Waste management & recycling in Türkiye_
As of 4 November 2026, 977 waste management & recycling companies are based in Türkiye; Istanbul has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 977
- Hiring now
- 0 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Scrap metal trading · 685
- Top city
- Istanbul · 46
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 1,552
Waste management & recycling in Türkiye, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Scrap metal trading | 685 | 70% |
| Recycling & sorting facilities | 327 | 33% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 111 | 11% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 107 | 11% |
| Hazardous waste management | 91 | 9% |
| Plastic recycling | 48 | 5% |
| E waste recycling | 34 | 3% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 15 | 2% |
| Construction & demolition waste recycling | 5 | 1% |
| Household recycling collection | 1 | 0% |
| Organic waste composting & digestion | 1 | 0% |
| Portable toilet & sanitation rental | 1 | 0% |
| Refineries & biofuel plants | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 20 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 653 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 261 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 37 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | 46 | 5% |
| Ankara | 44 | 5% |
| İzmir | 17 | 2% |
| Bursa | 14 | 1% |
| Esenyurt | 10 | 1% |
| Adana | 9 | 1% |
| Alim | 9 | 1% |
| Denizli | 9 | 1% |
| Gebze | 9 | 1% |
| Antalya | 8 | 1% |
| Üsküdar | 8 | 1% |
| Konya | 7 | 1% |
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977 waste management & recycling companies are based in Türkiye; Istanbul has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/turkiye/waste_management_and_recycling)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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How many waste management & recycling companies are there in Türkiye?
977 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Waste management & recycling → leaf niches such as scrap metal trading, recycling & sorting facilities, other waste management & recycling. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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