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As of 4 November 2026, 10,337 waste management & recycling companies are based in United States; 149 are hiring right now and Houston has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 10,337
- Hiring now
- 149 · 65 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Skip hire & waste container rental · 6,304
- Top city
- Houston · 157
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 17,296
Waste management & recycling in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Skip hire & waste container rental | 6,304 | 61% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 1,703 | 16% |
| Recycling & sorting facilities | 1,240 | 12% |
| Scrap metal trading | 1,123 | 11% |
| E waste recycling | 739 | 7% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 578 | 6% |
| Hazardous waste management | 518 | 5% |
| Plastic recycling | 189 | 2% |
| Construction & demolition waste recycling | 159 | 2% |
| Organic waste composting & digestion | 145 | 1% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 131 | 1% |
| Secure shredding & data destruction | 86 | 1% |
| Household recycling collection | 70 | 1% |
| Wastewater & sewerage utilities | 23 | 0% |
| Portable toilet & sanitation rental | 21 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 730 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 7,493 · 13 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,603 · 39 |
| 51-200 employees | 392 · 55 |
| 201-500 employees | 82 · 19 |
| 501-1000 employees | 18 · 9 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 15 · 11 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | 157 | 2% |
| Dallas | 60 | 1% |
| Miami | 55 | 1% |
| Austin | 52 | 1% |
| Jacksonville | 51 | 0% |
| Columbus | 47 | 0% |
| Phoenix | 46 | 0% |
| Chicago | 37 | 0% |
| Detroit | 36 | 0% |
| Springfield | 35 | 0% |
| Portland | 34 | 0% |
| Cleveland | 29 | 0% |
The biggest waste management & recycling companies in United States
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The stack of waste management & recycling in United States
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in United States
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10,337 waste management & recycling companies are based in United States; 149 are hiring right now and Houston has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/united-states/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.
Waste management & recycling in United States: questions
How many waste management & recycling companies are there in United States?
10,337 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 skip hire & waste container rental, municipal & commercial waste collection, recycling & sorting facilities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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