Tennessee, City by City: One Statewide Price Ladder From Memphis to Bristol, What a Construction or Commercial Box Really Costs, and the Street Rule That Decides Your Permit
Tennessee runs on a single all inclusive price ladder on our live pages. All 50 of our Tennessee city pages, from Memphis and Nashville to Knoxville, Chattanooga and the Tri-Cities, start a 10 yard at $480, a 20 yard at $675, a 30 yard at $795 and a 40 yard at $895. Every rental includes delivery, pickup, disposal, taxes and 7 days, with extra days at $40 and overweight at $170 per ton on most of our Tennessee pages. For contractors and businesses the real questions are tonnage, swap timing and where the box sits: on your driveway or job site, generally no permit; on a public street, sidewalk or right of way, the city usually requires a temporary placement permit. This is the honest, city by city rundown, with the real prices from our live pages.
How much does a dumpster cost in Tennessee?
Start with the price, because Tennessee is one ladder from end to end. On our dumpster rental pages, every Tennessee city we cover runs a 10 yard at $480 to $680, a 12 yard at $500 to $700, a 15 yard at $520 to $720, a 20 yard at $675 to $875, a 30 yard at $795 to $995 and a 40 yard at $895 to $1,095, all inclusive. That is true in Memphis, in Nashville, in Knoxville and in Bristol alike; the starting price does not change when you cross from West to Middle to East Tennessee. Every price covers delivery, pickup, disposal, taxes and 7 days. On most of our Tennessee pages extra days are $40 each and weight over the allowance is $170 per ton. Your exact number inside the range is set by your ZIP and your material.
Prices move with your ZIP and date. For today's numbers see Tennessee dumpster rental prices, or browse dumpster rental in Tennessee city by city.
What does a construction dumpster cost in Tennessee?
Construction is where Tennessee jobs get big, and the box choice is about tons as much as yards. A construction dumpster rental for framing scrap, drywall, siding and packaging usually means a 30 yard at $795 or a 40 yard dumpster at $895, with about 3 and 4 tons included. Heavy debris is the opposite: concrete, brick, block and dirt go in a smaller 10, 15 or 20 yard on their own, because a big box full of that is over its weight long before it looks full. Roofing shingles are regular construction debris in a 10, 15 or 20 yard, sized by the squares and the layers. On a busy site, plan the swap: when the box is full, we pull it and drop an empty one, so the crew never stops for room. Our Nashville page puts it plainly: driveway or job site placement is the most common, and a 30 or 40 yard keeps a jobsite clear when you ask about swap-outs for ongoing projects.
What about commercial dumpster service for a business?
A business that fills a box every week needs something different from a one time roll off. For restaurants, offices, retail and apartment properties, commercial waste service in Tennessee means a front load dumpster on a set pickup schedule, priced as a recurring line item instead of a one time job. For a contractor running several jobs, the roll off side works the same way: one flat rate per box, a cycle of swaps, and a single price you can carry into your own bid. Not sure which container fits a business? Our commercial dumpster sizes guide compares the front load and roll off options side by side.
Do I need a permit for a dumpster in Nashville?
Nashville and Middle Tennessee bring the most permit questions, and most jobs never touch them. A Nashville dumpster rental on your own driveway or private property generally needs no permit, and our Nashville page notes that driveways are the most common spot in the city. If the container has to sit on a public street, sidewalk or right of way, the city will typically require a temporary placement permit. Fees and timelines vary, so check with the city or let us check for you. Tell us the spot, and our dispatch team confirms what your address needs before the truck rolls. The suburbs run on the same ladder: Franklin, Brentwood, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville, Smyrna, Mount Juliet, Spring Hill and Clarksville. Real orders on those pages include a 30 yard in Nashville ZIP 37207 at $824 in January 2026, a 30 yard in Murfreesboro ZIP 37130 at $685 in November 2025, a 15 yard in Franklin ZIP 37064 at $550 in October 2025 and a 30 yard in Hendersonville ZIP 37075 at $814 in August 2025.
What about Memphis and West Tennessee?
West Tennessee holds the same ladder. Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Jackson, Dyersburg and Union City all start a 10 yard at $480 and a 20 yard at $675. Same driveway versus street question as Nashville: a box on your own property generally needs no permit, and a box on the public street usually needs the city's temporary placement permit. Real orders there include a 20 yard in Memphis ZIP 38109 at $578 in May 2026, a 20 yard in Memphis ZIP 38106 at $593 in October 2025 and a 20 yard in Jackson ZIP 38301 at $520 in May 2025.
What about Knoxville, Chattanooga and East Tennessee?
East Tennessee is the same story from the Smokies to the Virginia line. Knoxville, Maryville, Farragut, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol start a 10 yard at $480 and a 40 yard at $895. Real orders include a 30 yard in Chattanooga ZIP 37404 at $777 in June 2025, a 30 yard in Maryville ZIP 37801 at $835 in February 2026, a 15 yard in Sevierville ZIP 37862 at $509 in August 2025, a 15 yard in Johnson City ZIP 37601 at $485 in July 2025 and a 20 yard in Cleveland ZIP 37312 at $588 in March 2026. Every Tennessee city page lists the licensed landfills and transfer stations closest to that city, and that disposal trip is already inside your flat rate.
What can't go in a dumpster in Tennessee, and what about tires?
A few things stay out of the box everywhere in Tennessee. Under TDEC's waste tire program, whole, unshredded tires may not be landfilled in Tennessee (T.C.A. 68-211-865(a)), and every county must provide at least one waste tire collection site for residents and businesses, so tires go to the county site, not in a dumpster. Car batteries, wet paint and solvents, propane tanks, refrigerant appliances and anything hazardous stay out too. Older buildings bring one more rule: asbestos. TDEC's asbestos program accredits the inspectors and contractors who handle asbestos in public and commercial buildings, and the federal EPA asbestos NESHAP sets the notification rules for demolition. Asbestos never goes in a regular dumpster. Concrete, dirt or brick goes in its own heavy box, a 10, 15 or 20 yard at a flat price (the concrete calculator sizes it), and shingles are sized with the shingle calculator, with any weight over the allowance billed per ton. The full list is on our what can go in a dumpster guide.
What is the fastest way to get a real price?
So in Tennessee the job comes down to three things: the size and tons, whether the box sits on your property or the public right of way, and what is going in it. Each rental includes about 1 ton on a 10 or 12 yard up to 4 tons on a 40, and weight over the allowance is billed from the scale ticket, at $170 per ton on most of our Tennessee pages. The fastest way to the real number is to price your exact ZIP, which shows your flat rate, your included tons and your delivery day in a couple of minutes, or start from the Tennessee coverage hub and pick your city. Need a restroom on the job site too? A standard portable toilet in Tennessee runs $270 for a weekend or $320 a month, all inclusive. The free size calculator matches the box to the job.
All inclusive prices as published on all 50 dumpsterrentals.us Tennessee city pages on November 9, 2026: delivery, pickup, disposal, taxes and 7 days included. Extra days are $40 and overweight is $170 per ton on most of our Tennessee pages. Bar length is a visual scale of the top of each range, not a percentage.
Prices from our live price pages as of November 9, 2026. Your exact rate depends on ZIP, size and date.
| Region | 10 yard | 20 yard | 30 yard | 40 yard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville, Smyrna, Clarksville | $480 - $680 | $675 - $875 | $795 - $995 | $895 - $1,095 |
| Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Jackson, Dyersburg | $480 - $680 | $675 - $875 | $795 - $995 | $895 - $1,095 |
| Knoxville, Maryville, Farragut, Oak Ridge, Sevierville | $480 - $680 | $675 - $875 | $795 - $995 | $895 - $1,095 |
| Chattanooga, Cleveland, Red Bank, East Ridge, Signal Mountain | $480 - $680 | $675 - $875 | $795 - $995 | $895 - $1,095 |
| Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, Greeneville, Morristown | $480 - $680 | $675 - $875 | $795 - $995 | $895 - $1,095 |
| Cookeville, Tullahoma, Columbia, Lebanon, McMinnville | $480 - $680 | $675 - $875 | $795 - $995 | $895 - $1,095 |
Ranges are the all inclusive prices published on all 50 dumpsterrentals.us Tennessee city pages on November 9, 2026: delivery, pickup, disposal, taxes and 7 days included, with about 1 ton on a 10 yard up to 4 tons on a 40. Extra days are $40 and overweight is $170 per ton on most of our Tennessee pages. 12 and 15 yard boxes are also available; your exact price is set by your ZIP and your material.
Prices from our live price pages as of November 9, 2026. Your exact rate depends on ZIP, size and date.
“For a commercial account that fills a box every few weeks, the recurring swap is the whole game.”
Joe Woods, Commercial and National Accounts
The load that gets people is the heavy one they did not think about. Concrete, dirt, tile, roofing shingles, that stuff is dense, and a container that looks half empty can already be over its weight allowance. My rule for customers is simple: if the material is heavy, keep it in its own load and do not fill a big box to the top with it. A 40-yard full of concrete is not just over weight, it can be too heavy to legally haul. Tell me it is a heavy job up front and I will get you the right box with the right tons, so there is no surprise at the scale.
When a quote looks too cheap, ask three questions: how much tonnage is included, how many days, and is the dump fee in the price. If the answers are fuzzy, the price is not real, it is going to get rebuilt with add-ons after the box is on your driveway. Our number folds in delivery, the seven-day term, the pickup, and disposal up to the weight cap, so what you see is what you pay. That is not us being expensive, that is us not hiding anything.
For a commercial account that fills a box every few weeks, the recurring swap is the whole game. We set a cycle, the full box leaves, an empty one lands, and it becomes a predictable line item instead of a scramble every time the crew runs out of room. Contractors care about that predictability as much as the rate, because it means the job never stalls waiting on a haul.
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How much does a dumpster rental cost in Tennessee, and do I need a permit?
With Ultimate Dumpsters, every Tennessee city we cover starts a 10 yard at $480 to $680, a 20 yard at $675 to $875, a 30 yard at $795 to $995 and a 40 yard at $895 to $1,095, all inclusive with delivery, pickup, disposal, taxes and 7 days. A box on your own driveway, job site or private property generally needs no permit; on a public street, sidewalk or right of way, the city usually requires a temporary placement permit.
The same ladder applies from Memphis and Jackson to Nashville, Murfreesboro and Clarksville, and from Knoxville and Chattanooga to Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol. A 12 yard runs $500 to $700 and a 15 yard $520 to $720. Each size includes about 1 to 4 tons; weight over the allowance is billed from the scale ticket, at $170 per ton on most of our Tennessee pages, and extra days are $40 each. For construction, a 30 or 40 yard handles bulky debris while concrete, brick and dirt go in a 10, 15 or 20 yard on their own. Businesses that fill a box every week can set up recurring commercial waste service. Whole tires cannot be landfilled in Tennessee and go to a county tire collection site, and batteries, paint, propane and hazardous waste stay out of the box. Permit fees and rules vary by city, so check with your city or let our dispatch team confirm what your address needs.
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This edition covers Tennessee, a state our Daily Haul had not yet covered city by city. It was chosen because Google Search Console shows our Tennessee coverage page just off page one for construction dumpster rental, commercial dumpster rental and 40 yard dumpster rental, and it is written to push authority and buyer intent into that page and the live Tennessee city pages, not to compete with them. Every price, the $40 per day extension, the $170 per ton overweight rate and the real order examples are taken from the live dumpsterrentals.us Tennessee city pages on November 9, 2026, where the per size starting prices were read from the published offers on all 50 Tennessee city pages; all 50 share one ladder. Ranges run from the published starting price to $200 above it, as shown on the pages' size cards. The $40 extra day rate is shown on 48 of the 50 pages and the $170 per ton rate on 46 of the 50 (a few pages show $150 or $155). The permit guidance (driveway or private property generally no permit; a public street, sidewalk or right of way typically needs a temporary placement permit) is from our own Tennessee city pages, not from an official city source, so readers should check with their city. The waste tire rule is from TDEC's Waste Tire Program page (T.C.A. 68-211-865(a) and 68-211-867(a)), the asbestos accreditation note from TDEC's asbestos program page, and the demolition notification rule from the EPA asbestos NESHAP page. Portable toilet prices are from the live Tennessee portable toilet page. Team voices are from Ultimate Dumpsters staff. No invented statistics and no proprietary order counts. Published weekday mornings by Ultimate Dumpsters. Vol. I · No. 84.
Cite this research: Ultimate Dumpsters, “Tennessee, City by City: One Statewide Price Ladder From Memphis to Bristol, What a Construction or Commercial Box Really Costs, and the Street Rule That Decides Your Permit,” The Daily Haul, No. 84, Monday, November 9, 2026. https://dumpsterrentals.us/the-daily-haul/tennessee-dumpster-prices-by-city