd13 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 |
$335 to $490
10 companies serving Charlotte charge that much for the same 20-yard container. The middle of that market is $400, so calling the cheapest rather than a mid-priced one saves $65 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
What are you throwing out?
- Dumpster for a basement cleanout 20 yd
- Dumpster for a roof tear-off 20 yd
- Dumpster for a whole-house cleanout 30 yd
Every job we cover · Compare container sizes
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What the Charlotte dumpster market looks like
On a 20-yard, Across Town Dumpster Rentals LLC. publishes $335 and Arrow Dumpster Rental publishes $490. Same size, $155 apart, and both of them serve Charlotte. 17 yards sit in Charlotte out of 48 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. Queen City Hauling LLC is the most reviewed company serving Charlotte, with 552 of the 3,635 reviews on this page and a 5.0 rating.
You can price 11 of these 48 companies without picking up the phone. The rest quote on the call, so have your size and your dates ready. A 20-yard runs $400 in the middle here against $375 across North Carolina, so Charlotte prices 7% 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 10-yard, the 15-yard, the 20-yard, and the 30-yard, with 24 of the 48 carrying the 10-yard. Anything outside that is a special order somebody has to drive in.
Ratings here run from 5.0 down to 1.9. Queen City Hauling LLC is the one at the top, on 552 reviews rather than a handful. The usual rental window quoted around Charlotte is 7 days. Arrow Disposal Inc. publishes a longer one, which matters if the job slips a week. Included tonnage around Charlotte lands near 3 tons, read off 23 published rates. Going over is where a cheap quote stops being cheap, so weigh the job honestly.
47 of the 48 run a website you can check before calling. The other one takes the job over the phone, which is common for the smaller yards and says nothing about the work: between them the 48 hold 3,635 reviews. No single company dominates Charlotte. The biggest book of reviews is 15% of the town's 3,635, so there is genuine choice here rather than one name and a queue. The cheapest published anything in Charlotte is a 10-yard at $270, from 1776 Dumpster Rentals. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Charlotte houses are made of
The median home in Charlotte was built in 1994, across 390,835 housing units. That is nineties-era stock: drywall, engineered lumber and asphalt shingle. It fills a container by volume rather than weight, so the bigger size is usually the economical one unless you are tearing off a roof.
What the weather adds to a Charlotte dumpster bill
Charlotte gets 41.6 inches of rain in a normal year, plus 4.3 inches of snow. An open container catches all of it, and the weight goes on the scale ticket with the rest of the load. 65 days a year drop below freezing, and a wet load that freezes is heavier and harder to tip. Tell the hauler if the container has frozen to the driveway before they send a truck. Ask for a tarp if it is going to stand through a wet week. NOAA 1991–2020 normals, from a station 2.4 miles out.
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Common questions about dumpster rental in Charlotte, NC
- How much is a 20 yard dumpster in Charlotte?
- Companies serving Charlotte that publish a price list a median of $400 for a 20-yard, against $375 across North Carolina. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- Who has the cheapest dumpster in Charlotte?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Charlotte is $270. 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 Charlotte?
- Across Town Dumpster Rentals LLC. ranks first in Charlotte on our Index Score, at 96 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. Queen City Hauling LLC holds the highest Google rating among companies serving Charlotte, at 5.0 across 552 reviews. 1776 Dumpster Rentals lists the lowest published starting price at $270. 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 Charlotte?
- We list 48 independently owned companies serving Charlotte, 17 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- What size dumpsters are available in Charlotte?
- Companies serving Charlotte list 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 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 Charlotte?
- The median published 20-yard price in Charlotte is $400, 7% above the $375 median across North Carolina. 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 does a 10-yard dumpster cost in Charlotte?
- In Charlotte: a 10-yard runs a median of $320 (6 companies), a 15-yard runs a median of $388 (8 companies), a 30-yard runs a median of $520 (5 companies). Ordering one size up costs less than a second haul, and far less than a swap-out halfway through the job.
- How long can you keep a dumpster in Charlotte?
- The most common listed rental period among Charlotte companies is 7 days, from the 25 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 Charlotte?
- 17 of the 48 companies we list are based in Charlotte 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.