Trends · data through July 2026

Garbage Collection Services in the United States

Iceflower tracks 290 stores from 260 garbage collection services chains in the United States. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? grew fastest over the last year, ahead of JUNK KING and Recology.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
260
Tracked stores
290
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked garbage collection services chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and JUNK KING sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 1 1-800-GOT-JUNK? logo 1-800-GOT-JUNK? - -1.5%
2 J JUNK KING - -18.2%
3 R Recology logo Recology - -23.0%
4 P Pacific Steel & Recycling logo Pacific Steel & Recycling - -25.4%
  • Rumpke Waste & Recycling
  • JUNK KING
  • 1-800-GOT-JUNK?
  • Ada County Landfill
  • Arrowaste
  • Granger Waste Services
  • Kimble Recycling Transfer Facility
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

290 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Rumpke Waste & Recycling (2)
  • JUNK KING (6)
  • 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (4)
  • Ada County Landfill (1)
  • Arrowaste (1)
  • Granger Waste Services (1)
  • Kimble Recycling Transfer Facility (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 R Republic Services logo Republic Services 7
  • 2 J JUNK KING 6
  • 3 1 1-800-GOT-JUNK? logo 1-800-GOT-JUNK? 4
  • 4 P Pacific Steel & Recycling logo Pacific Steel & Recycling 3
  • 5 G GFL Environmental logo GFL Environmental 3
  • 6 R Recology logo Recology 3
  • 7 W Weinberger Waste Disposal 2
  • 8 A Atlas Organics 2
  • 9 R Robert Wright Disposal 2
  • 10 O Ocrra 2
  • 11 L Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority 2
  • 12 R Rumpke Waste & Recycling logo Rumpke Waste & Recycling 2
  • 13 S Sycamore Landfill logo Sycamore Landfill 2
  • 14 W Waste Management logo Waste Management 2
  • 15 C Columbia Resource Company 2
  • 16 C County Waste & Recycling Service logo County Waste & Recycling Service 2
  • 17 B Bland Recycling 1
  • 18 C Carolina Southern Sanitation 1
  • 19 S Sanitary Service Company 1
  • 20 A Augusta Solid Waste 1
  • 21 S SECCRA 1
  • 22 G Gilton Solid Waste Management logo Gilton Solid Waste Management 1
  • 23 A All Valley Waste Inc 1
  • 24 A Arlington Landfill 1
  • 25 M Monroe's Material Recovery Facility and Recycle Center 1
  • 26 J Johns Transfer Station 1
  • 27 C Choice Waste Services logo Choice Waste Services 1
  • 28 G Grand Ave Recycling and Disposal 1
  • 29 W Washler Inc 1
  • 30 M Mac Recycling 1
  • 31 N NTMWD 121 RDF Landfill 1
  • 32 G Groot Industries logo Groot Industries 1
  • 33 C Casey's Redemption 1
  • 34 L Liberty Waste Solutions 1
  • 35 K Kuerth's Disposal Inc. 1
  • 36 J Johnson Stewart 1
  • 37 C Clark County Transfer & Recycling 1
  • 38 M Morgantown City 1
  • 39 A American Resources 1
  • 40 W Western Placer Waste Management Authority 1
  • 41 C CJ Krantz Organics 1
  • 42 O OC Waste & Recycling 1
  • 43 W Walter's Recycling and Refuse 1
  • 44 D Driftwood Utilities Inc. 1
  • 45 S Salt River Landfill 1
  • 46 L LakeShore Recycling & Disposal 1
  • 47 P Pride Disposal Company logo Pride Disposal Company 1
  • 48 G Green Garbology 1
  • 49 H Hargus Disposal 1
  • 50 S Sedalia Landfill 1

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