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Vol. I · No. 3WEEKDAY MORNINGS

The Daily Haul

ALL THE DEBRIS THAT'S FIT TO DUMP

Tuesday, July 21, 2026THE SIZE DESK(866) 858-3867

America Picked A Favorite Dumpster, And The Margin Is Half A Point

We audited tens of thousands of completed roll-off rentals from our own books. The 30 yard edges the 20 by a whisker, the 15 is the quiet bargain of the fleet, and Monday is when the country decides to clean house.

A 20 yard roll-off dumpster on a suburban driveway beside a cleanout pile
The people's runner-up: a 20 yard on the driveway, cleanout underway. It loses the crown by six tenths of a point. THE DAILY HAUL

Ask ten people on a job site to name the standard dumpster and most will say the 20 yard. Our ledger says the country has other ideas, barely. Across the completed roll-off rentals on our books, a share of the 180,000-plus rentals we have delivered nationwide, the 30 yard takes 32.0 percent of all orders and the 20 yard sits right behind it at 31.4 percent. Six tenths of a point separate the two after seven years of hauling.

Together the two middle sizes carry almost two thirds of the nation's cleanouts, and the reason is simple. A 20 yard swallows a whole-house cleanout or a large remodel. A 30 yard handles construction debris without a second haul. When a customer is not sure which way to go, the deciding question is never the size, it is the material. Tell us what is going in the box and the size picks itself.

The sleeper in the fleet is the 15 yard. At the national median our customers paid $499 for a 10 yard and $520 for a 15. That is fifty percent more container for about the price of a large pizza. If you are staring at a garage pile wondering whether it will fit, the answer to close calls is twenty one dollars.

The medians climb in orderly steps from there: $593 for the 20, $693 for the 30, $818 for the big 40, which does just 8.1 percent of the volume and almost all of it demolition and commercial work. Every one of those figures is an all-in price with tonnage and rental days included, because that is the only way we sell.

One more pattern from the books. June is the busiest month in the calendar, May and July close behind, and Monday is far and away the day America orders a dumpster. About one in four of our orders lands on a Monday, which tells you exactly when the weekend's big decisions get made. If your own Monday decision is overdue, the classifieds below know the way.

SHARE OF COMPLETED RENTALS, BY SIZE
10 yd18.4%
15 yd10.1% · the $21 upgrade
20 yd31.4%
30 yd32.0% · the winner
40 yd8.1%

Completed roll-off rentals in a multi-year internal study, 2019 to 2026.

“Tell me exactly what you're throwing out and I will get you the size you need.”

Judi K., Site Services Specialist, ext. 643

TODAY'S NUMBERS · FROM THE ORDER LEDGER

180,000+rentals completed nationwide
32.0%choose the 30 yard
31.4%take the 20 yard
$21median gap, 10 yd to 15 yd
Junebusiest month of the year
1 in 4orders land on a Monday
QUESTION OF THE DAY

What sizes can take heavy material, like dirt, brick, or concrete?

10, 12, 15, and 20 yard are the common sizes for heavy materials such as dirt, brick, concrete, and sand. Never mix heavy material with regular garbage; heavy-material boxes are priced separately.

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CLASSIFIEDS

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FOR RENT. 20 yard roll-off, America's runner-up by six tenths of a point. Tonnage and rental days included, exact local price online in about two minutes.

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BARGAIN OF THE FLEET. The 15 yard: half again the container for a median twenty one dollars over the 10. Close-call cleanouts, this is your box.

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UNDECIDED?. Every size, side by side, with dimensions, weight allowances, and what actually fits.

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THE PORTA DESK. Standard, flushing, and ADA units with weekly service included. The other half of every job site.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE. The Haul's Math: how an all-in price is built, in one broadsheet.

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Figures computed from a multi-year internal study of completed rentals, 2019 to 2026; size shares and medians from completed roll-off rentals with a recorded container size, medians being prices customers actually paid. Exact counts stay in the vault. Published weekday mornings by Ultimate Dumpsters. Vol. I · No. 3.

Cite this research: Ultimate Dumpsters, “America Picked A Favorite Dumpster, And The Margin Is Half A Point,” The Daily Haul, No. 3, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. https://dumpsterrentals.us/the-daily-haul/2026-07-21

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